Podcast Episodes

War of the Whales: A True Story

War of the Whales: A True Story (starts at 3:35): In the early hours of March 15th, of the year 2000, a Cuvier beaked whale washed ashore a mere 100 …

11 years, 3 months ago

Arctic Frontiers // Wind Forecasting

Sami and reindeer in Finnmark, Norway. Photo credit: Thomas Nilsen/The Barents Observer

Arctic Dispatch (starts at 2:18): There is no question that t…

11 years, 3 months ago

Other Rocky Planets are Common!

We talk with astronomer Travis Metcalfe about finding the oldest known planetary system in the Galaxy, and what it means about the formation of plan…

11 years, 3 months ago

Moonshine // Parkinson’s Network Exercise

Former moonshiner explaining a still at American Folklore Center (courtesy wikimedia)

The Science of Moonshine  (starts 3:55) We talk with a Boulder …

11 years, 3 months ago

The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change

The rightful place of science (starts at 6:22): In 2014, the world certainly saw more than a few costly weather disasters.  Flooding in India and Pak…

11 years, 3 months ago

Coral Climate Clues // Tropical Carbon Sink

On today’s show we offer three feature interviews, including a short opening interview.

Credit: Russell Kane, Creative Commons

Alcohol and weight gai…

11 years, 4 months ago

Red Meat & Mice // Loren Cordain – The Paleo Diet

Ajit Varki UC-San Diego

“Sugar” in Red Meat – Cancer in Mice? (starts at 6:10) We talk with Ajit Varki, a researcher at the University of California …

11 years, 4 months ago

Red Meat Sugar Glycans and Inflammation – Extended Version

I’m Shelley Schlender for How on Earth.  Up next is an extended interview with University of California in San Diego scientist Ajit Varki  about his …

11 years, 4 months ago

Himalayan Glacial Lakes

Himalayan Glacial Lakes (starts at 5:20) Some scientists conduct their experiments in a laboratory — think clean white walls, artificial lighting, A.…

11 years, 4 months ago

Weather Drones // The late Dr. Theo Colborn

Weather drones (start time 5:10) Brian Argrow, former professor and Associate Dean of engineering at CU Boulder, joins us in the studio to talk about…

11 years, 4 months ago