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Sam Dunning and Stimson Snead talk jibs, self-acceptance, and the power of entropy.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 22:42
Caption: Tomb with a View, Credit: Seth Shostak
A century ago, British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the only surviving intact tomb from ancient Egypt. Inside was the mummy of the boy king T...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Brian Dunning lays out what we know about the potential for alien civilizations and the laws of physics that might allow or prohibit our visiting o...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jan 12, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Shohini Ghose discussed her new book, Her Space, Her Time.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: End of Eternity, Credit: Seth Shostak
Nothing lasts forever. Even the universe has several possible endings. Will there be a dramatic Big Rip or a Big Chill¬ – also known as the heat de...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Philip Goff discussed his new book, Why? The Purpose of the Universe.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
George Musser discussed his book, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Measure For Measure, Credit: Seth Shostak
Whether in miles or pounds, meters or kilograms, we take daily measure out our lives. But how did these units ever come to be, and why do we want t...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8

  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
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  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Math's Paths, Credit: Seth Shostak
If you bake, you can appreciate math’s transformative properties. Admiring the stackable potato chip is to admire a hyperbolic sheet. Find out why ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
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A very dark comedy about the nuclear age.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 31

  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Is Life Inevitable?, Credit: Seth Shostak
A new theory about life’s origins updates Darwin’s warm little pond. Scientists say they’ve created the building blocks of biology in steaming hot...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KTXK, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Phreaky Physics, Credit: Seth Shostak
It was a radical idea a century ago, when Einstein said space and time can be bent, and gravity was really geometry. We hear how his theories inspi...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KZUM, KTXK, KCNP and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder discussed her new book, Existential Physics.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pictured counterclockwise from top-right: George Dowdy, Autumn Dowdy, and Ann Woo.
The Solve for Tomorrow design competition from Samsung is starting up again, and three guests join the podcast to explain how it works, and why sch...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 56:46