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Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
The Social Worm
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: The Makings of a Brain
Caption: Dr. Cori Bargmann, Rockefeller University and HHMI
A neurobiologist studies social behaviors and neuromodulation

  • Added: May 18, 2013
  • Length: 13:31
The Dinosaurs They Are A-Changin’ – Groks Science Show 2013-05-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brian Switek discusses his new book, “My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs.”

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 32:03
  • Purchases: 2
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
The Opening Door Show - Cathryn Couch
From: Wendy Strgar
Caption: Catherine Couch
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 26:51
Stomach This
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Stomach This, Credit: Seth Shostak
Not all conversation is appropriate for the dinner table – and that includes, strangely enough, the subject of eating. Yet, what happens during th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
De-Extinction Show
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: De-Extinction Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Maybe goodbye isn’t forever. Get ready to mingle with mammoths and gaze upon a ground sloth. Scientists want to give some animals a round-trip ti...

Bought by KVSC, KREV-LP, KSKQ, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Deep Time
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Deep Time, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think back, way back. Beyond last week to what was happening on Earth 100 million years ago or earlier. It’s hard to fathom such enormous stretch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, KREV-LP, WOUB, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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, Royalton Community Radio, WNJR, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Seth's Wine Cellar
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Wine Cellar, Credit: Seth Shostak
In this potpourri show: from atomic clocks … to solar storms … to gold particles that might make gasoline obsolete … there are lots of science surp...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, KSKQ, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Exploring the evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton
From: Carry the One Radio
Series: From simple to complex
Caption: Dr. Richard Schneider, UCSF
A developmental biologist studies cellular mechanisms that form the head and face.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 11:57
Anthropocene and Heard
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Anthropocene and Heard, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why climate change and loss of biodiversity may mean goodbye to the "Holocene," and hello to a new geologic epoch, the "Age of Man."

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for March 30th-April 5th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 30th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the not so startling...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Skeptic Check: Friends Like These
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Friends Like These, Credit: Seth Shostak
We love our family and friends, but sometimes their ideas about how the world works can seem a little wacky. We look at the examples that BiPiSci ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KREV-LP, WNJR, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Time for a Map
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Time for a Map, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s hard to get lost these days. GPS pinpoints your location to within a few feet. Discover how our need to get from A to B holds clues about wh...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, KREV-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Power of Sound
From: Alyssa Ostrzyzek
Series: Sonus, Tonus, and You
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Here, the direct physiological and psychological affects of sound on the human brain are examined.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:20
How Our Brains Process Music and Sound
From: Alyssa Ostrzyzek
Series: Sonus, Tonus, and You
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This installment examines how humans perceive sound, and how we listen, with a number of experiments as aids.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
Our Tasteless Show
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Our Tasteless Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Imagine biting into a rich chocolate donut and not tasting it. That’s what happened to one woman when she lost her sense of smell. Discover what ...

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


  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Happy Daze
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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 WRST-FM Oshkosh and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Genetics and New Technologies
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of the many ways in which genetics and new technologies are changing the world we live in and challenging long-held assumptions.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:37
Skeptic Check: About Face
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: About Face, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans are pattern seeking animals – and the silhouette of Elvis appears in our burrito. Does that mean The King is speaking to us through TexMex?...

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


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ballooning to the Stars -- Groks Science Show 2013-02-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Tristan Matthews discusses how physicists use massive helium balloons launched from the Antarctic to study stellar phenomena.

Bought by KMXT and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 32:51
  • Purchases: 2
Whodunit, Who'll Do It?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Whodunit, Who'll Do It?, Credit: Seth Shostak
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 WRST-FM Oshkosh and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Say La Vie
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Say La Vie, Credit: Seth Shostak
Researchers discover life in a subglacial Antarctic lake. James Cameron takes the first solo dive to the deepest, darkest part of the ocean.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
That's Containment!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: That's Containment!, Credit: Seth Shostak
We all crave power - to run laptops, charge cell phones, and play Angry Birds. But why don’t batteries last longer? Discover why their technolog...

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


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3