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On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 05:42
Here, the direct physiological and psychological affects of sound on the human brain are examined.
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 06:20
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
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 01:54
- Purchases: 1
The strident opponents of a rapid, unregulated re-introduction of alewives to the St. Croix believe that at one important juncture in the river, ...
- Added: Feb 21, 2013
- Length: 04:40
The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's 40 year old study of psychiatric patients "plagerised" psychiatric diagnosis to see if they would be detected as fra...
- Added: Feb 03, 2013
- Length: 06:18
As the power is restored, transportation comes back online, and life and order return to a semblance of normal, another storm fades from memory. Ye...
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 05:49
The sea has been a source of storytelling and real-time adventure tales since the beginning of narrative and most every culture has its archetypal ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 06:18
In our second compilation, we bring together voices from the Leopold Leadership Program to investigate the changing nature and changing goals of co...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 23:16
The Tympanic Eclipse is an audio series that brings cultural theory out of its stuffy scholarly tomes, and puts it into your ears.
Together with e...
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 49:12
- Added: Sep 06, 2012
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 15:00
- Purchases: 1
From Victorian parlors to Starbucks, pigments have defined and connected societies.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 1
The CEO of SpaceX describes the goals of his company, which is NASA's most important customer.
- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 54:02
How does death shape our behavior? Why do we grieve? How do we cope? What do we fear? and how can we accept our own exiting? Experts share their th...
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 42:30
- Purchases: 1
Step into the weird world of relativity as we walk through the Twin Paradox with help from some great physics teachers.
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 09:03
- Purchases: 1
This is an amazing tale about a goose, two scientists and an ocean between them
- Added: Jan 16, 2011
- Length: 28:59
Stephen recalls one of his first years "off the beaten path" as he and Beth go to Illinois and encounter genius, insanity, and a ghost.
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 50:45
- Purchases: 2
The Romantic composer Robert Schumann struggled with mental illness for his entire life. This piece, part radio essay and part musical journey, exa...
Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUOW
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: 11:17
- Purchases: 2
What would life be like without a sixth sense? Check out more in Aaron's blog www.minnesotabrown.com.
- Added: Jun 28, 2010
- Length: 03:45
What do colors sound like? Sound and light are both waves or vibrations, but light is vibrating much faster. The frequencies of the visible colors ...
Bought by KGOU, PRX to iTunes, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jun 21, 2010
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Jun 19, 2010
- Length: 10:39
- Added: Jun 04, 2010
- Length: 03:18
A provocative tour into one of America's most curious museums, The Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Bought by WLPR, KUOW, and Public Radio Remix
- Added: May 23, 2010
- Length: 10:22
- Purchases: 3
