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CU Boulder Podcasts
by Dirk Martin
The official account of the University of Colorado Boulder Office of Strategic Relations and Communication. #CUBoulder
Episodes
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Science behind Holding Hands
We are joined by Pavo Goldstein to talk about the science behind holding hands with a spouse and how it can help relieve negative effects from child birth.
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Night Shifts and Diabetes
Night Shifts and Diabetes by Dirk Martin
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Placebo Effect
Heart break a feeling we have all felt, but how does it work? Today we visit this idea and dig deep with leone Koban and talk about using the placebo effect to help with heart break.
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Blood Pressure and Breathing
Just breathe, seem obvious? Today we talk with Daniel Craig about the benefits of breathing.
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Women in Comedy
Today on lab rats we talk to "single, stay-away-from-home mom” Nancy Norton, winner of the 2018 Boston Comedy Fest and and Jessi Rivin, doctoral student in organizational behavior and information systems at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business about how women are perceived in comedy and using...
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Kenneth Bickers on the crowded race for the 2020 presidential Democratic Party nomination.
With 19 candidates already in the running, and former Vice President Joe Biden expected to officially enter the race Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic nominating contest is shaping up to be one of the most crowded in history. CU Boulder Political Science Professor Kenneth Bickers offers insight into...
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Brainwaves ... What is love?
Welcome to Brainwaves - A new podcast exploring big ideas ... produced at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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CU Boulder Prof. Paul Hayne on Super Blood Wolf Moon
Rare lunar eclipse to entertain millions on Sunday night On Sunday night people from North America to Europe, Africa and the Central Pacific will be treated to a rare spectacle - a combination of a “super moon,” a ”blood moon” and a “wolf moon.” Paul Hayne, an assistant professor of astrophysical...
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Visual Imagery and Human Rights
Sandra Ristovska, assistant professor in media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, talks about the deep connection between visual imagery and human rights displayed in her new book.
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Michael Kodas on learning to live with wildfires
State forest managers recently announced that 2.9 million Coloradans, roughly half the state’s population, live in wildfire prone areas putting them at risk of the type of megafires that recently scorched California communities, says Michael Kodas, deputy director of CU Boulder’s Center for...
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Daniel Kaffine talks about how coordinated development could help wind farms be better neighbors
As onshore and offshore wind energy farms have proliferated globally in recent years, new research led by CU Boulder highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind farms that can reduce the energy production of their downwind neighbors, says CU Boulder economist...
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Nathan Schneider discusses co ops in a digital world
Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder Nathan Schneider talks about co-operatives, their importance in a digital age, and his new book titled Everything for Everyone.
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More Women Are Running For Political Office- Here's Why
Christina Ladem, a Ph.D. candidate in the political science department at the University of Colorado Boulder, talks about why more women are running for political office, especially following the 2016 presidential election.
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CU Boulder PoliSci Prof. talks about her "Reacting to the Past" class.
The heckling is real, the riots just acknowledged, and they are part of an innovative teaching method called Reacting to the Past, which was initiated at Barnard College in New York. Michaele Ferguson, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado Boulder, usually...
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50-year-old Night of the Living Dead: Where Modern Zombies Got Their Big Break
At 50, Night of the Living Dead is still digging up social commentary.
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Understanding Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria is becoming increasingly problematic for medical providers and dangerous for people who need medical treatment. Research to find a way to counter this threat is underway at CU Boulder where Corrie Detweiler and her team are looking to find…
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Coops in America are becoming an economic force - Nathan Schneider.
From broadband cooperatives bringing high-speed to rural communities to taxi drivers joining forces to fend off Uber, the co-op movement is alive and well. Listen to the author and CU Boulder professor Nathan Schneider talk about the 21st Century cooperative movement as it becomes an economic…
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Barn Swallows and Art
Barn swallows can eat hundreds of mosquitoes a day, but their numbers are declining. A collaboration between art and science at CU Boulder provides a new bird condo with move-in-ready nesting space. Photo Courtesy of: By JJ Cadiz, Cajay, from Wikimedia Commons
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Honeybees Demonstrate Social Influencer Behavior
University of Colorado graduate Rachael Kaspar talks about a new discovery about bee behavior. Older bees can influence younger bees to fan their wings to cool the hive.
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Keith Musselman-Rain-on-snow flood risk to increase in regions of the western U.S., Canada
A new study suggests that damaging weather events, more common to the Pacific Northwest, will happen more frequently in Colorado in the coming years. The study by CU Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research found that due to climate change, flooding caused by rain falling on...
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Earthquakes and oil and gas exploration
R.A.T.S. is a CU Boulder student produced podcast featuring stories about the research and science carried out at CU Boulder. Seniors Molly Phannenstiel and Andres Belton explore a vast array of research topics ranging from social sciences to aerospace and physics. Each podcast — no more than…
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What are Super Antibiotics?
University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor Anushree Chatterjee talks about "super antibiotics", an antibiotic that will work on many drug-resistant pathogens.
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Climate Policy Polarization
Climate Policy Polarization by Dirk Martin
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Faster, less expensive DNA sequencing now possible
Faster, less expensive DNA sequencing now possible by Dirk Martin
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Leaf Van Boven on Climate Policy & Politics Study
Study on climate change and politics exposes how false assumptions sway people’s beliefs Just how far apart are Republicans and Democrats when it comes to views on climate change? Not nearly as far as most assume, according to new surveys of more than 2,000 adults. Despite the perceived political...
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Fact Checking And Fake News
Chris Vargo talks about fake news and the efforts to counter the flase claims with fact-checking outlets.
