Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Science of Exercise Recovery
Athlete’s Guide to Recovery (starts at 5:39): Colorado is riddled with athletes, many of them incessantly chasing the latest recovery products and se…
7 years, 3 months ago
Characterizing Microbial Communities
Microbial communities are all around us: in our homes, gardens, oceans, even deep underground but their roles in the function of the biosphere are po…
7 years, 3 months ago
Composting & Carbon Farming
Eco-Cycle truck dumping organic waste at a compost facility. Photo credit: Dan Matsch
Why Compost? (start time: 7:01) Many of us may feel a little le…
7 years, 3 months ago
Wisdom of the Body
Animal scientists have long considered domestic livestock to be too dumb to know how to eat right, but the lifetime research of animal behaviorist Fr…
7 years, 4 months ago
A Tale of Two Missions: OSIRIS-REx and New Horizons
OSIRIS-REx (starts at 1:00) In today’s first feature, we hear about OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first mission to do a sample return from an asteroid. Our gue…
7 years, 4 months ago
Soft Robotic Muscles
HASEL “Soft Robotic Muscles” lift a Raspberry
Soft Robotic Muscles (WHOLE SHOW) Robotic Materials are going beyond gears and levers toward powerful …
7 years, 4 months ago
Titan Talk with Sarah Hörst
Headlines: Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. Coffee and Parkinson’s disease. Sending your name and a message to the New Horizons spacecraft. Winds …
7 years, 4 months ago
National Assessment on Climate Change
Climate Change (starts at 6:30) Volume II of the fourth National Assessment on Climate Change was released on the day after Thanksgiving. The findin…
7 years, 5 months ago
Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn
Never Home Alone (starts at 4:26) In this week’s How on Earth, Beth interviews Professor Rob Dunn. In his recent book, Never Home Alone, he gives a s…
7 years, 5 months ago
Baking Soda for Autoimmune Disease // Crickets for the Gut
Baking Soda for Autoimmune Disease (starts at 1:00) Georgia Medical College researcher Paul O’Connor reports that a small amount of baking soda in w…
7 years, 5 months ago