Biology
Sunshine, sharks and ticks, oh my!
Guests: Joseph Sobanko, Marie Levine and Thomas Mather
If you want to stay safe this summer, wear sunscreen and
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Air Date: June 24, 2015
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Guests: James Serpell, Gail Melson, Megan Mueller
If you’re a parent, chances are your son or daughter has aske
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Air Date: June 4, 2015
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The Birds, the bees and gardening
Guests: Edwin Rajotte, Douglas Tallamy
The White House recently announced a national strategy to help bolster bee
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Air Date: May 29, 2015
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Service Dogs and Wounded Warriors
Guests: Ashley O’Hara, David Burry, and Kevin Brackney
[From the Radio Times archive] In t
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Air Date: May 25, 2015
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All about taste and flavors with writer John McQuaid
Guest: John McQuaid
[From the Radio Times archive] Of all the senses, taste is the most complex.
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Air Date: May 8, 2015
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Radio Times in Review: Dog Edition
Guests: Alexandra Horowitz, Jon Katz, Susan Orlean
On today’s Radio Times in Review, we’ll feature three stor
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Air Date: May 8, 2015
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How to make compost WITHOUT fall leaves
Mike McGrath shares tips for gardening in the Northwest, using sheep for weed control, how to care for a row of blue sp
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Air Date: May 2, 2015
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Rings, Centaurs, and Known Science
Four planets of our solar system have rings – Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. Astronomers can now identify at least two non-pl
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Air Date: April 13, 2015
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Radio Times in Review: The history of birding, insect sex, primatologist Frans de Waal
Guests: Scott Weidensaul, Marlene Zuk, Frans de Waal
It’s finally springtime and people all over the region are
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Air Date: April 10, 2015
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Ocean conservancy: how to protect marine species
Guests: Malin Pinksy, Boris Worm
The ocean is at risk for losing many of its species if we don’t do something q
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Air Date: April 6, 2015
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Service Dogs and Wounded Warriors
Guests: Ashley O’Hara, David Burry, and Kevin Brackney
In this hour of Radio Times, we’re having a discus
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Air Date: April 2, 2015
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A fond farewell to circus elephants; then what the circus looks like now
Susan Nance and Duncan Wall
Since the Ringling Brothers circus “came to town” in 1882, with their first eleph
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Air Date: March 11, 2015
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All about dog shows and show dogs
Guests: James Serpell and Katherine Grier
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show starts this weekend. Handlers will lead their dogs
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Air Date: February 11, 2015
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David Grimm’s “Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs”
Guest: David Grimm
[From the Radio Times archive] Last year Americans spent a whopping 55 billio
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Air Date: January 1, 2015
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Guests: Josh Plotnik and George Wittemyer
[From the Radio Times archive] African elephants are b
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Air Date: December 31, 2014
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