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Episodes I bothered trying to tell someone about

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Feb 12th, 2025
The title pretty much explains it. Episodes of podcasts that I really enjoyed and tried to tell someone about the episode or a part of it.

Episodes

    The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced millions of Americans to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 'New Yorker' staff writer Michael Specter ha
    ArtsBooksSociety

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    April 16, 2020

    46:31s

    Octopuses are clever, playful and full of surprises. They're also endangered in many places. Biodiversity scientist Dr Samantha Cheng explains why these creatures – often depicted in mythology and pop
    Science

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    April 9, 2020

    49:06s

    Challenges with testing and logistics, clashes between federal and state officials and even hospitals' fears of being stigmatized as a source of infection — all cost valuable time in detecting the spr
    NewsSocietyCulture

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    April 27, 2020

    11:39s

    Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center
    ComedyTechnologySports

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    March 10, 2020

    1:39:40s

    DeMent describes herself as extremely shy, but says that "when the songs started coming to me, I felt I didn't have the option to hide and avoid" the stage. She spoke with Terry Gross (and played song
    ArtsBooksSociety

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    April 17, 2020

    48:25s

    This week's must-hear mix includes the long-awaited return of Jónsi and Bright Eyes, some quietude from pianist Nils Frahm and some great unknowns, including Ela MInus and Noveller.Featured Songs And
    Music

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    April 22, 2020

    35:01s

    Fiona Apple's long-awaited Fetch the Bolt Cutters leads our rundown of the best new albums out this week. Hear that, plus the latest from Shabazz Palaces, Lido Pimienta, Rina Sawayama and more.Feature
    Music

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    April 17, 2020

    33:00s

    Across the United States, protests are erupting against orders to remain at home, close nonessential businesses and limit travel. So who is behind these protests? And what do they stand to gain? Guest
    NewsPolitics

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    April 22, 2020

    25:28s

    As President Trump urges states to begin reopening their economies, a debate is raging over when and how to end lockdowns across the country. Our reporter spoke to dozens of public health experts to t
    NewsPolitics

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    April 20, 2020

    24:55s

    Note: This episode contains strong language. More than a month since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, the majority of patients — some of whom are doctors themselves — in Brooklyn Hospital Center’s
    NewsPolitics

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    April 15, 2020

    24:17s

    He was a pastor. She was a poet. They found a second chance at love and traveled the world together, visiting Antarctica, Mount Sinai and Alaska. Today, we hear how he memorialized her life when she d
    NewsPolitics

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    April 24, 2020

    44:13s

    One day in 1961, the famous physicist Richard Feynman stepped in front of a Caltech lecture hall and posed this question to a group of undergraduate students: “If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific
    ScienceNatural SciencesSociety

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    April 18, 2020

    1:06:00s

    Back in the 1950s, facing the threat of nuclear annihilation, federal officials sat down and pondered what American life would actually look like after an atomic attack. They faced a slew of practical
    ScienceNatural SciencesSociety

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    April 24, 2020

    41:42s

    As part of a super 70s push to get Earth to a seat at the table of the Galactic Federation (in case there is, in fact, such a thing), astronomer Carl Sagan oversaw an ambitious project to launch a com
    SocietyCulture

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    April 23, 2020

    1:03:39s

    Jim Henson created hundreds of Muppets. Many of them are well known, but there are a whole bunch of Muppets from the early days that most people haven't even heard of. The Smithsonian has more than 30
    SocietyCultureHistory

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    November 25, 2019

    35:38s

    The world’s greatest observatory has not just delivered jaw-dropping images of distant galaxies and nebulas. It has deepened our intimate relationship to the universe. On the telescope's 30th birthday
    Science

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    April 23, 2020

    53:28s

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