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Dr. Thomas Insel On Why The U.S Mental Health System Has Failed And What Can Be Done
Episode 604
For over a decade, Dr. Thomas Insel headed the National Institute of Mental Health and directed billions of dollars into research on neuroscience and…
4 years, 1 month ago
Emily Runs A Marathon
Episode 603
In 2021, Short Wave host Emily Kwong ran her first marathon. In collaboration with our colleagues at Life Kit, Emily talks about her experience and …
4 years, 2 months ago
Silver Linings From The UN's Dire Climate Change Report
Episode 602
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just released the second of three reports on climate change. Nearly 300 scientist…
4 years, 2 months ago
How A Collection Of Threatened Bird Calls Swept The Australian Album Charts
Episode 601
What bird has a ten-foot wingspan and breeds almost exclusively on a single island in the Pacific Ocean? Find out in this special quiz episode of Sho…
4 years, 2 months ago
Orcas: Apex Predators Or Marine Park Stars?
Episode 600
NPR science correspondent Lauren Sommer joins Short Wave host Emily Kwong to talk about a team of researchers who were the first to document a pack o…
4 years, 2 months ago
What Led To The Massive Volcanic Eruption In Tonga
Episode 599
Scientists are piecing together what led up to a massive volcanic eruption in Tonga last month. NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel joins the sh…
4 years, 2 months ago
Twinkle, Twinkle, Shooting Star . . .
Episode 598
One of the video games that Short Wave's Scientist in Residence has been playing a lot in the pandemic is Animal Crossing, in which bits of stars fal…
4 years, 2 months ago
Schedule Those Doctor's Appointments!
Episode 597
The pandemic is at a turning point. Hospitalizations in this country are down. Deaths are starting to decline. Some of the states that have had the s…
4 years, 2 months ago
Do You See What I See?
Episode 596
Everyone sees the world differently. Exactly which colors you see and which of your eyes is doing more work than the other as you read this text is d…
4 years, 2 months ago
Vacuuming DNA Out Of The Air
Episode 595
A few years ago, ecologist Elizabeth Clare had an idea--what if she could study rare or endangered animals in the wild without ever having to see or …
4 years, 2 months ago