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Surging methane and rising temperatures--at least let's talk about it....

Airs at: Wed, 10/19/2022 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
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Is there a God?

Airs at: Wed, 10/12/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Is there a God? Scientists, journalists, and philosophers debate this question. -- Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several b... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for October 17, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Crypto-coin and the Remaking of Social Relations: Cryptocurrencies are often described as the new wild west of finance and speculative investments. Jan Haaken talks with Emaline Friedman about recent developments in the crypto world and how non-profit organizations are maki... Read more

Crypto-coin and the Remaking of Social Relations

Airs at: Mon, 10/17/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Cryptocurrencies are often described as the new wild west of finance and speculative investments. Jan Haaken talks with Emaline Friedman about recent developments in the crypto world and how non-profit organizations are making use of some of the same digital technologies in... Read more

The Price Of Having A Nuclear Arsenal

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
  Broken arrows --- The secret history of nuclear weapons accidents --- Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several books about phy... Read more

Old Growth Forests, Wildfire and Climate Chaos

Airs at: Mon, 10/03/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Even though there are no large fires burning close to Portland this summer, you can still smell the smoke from all the megafires burning from British Columbia to Northern California. This is the new reality we are facing, a confluence of climate chaos, exacerbated by loggin... Read more

Big Bang and DNA Theories

Airs at: Wed, 09/28/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  The Big Bang and origin of universe --- DNA traces evolution of humanity --- Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku is the author of several books ab... Read more

Skeptic Check: New UFO Evidence

Airs at: Wed, 09/21/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  It was a shocker of a story, splashed across the New York Times front page: The existence of a five-year long, hidden Pentagon investigation of UFOs. With two-thirds of the American public convinced that aliens are visiting Earth, could this study finally provide the pro... Read more

Big Picture Science Radio

  Big Picture Science is a weekly, one-hour radio show and podcast produced at the SETI Institute. Hosted by Seth Shostak, SETI Institute Fellow and Senior Astronomer, and science journalist Molly Bentley, Big Picture Science reports on modern science and technology with s... Read more

Charles Seife on fusion power; Neal Shubin on his human evolution theory

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Guests: Dr. Charles Seife talks about the prospects for fusion energy; and Dr. Neil Shubin on our evolution from the fishes   Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Gradu... Read more