Podcast Episodes

Exercise: Fat Buster or Belly Flop?

Season 7 Episode 1

Lots of people hit the gym to shed unwanted pounds, but they don’t always see results on the scale. This week, we tackle the power of exercise and wh…

6 years, 9 months ago

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Let's...science...AGAIN!

Season 7

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6 years, 9 months ago

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The Dinosaur Explosion

Season 7 Episode 1

Why are there so many new, weird dinosaurs? Friend of the show Joel Werner goes down the rabbit hole, and finds a surprising answer. He speaks to pal…

6 years, 10 months ago

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SHARKS!!!

Season 6 Episode 13

Are sharks the super-predators we think they are? Or have we been baited with great white lies? To find out, we interviewed shark researchers Dr. Tay…

7 years ago

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How Bad Science Killed A President

Season 6 Episode 12

When President Garfield was shot by an assassin in 1881, the best and brightest in medicine and science did everything they could to save him - and t…

7 years ago

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Peanuts: Public Enemy No. 1?

Season 6 Episode 11

Peanut allergy in children has been on the rise since the 1990s. What’s to blame? We find a clue in a very unexpected place, and talk to pediatric al…

7 years, 1 month ago

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The Abortion Underground

Season 6 Episode 10

Before Roe v. Wade, there were thousands of illegal abortions in the U.S. every year. Some of these were incredibly dangerous; women would use knitti…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Placebo: Can the Mind Cure You?

Season 6 Episode 9

Could fake medicine actually take away your pain or treat a disease? We dig into the science of placebos to find out more about the power of the mind…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Vaccines: Time for a Booster Shot [Rebroadcast]

Season 6 Episode 8

Autism, seizures, and overloaded immune systems - could these really be side effects of vaccines? From the archives, we bring back our dive into the …

7 years, 2 months ago

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Fertility Cliff: Is It Real?

Season 6 Episode 7

We’re often told to have kids quickly, before our biological clock strikes and we fall off the fertility cliff. This week we find out if that’s true …

7 years, 2 months ago

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