Podcast Episodes

From the Archives: Earth Is Greener Than Before

This episode originally aired on 1/24/2020. New episodes coming soon. 

Learn about how AI and Twitter could help you find the perfect job, and how the…

4 years, 6 months ago

From the Archives: Is Cell Phone Radiation Dangerous?

This episode originally aired on 11/22/2019. New episodes coming soon. 

Learn about how human goals fall into 4 categories; why NASA’s Planetary Prote…

4 years, 7 months ago

From the Archives: Pi Almost Legally Changed to 3.2

This episode originally aired on 3/13/2020. New episodes coming soon. 

Learn about how speed listening to podcasts (or "podfasting") affects our emoti…

4 years, 7 months ago

From the Archives: Busting the "Only Child" Stereotype

This episode originally aired on 11/26/2019. New episodes coming soon. 

Learn about a new study that busts the myth of the self-centered only child; w…

4 years, 7 months ago

From the Archives: Fart Humor History

This episode originally aired on 9/13/2019. New episodes coming soon. 

Learn about why scientists measured how hard babies kick in the womb; the diffe…

4 years, 7 months ago

Praising Competitors, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, Rock Paper Scissors History

Learn about praising competitors; star stuff and gravity assists with the hosts of Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe; and the strange history roc…

4 years, 7 months ago

“Like Riding a Bike,” Paradoxes, That Fresh Rain Smell

Learn about the special way riding a bike is stored in your memory; the crocodile paradox; and the smell of fresh rain.

The stories in this episode or…

4 years, 7 months ago

Glow-in-the-Dark Cities, Feeling Holes, Max Volume on Earth

Learn about glow-in-the-dark cities; why holes feel larger with a tongue than a finger; and the maximum volume on Earth.

Maybe we can save the planet …

4 years, 7 months ago

Remembering Gifts, Animal Diets, Amazon-Sahara Connection

Learn why helping others feels like helping ourselves, how wild animals eat healthy, and how the Sahara feeds the Amazon.

We're less likely to remembe…

4 years, 7 months ago

The Medicinal Power of Plants, World Record Internet Speed

Learn about how plants could help us solve the superbug crisis; and how engineers set a world record for internet speed.

More from leading medical eth…

4 years, 7 months ago