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Caption: That's So Random!, Credit: Seth Shostak
We crave order in things, but we can’t iron out every chaotic crease, nor would we want to: from brain cell activity to the evolution of species, ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program, Credit: Seth Shostak
Just remember this: Even our memories of dramatic events that seem to burn themselves directly into our brain are riddled with errors.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Second that Emotion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why flies in milk gross you out and other voyages through human emotion.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:54:02
  • Purchases: 1
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The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine is a neurological disorder with a pretty bizarre name.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Like humans, bats process some types of sounds on the right side of their brains and other sounds on the left-side of their brains.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
Caption: Happy Daze, Credit: Seth Shostak
Calling all pessimists – discover why your brain is wired for optimism, the evolutionary advantage of thinking positive and other research into th...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Cathy Davison discussed the brain science of attention.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Whodunit, Who'll Do It?, Credit: Barbara Vance
The tools of forensics have moved way beyond fingerprint kits - discover why, these days, a prosecutor is as likely to wave a fMRI brain scan as a ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Molly Birnbaum discussed the role of smell in our daily lives.

Bought by KREV-LP, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 00:23:38
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Konrad Kording discussed recording from multiple neurons in the brain.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:26:34
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jesse Bering discussed the belief instinct.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:25:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Antonio Damasio discussed how self comes to mind.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:24:26
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Robert Schumann, Credit: Public Domain
2010 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, who struggled with mental illness for his entire life. This piece, part radio ess...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 00:11:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
From Thoreau's rural journal to the science of the mind to 36 arguments for the existence of God to classical music to the future of farming (whew!...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 00:57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Mark Underwood discussed Alzheimer research and prevention

  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 00:27:52
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Charles Fernyhough discussed what it is like inside a baby's mind.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2009
  • Length: 00:26:40
  • Purchases: 1
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The most amazing structure in nature.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:40