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Our Little Stupid Bodies
Episode 558
Sometimes a seemingly silly question gets stuck in your craw and you can’t shake the feeling that something big lies behind it. We are constantly col…
2 years, 2 months ago
Stochasticity
Episode 557
First aired way back in 2009, this episode is all about a wonderfully slippery and smarty-pants word for randomness, Stochasticity, and how it may be…
2 years, 2 months ago
Zeroworld
Episode 556
Karim Ani dedicated his life to math. He studied it in school, got a degree in math education, even founded Citizen Math to teach it to kids in a who…
2 years, 3 months ago
Numbers
Episode 555
First aired back in 2009, this episode is all about one thing, or rather a collection of things. Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, chances are you re…
2 years, 3 months ago
Death Interrupted
Episode 554
As a lifeguard, a paramedic, and then an ER doctor, Blair Bigham found his calling: saving lives. But when he started to work in the ICU, he slowly r…
2 years, 3 months ago
A 4-Track Mind
Episode 553
In this short episode that first aired in 2011, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face o…
2 years, 3 months ago
Boy Man
Episode 552
Could puberty get any more awkward? Turns out, yes. Writer Patrick Burleigh started going through puberty as a toddler. He had pubic hair before he w…
2 years, 4 months ago
Shrink
Episode 551
The definition of life is in flux, complexity is overrated, and humans are shrinking.
Viruses are supposed to be sleek, pared-down, dead-eyed machine…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Interstitium
Episode 550
In this episode we introduce you to a part of our bodies that was invisible to Western scientists until about five years ago; it’s called "the inters…
2 years, 4 months ago
Funky Hand Jive
Episode 549
Back when Robert was kid, he had a chance encounter with then President John F. Kennedy. The interaction began with a hello and ended with a handshak…
2 years, 4 months ago