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The Artnauts- Connecting People Through Art
University of Colorado art and art history professor George Rivera is traveling to South Korea to show artwork created by the Artnauts in the demilitarized zone of the countyr.
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Wildfires contaminate fresh water sources
Studies done in Colorado have shown that wildfires contaminate fresh water sources. Fernando Rosario-Ortiz is a professor in CU boulders Department of Civil,Environmental and Architectural Engineering and was apart of this study. CU Lab R.A.T.S talks to Fernando about the findings
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How Climate Warming is Affecting Certain Tree Species
Robert Andrus talks about how hotter and drier summers paired with below-average snowpack winters is harming several tree species in the Colorado Front Range.
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CU Boulder Art & Art History Professor George Rivera talks about Artnauts
CU Boulder Art & Art History Professor George Rivera will hold an art exhibit from June 22 to Dec. 22, at South Korea's DMZ Museum roughly three miles south of the North Korean border. The exhibit will feature 117 pieces of art, including 23 from current CU Boulder students, specifically created…
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CU Boulder's Christopher Depner on how sleep disruption swiftly alters key blood proteins.
Pulling an all-nighter just once can disrupt levels and expression patterns of more than 100 critical proteins in the blood, including those that influence blood sugar, energy metabolism, and immune function, according to new CU Boulder study that asked male participants to live like they worked...
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Chris Lowry on how growing up with pets may boost mental health.
Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers, according to new research. The study adds to mounting evidence supporting the...
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Marshmallow Test and Self-Control
You might have heard of the experiment in which children can have one marshmallow now, or wait a few minutes and have two. It’s been used as a test of self-control, and it’s been believed that you either have it or you don’t. But now researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have…
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Infant Sleep & Learning Study
New CU Boulder research suggests when a sleeping infant hears a sound, the brain reshapes itself According to a new CU Boulder study, infants as young as one-month-old show that during sleep their brain is processing information about its environment and performing computations about that...
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CU Boulder's Peter McGraw on why April Fools’ Day humor - and even not-so-funny humor – works
It’s that silly hoax-filled day again when friends and family try to make fools out of each other. That’s right - April Fools’ Day - a day when even lousy pranks seem to be funny. And there’s a reason for that, says Peter McGraw, an associate professor in marketing and psychology at CU Boulder’s...
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Prebiotics are good for you (Podcast)
You've heard the commercials. 'Eat this yogurt!' It's full of probiotics. They're super good for you… more specifically, your gut. But have you heard of prebiotics? Turns out they might be good for you, too. Robert Thompson works at the Stress Physiology Laboratory in the Department of…
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Beware - Bight-light before bedtime disrupts preschoolers sleep patterns
Bright-light before bedtime disrupts preschoolers sleep patterns, study suggests Exposing preschoolers to bright light before bedtime is not a good idea, according to a new CU Boulder study. It almost completely shuts down their production of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin, keeping it...
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Sleep Camping Study Podcast - Ken Wright
Camping in the Colorado mountains is a great way to get away from the hustle and bustle of modern life, but it might be more than just a serene campsite that helps us relax. According to a new CU Boulder study, camping, even for a short weekend, can help reset our internal clocks, resulting in...
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CU Boulder Child Digital Media Study
With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the sleep-disrupting effects of screen time, according to a sweeping review of the literature published today in the journal Pediatrics. “The vast majority of studies find that…
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Brian McDonald on urban pollution study
Household chemical products refined from petroleum, like cleaners, pesticides, paints and perfumes, now rival automobile emissions as the top source of urban air pollution, according to atmospheric scientist Brian McDonald, lead author of a CU Boulder-NOAA study.
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Stephen Graham Jones on the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein
Published 200 years ago, the Frankenstein novel by Mary Shelley is considered one of the classic novels of all time. What Shelley did was to write the first true science fiction-horror novel, says Stephen Graham Jones, a creative writing professor at CU Boulder and author of horror novels.
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What Is Grief Policing? (Podcast)
Katie Gach talks about what grief policing is and how to make social media platforms a more compassionate place for grieving individuals.
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Screen Light and Sleep Disruption (Podcast)
CU Boulder Associate Professor Monique LeBourgeios talks about how light from electronic screens disrupts children's circadian rhythms and sleep patterns.
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With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the sleep-disrupting effects of screen time, says Monique LeBourgeois, an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder and...
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CU Boulder's Ken Wright on fall back from daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time fall back tips Ken Wright It’s time to fall back from daylight saving time to standard time this Sunday morning at 2 a.m. when clocks are turned back one hour. But don’t get stressed over it. According to Professor Ken Wright, director of CU Boulder’s Sleep and Chronobiology...
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Scientists May Be Using Your Tweets Without Your Permission (Podcast)
Casey Fiesler talks about the ethics of scientists using people's Tweets in research without their permission.
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Cinnamon Bidwell Studies The Effects of Marijuana (Podcast)
University of Colorado researcher Cinnamon Bidwell studies the harm reduction and therapeutic effects that marijuana has on a person in CU's Change Lab.
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Stereotyping NFL Quarterbacks (Podcast)
University of Colorado assistant Journalism Professor Pat Ferrucci talks about the application of racial stereotypes of NFL quarterbacks.
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Age Gaps in Married Couples Affect Marital Satisfaction (Podcast)
University of Colorado Boulder Economics Professor and Researcher Terra McKinnish talks about how an age gap in married coupes affects overall marital satisfaction.
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Airborne Infections May Be Preventable(Podcast)
Professor and scientist Shelly Miller talks about the potential of having a low pressure isolation ward in hospitals to prevent airborne diseases from spreading.
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