Podcast Episodes

Blame

Episode 161

We've all felt it, that irresistible urge to point the finger. But new technologies are complicating age-old moral conundrums about accountability. T…

12 years, 6 months ago

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Dawn of Midi

Episode 160

In this short, Jad puts on his music hat and shares his love of Dawn of Midi, a band that he recently started using on the show.

12 years, 7 months ago

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Rodney Versus Death

Episode 159

What do you do in the face of a monstrous disease with a 100% fatality rate? In this short, a Milwaukee doctor tries to knock death incarnate off its…

12 years, 7 months ago

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Blood

Episode 158

From medicine to the movies, the horrifying to the holy, and history to the present day -- we're kinda obsessed with blood. This hour, we consider th…

12 years, 8 months ago

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Happy Birthday, Good Dr. Sacks

Episode 157

One of our favorite human beings turns 80 this week. To celebrate, Robert asks Oliver Sacks to look back on his career, and explain how thousands of …

12 years, 8 months ago

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Ally's Choice

Episode 156

Producer Lu Olkowski brings us the story of a tightly-knit family caught on opposite sides of a very big divide. If you ask Ally Manning's mom and si…

12 years, 9 months ago

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Curious Sounds from the Solid Sound Festival

Episode 155

This fall, we're hitting the road with our brand-new live show. We're stopping in 20 cities across the US (plus 1 stop in Canada), and we have some e…

12 years, 9 months ago

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The Trouble with Everything

Episode 154

The desire to trace your way back to the very beginning, to understand everything -- whether it's the mysteries of love or the mechanics of the unive…

12 years, 9 months ago

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Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

Episode 153

This is the story of a three-year-old girl and the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl is a legal battle t…

12 years, 10 months ago

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The Distance of the Moon

Episode 151

What if the moon were just a jump away? In this short, a beautiful answer to that question from Italo Calvino, read live by Liev Schreiber. 

12 years, 11 months ago

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