• Selects: BPD: The Worst Disorder or Not a Disorder at All?
    Jan 17 2026

    Borderline Personality Disorder has been described as emotional “third degree burns over ninety percent of your body.” It’s as close to a curse as a personality disorder can be: deep fear of being abandoned creates behaviors that end up driving people off. Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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    51 Min.
  • Data Centers: Can't Live With Em, Can't Live Without Em
    Jan 15 2026

    Data centers are the backbone of our digital world. All the sites you visit and social media you post happen there. A boom in huge data centers to support AI is underway, and they’re taking a big toll on the environment and life for the people around them.

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    48 Min.
  • Short Stuff: Did a vampire legend help win the Cold War?
    Jan 14 2026

    During the Cold War, the CIA used the legend of a vampire named Aswang to scare locals into not helping the communists.

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    13 Min.
  • Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone
    Jan 13 2026

    West Virginia is home to sensitive radio telescopes that could easily pick up your cell phone’s signal on Mars. And the cell reception on Mars is about as good as it is in the NRQZ, since cell towers are banned in the interest of furthering astronomy.

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    51 Min.
  • Selects: How Forgiveness Works
    Jan 10 2026

    For most of history, forgiveness fell under the domain of religion. But in the 1980s science started investigating it and found that forgiving someone is really, really good for you. Learn how anybody can be the better person in this classic, and really great, episode.

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    59 Min.
  • The SAD Episode
    Jan 8 2026

    Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is much more than the winter blues. It's a serious subset of depression. Learn all about it and what to do if you suffer from it today.

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    51 Min.
  • Short Stuff: Neighborhood Watch
    Jan 7 2026

    Since 1972 neighborhoods have been officially banding together to prevent crime together. Does it work? It seems to. Does it go too far? It often does, yes.

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    13 Min.
  • The Warrens: Paranormal Power Couple
    Jan 6 2026

    Today we dive into the interesting story of paranormal power couple the Warrens, inspiration behind The Conjuring movie franchise.

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    43 Min.