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Caption: Skeptic Check: Monster, Magic, and Music, Credit: Seth Shostak
A combo of critical thinking; from tracking Bigfoot and magic’s ability to fool the brain to whether a study about music supports the “Mozart Effec...

Bought by KREV-LP and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Actor Conor McCahill joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his work in Nathan Adloff's acclaimed indie, "Nate & Margaret."

  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:39
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Jake Hinkson is a novelist and teacher living in New Jersey.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 13:26
Caption:  ¡A.I. CARAMBA!, Credit: Seth Shostak
When the IBM computer, Watson, snatched the “Jeopardy” title from humans, that raised the question: could artificial intelligence ever beat humans ...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Martian Curiosity, Credit: Seth Shostak
The hard part is over: we landed on Mars (again!). Let the science begin. Here’s the latest in the hunt for evidence of life off Earth, and one m...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Fuel's Paradise, Credit: Seth Shostak
From corn to algae to garbage: the race is on to find a fuel source that can replace petroleum.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 1
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We’re very excited to have a return visit from our dear friend Glenn Berger PhD. Yes, he’s back for another discussion about us, our minds, how we ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
Caption: Skeptic Check: Follywood Science, Credit: Seth Shostak
From Prometheus to 2001: the ratio of science to fiction in sci-fi, the most accurate science fiction film; and why messing with medical facts in f...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Olympics for the Rest of Us, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s easy to praise the extraordinary abilities of the athletes. Let’s celebrate the extreme averageness of the rest of us. From beer bellies to...

Bought by WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KHEN-LP, KVSC, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Filmmaker and comedian Joe Avella joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his feature debut, "Master of Inventions."

  • Added: Jul 20, 2012
  • Length: 24:13
Caption: Do the Math, Credit: Seth Shostak
Fun puzzles for your next urban hike, why brains are wired to count on fingers, and the world’s most famous equations (after e=mc2).

Bought by KREV-LP, KVSC, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 3
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Join us as we speak with paleoecologist extraordinaire, Margaret B. Davis. She is one of the world’s foremost scholars of palynology, a branch of p...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: Animal Instinct, Credit: Seth Shostak
What humans can learn from our hairy, feathered, four-legged friends; we may wear suits and play Sudoku, but Homo sapiens are animals all the same.

Bought by WZEN.org, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nano Nano, Credit: Seth Shostak
"Think small to solve big problems" is, in a nutshell, the mantra of nanotechnology - we’ll look at the promise and the peril of this new science.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Brian White
On this episode of "Art Beat" we visit with the very funny Brian White. Brian is part of the acting company at The Great River Shakespeare Festival...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 26:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Seth's Storm Shelter, Credit: Seth Shostak
A mélange of surprising subjects from why humans are more like ants than are chimpanzees … to Jonah Lehrer on the creative brain.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bashora in Amboseli, Credit: Ron Guijs
Bashora Galgalo is a 47 year old member of the Watha Tribe a minority indigenous hunter gather tribe from Kenya. He was born a hunterat Ndololo in ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 07:10
Caption: Skeptic Check: OMG, GMO?, Credit: Seth Shostak
You are what you eat – the science –and the controversy - of genetically engineered foods, plus synthetic biology on Mars.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Can We Talk?, Credit: Seth Shostak
The evolution of language, “Dr Bugs” on chemical messaging among ants, and mirror neurons that communicate with other brains without you saying a w...

Bought by KAZU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Better Mousetrap, Credit: Seth Shostak
How inventors get their ideas, what happens when their creations spawn entire new industries, and how the inventor of a squirt gun might just have ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Mass Transits, Credit: Seth Shostak
On June 5, our sister planet Venus will slowly slide across the face of the sun, the last transit of Venus until 2117; join us for a special episod...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KZYX


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: To Earth and Back, Credit: Seth Shostak
Meet the NASA officer whose task is to keep Earth, Mars - and the entire solar system - free of hitchhiking bacteria.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
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, ...

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  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Group Think, Credit: Seth Shostak
If two is company and three a crowd, what’s the ideal number for to write a play or invent a new operating system? Experts disagree whether creati...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Early Adapters, Credit: Seth Shostak
How Homo sapiens can wield technology to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, a growing population, and the blitz of hi-tech.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2