Booyah Mozart
the show did a whole episode about what happens after we die. 11 meditations on deaths of all sorts—death of a person, a planet, a particle. I called up geologist Jan Zalasiewicz for a…
Odds and ends that fell through the floor of the radio work: chats with geologists, chimp field notes, parasites put on trial.
the show did a whole episode about what happens after we die. 11 meditations on deaths of all sorts—death of a person, a planet, a particle. I called up geologist Jan Zalasiewicz for a…
Back in the 70s, Barb Smuts was a field researcher working with Jane Goodall in Tanzania. Barb was charged with the task of observing a group of chimps in the wild, following them, noting…
In 2010 I rode my bike across the country with my friend Soo. I was interviewed for a podcast called “The Reason” that’s about what songs get stuck in your head when you ride. This…
In the show’s hour on Parasites, science writer Carl Zimmer plays defense lawyer to nature’s cheats while hosts Jad and Robert argue in defense of the victims. I serve as moderator as the…
For the intro to the show’s show on genetic engineering (“So-Called Life,” we titled it), I wander around the American Museum of Natural History and ask kids really hard-hitting questions…