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Shorts: A War We Need
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Guts
A look at the messy mystery in our middles, and ...
A look at the messy mystery in our middles, and what the rumblings deep in our bellies can tell us about ourselves.
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Shorts: The Turing Problem
Alan Turing's mental leaps about machines and computers were some ...
Alan Turing's mental leaps about machines and computers were some of the most innovative ideas of the 20th century. But the world wasn't kind to him. In this short, Robert wonders how Turing's personal life shaped his understanding of mechanical minds an
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Shorts: A War We Need
Every day, every moment, an epic battle is raging across ...
Every day, every moment, an epic battle is raging across the globe. It's happening in the ocean. And the evidence is both highly visible and totally hidden, depending on your perspective. In this short, the tale of an arms race involving trillions of sea
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Escape!
Stories about traps and getaways ... about getting stuck, and ...
Stories about traps and getaways ... about getting stuck, and breaking free.
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Shorts: Killer Empathy
Sometimes being a good scientist requires putting aside your emotions. ...
Sometimes being a good scientist requires putting aside your emotions. But what happens when objectivity isn't enough to make sense of a seemingly senseless act of violence? In this short, Jad and Robert talk to an entomologist about the risks, and the r
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Shorts: Wake Up and Dream
In today's short, a man confronts a bully, and frees ...
In today's short, a man confronts a bully, and frees himself from a recurring nightmare that's terrorized him for more than 20 years.
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The Bad Show
We wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ...
We wrestle with the dark side of human nature, and ask whether it's something we can ever really understand, or fully escape.
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Shorts: Mutant Rights
In this podcast short, a strange twist of legal taxonomy ...
In this podcast short, a strange twist of legal taxonomy causes a dispute over whether X-MEN action figures are toys or dolls and sparks a court case about what it means to be human.
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Shorts: Radiolab Presents: 99% Invisible
Roman Mars loves to spotlight the seams and joints that ...
Roman Mars loves to spotlight the seams and joints that make up the world around us. He's the host of an irresistible podcast called 99% Invisible--a series of tiny radio stories that provoke enormous questions. Roman joins Jad and Robert to play a few f
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Shorts: Death Mask
Near the end of the 19th century, a mysterious young ...
Near the end of the 19th century, a mysterious young woman with a beguiling smile turned up in Paris. She became a huge sensation. She also happened to be dead. You'd probably recognize her face yourself. You might have even touched it.
