
Health & Science
Is there a science to love and trust?
Renowned relationship expert, Dr. John Gottman, joins for the hour to discuss his forty years of research into marital stability. At The ...
Air Date: February 23, 2015
ListenCalendar offers hints of spring
Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday mark the start of Lent, heading toward spring which is now just over 4 weeks away. Yester ...
Air Date: February 17, 2015
ListenStepfamilies: What works, what doesn’t
Blended families with children have a lot on their plates. There are roles to define, needs to pay attention to, and loyalties to underst ...
Air Date: February 16, 2015
ListenAny parent with a teenager can tell you that their child’s adolescent years can be confusing, anxiety-ridden, tumultuous. Even the ...
Air Date: February 9, 2015
ListenA perfect pair for Valentine’s Day
Head out of doors in the evening on Valentine’s Day to observe “a perfect pair” — Venus and Mar ...
Air Date: February 9, 2015
ListenAsylum for the severely mentally ill
Forty years ago, we thought closing psychiatric hospitals was the humane action. But was it? In a ...
Air Date: February 2, 2015
Listen 52:16The oldest planets ever discovered in our Milky Way have been around 11.2 billion years! Kepler 444 has identified five ...
Air Date: February 2, 2015
ListenNext Monday (2/2) is Groundhog Day! Halfway through Winter. SpaceX gets another one billion dollars in investments for ...
Air Date: January 26, 2015
ListenDr. Bessel van der Kolk, a pioneer in trauma research and treatment, discusses his latest book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind ...
Air Date: January 26, 2015
ListenWhat are teens learning about Civil Rights in school?
For Martin Luther King Day, we offer this rebroadcast: According to a ...
Air Date: January 19, 2015
ListenBeware of the belching black hole
Chandra X-Ray satellite observes enormous eruption from our Milky Way Galaxy’s black hole . This extreme outburst ...
Air Date: January 19, 2015
ListenWith 8 exoplanet confirmations this week NASA’s Kepler Space Observatory has identified over 1,000 exoplanets pla ...
Air Date: January 13, 2015
ListenIs depression contagious? A fresh look at a debilitating condition
The incidence of depression is escalating throughout the world. So can depression be contagious? Is it part of our social make-up or a bi ...
Air Date: January 12, 2015
Listen2015 astronomy & space exploration highlights
SpaceX ISS resupply launch could come as early as tomorrow or Wednesday. Dawn at Ceres – March 6th: orbited Vesta ...
Air Date: January 6, 2015
ListenWhen the mirror lies: The transgender journey
The tragic death of a transgender teen in Ohio brings to our attention the alienation and pain transgender individuals face. Lee Ann Ets ...
Air Date: January 5, 2015
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