Podcast Episodes

50 Years of Open Space! // Heart Attack and Stroke Risk from Common Sugar Substitute

Erythritol – A common sugar substitute

A Common Sugar Substitute Increases Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke.  (starts 11:00)  CU-Boulder Integrative P…

1 year ago

The Tumor Microbiome Can Affect Cancer Survival

On this week’s show Beth speaks with computational biologist Justine Debelius about the role of the microbiome. We first discussed a study she was in…

1 year ago

Climate Science, Cutbacks, Litigation

At a protest outside NOAA in Boulder. Credit: Susan Moran

Tackling Climate Change and Science Cutbacks (start time: 7:03) In this week’s show we disc…

1 year ago

How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence by Matt Richtel

Teens are in Crisis – Some people warn that Cell Phones are to blame.  But Colorado Native and Pulitzer prize winner Matt Richtel says our tech can b…

1 year, 1 month ago

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies – Eric DeFonso

C Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Merlin Bird ID App (starts 1:00) Boulder Naturalists Steve Jones and Ruth Carol Cushman explore the benefits of the Merl…

1 year, 1 month ago

Viruses are Us!

In this week’s science show Beth talks with genome biologist Ed Chuong of CU Boulder’s innovation incubator, the Biofrontiers Institute. Ed takes us …

1 year, 1 month ago

2025 Graduation Special (part 2)

With graduation season upon us, today’s edition of How on Earth is Part 2 of our annual “Graduation Special”. Our guests in the studio today are scie…

1 year, 1 month ago

GLP-1 and Blindness

photo of intermediate macular degeneration c National Institutes of Health

We talk with scientists who report that a common weight loss/diabetes drug…

1 year, 2 months ago

Animal Pandemics?

On this week’s How on Earth, Beth talks with author and science journalist Liz Kalaugher, about her new book, The Elephant in the room:How to Stop M…

1 year, 2 months ago

Saving Weather Forecasting, Climate Science

Scientists speak out for science (start time: 1:00) The Trump administration has been on a dizzying streak of slashing federal funding for scientific…

1 year, 2 months ago