Podcast Episodes

I Contain Multitudes–Our Microbes, Ourselves

Multitudes of Microbes (start time: 3:38): You may find it unsettling to learn that our human cells make up only half of our bodies. The other half i…

9 years, 6 months ago

Pledge Drive//Interview with Ed Yong

This week’s pledge- drive show features a teaser introduction to Ed Yong’s new book I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View o…

9 years, 6 months ago

Denver Permaculture Guild//Ron Rosedale Explains Autophagy

Denver Permaculture Guild (starts 3:30) staff and board members explain the goal of permaculture and guild’s annual workshops program taking place th…

9 years, 7 months ago

The Rosetta Mission

Rosetta [feature starts at 5:27]
The Rosetta Space Mission has been in flight for ever 12 years and will be ending with a dramatic crash this Friday …

9 years, 7 months ago

Alzheimer’s Reversal – Extended Interview with Dale Bredesen

Buck Institute Scientist Dale Bredesen (photo by Shelley)

This is an extended interview with Dale Bredesen, leader of the Buck Institute for Research…

9 years, 7 months ago

Alzheimer’s Reversal: ApoE4.info and Dr. Dale Bredesen

“Julieegee” ApoE4.info (photo by Shelley)

Alzheimer’s Reversal (starts 2:20) The Alzheimer’s Association calls Alzheimer’s “the only disease among th…

9 years, 7 months ago

Personalized Medicine from Genome Sequencing

DNA SequenceThis week, an interview with Howard Jacob, PhD, principal investigator and executive vice president for genomic medicine at HudsonAlpha …

9 years, 7 months ago

Gregory Benford – Science Fiction/Fact and Starshot

What are the qualities that make a good scientist?
What are the qualities that make a good science fiction writer?
Those skills do not necessarily ov…

9 years, 8 months ago

Methane Emissions From Natural Gas

Oil and gas wells in Four Corners region. Credit: NASA

Methane Madness (start time: 2:20)  More than a decade ago, scientists noted that the area whe…

9 years, 8 months ago

Lessons From Flint’s Lead-In-Water Crisis

Corroded lead pipes in Flint, Mich. Photo credit: flintwaterstudy.org

Tackling Lead Contamination: Flint and Beyond (start time: 6:27) When you pour …

9 years, 8 months ago