Podcast Episodes

Selects: Pain Scales: Yeeeow!

Pain is subjective; it is whatever the person experiencing it says it is. But to effectively treat pain, it helps to quantify it, which is why medici…

2 years, 9 months ago

How Intellectual Property Works

Intellectual property sounds as dry as can be, but it’s actually very interesting. It’s at the heart of the global economy and the center of a disput…

2 years, 10 months ago

Short Stuff: Longyou Caves

What’s better than discovering a mysterious cavern? Discovering five!

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2 years, 10 months ago

Parasocial Relationships: That Podcaster is Your Friend!

Parasocial relationships are fascinating and it turns out Chuck knows what it's like from both sides. Listen in today to your old friends. 

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2 years, 10 months ago

Selects: How Motion Sickness Works

Motion sickness is the worst and hits about 25 to 40 percent of humans when they ride in cars, boats, or simply watch the wrong 3-D movie. Join us as…

2 years, 10 months ago

How Andy Warhol Worked

You know Andy Warhol from his quip on being famous for 15 minutes and paintings of soup cans, but even as far as artists go he was an eccentric and m…

2 years, 10 months ago

Short Stuff: Rhodium

Rhodium is one of the most valuable precious metals on Earth, though it has dropped in value by about 80% in the last year. Learn why by clicking pla…

2 years, 10 months ago

Night of the Grizzlies

Grizzly bears had never killed a person in Glacier National Park until the night of August 12, 1967. That's when everything changed for National Park…

2 years, 10 months ago

Selects: How Air Traffic Control Works

You know how when you fly in an airline you usually don't die? You can thank the battalion of air traffic control professionals who studiously track …

2 years, 10 months ago

Revenge: Bitter, Not Sweet

Someone cuts you off in traffic or makes fun of your friend and all you can think of is how to get back at them and then some. But wait! Research has…

2 years, 10 months ago