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The Really Big Questions
by SoundVision Productions
TRBQ explores questions that intrigue both scientists and philosophers — questions about what makes us human. Public radio journalist and curious guy Dean Olsher asks the questions.
Episodes
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Tornado Man - TRBQ 18
What if you had an idea that you believed could change the world? What if that idea was a tornado machine? In this episode we ask, what drives some people to pursue an idea for their entire lives? Retired engineer Louis Michaud believes he has an idea that could solve the world's energy problems....
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TRBQ Podcast 17 -- What is Adulthood?
You can vote when you’re 18 and drink when you’re 21. But when do you really become an adult? Psychologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett says people in their early 20s are biologically and socially different from people in their 30s. He coined the term “emerging adulthood” to describe the years between...
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TRBQ Podcast 16 -- Choosing to Stay
These are the final words of Jennifer Michael Hecht's most recent book: "Choose to stay." Hecht argues against suicide as an escape from despair. She offers two reasons. Choosing to stay allows you the chance to be helpful to someone else. And, she says you owe your future self a chance at...
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TRBQ Podcast15 -- Things
Maybe it’s a stuffed elephant. Could be a pepper shaker. Or perhaps a very special rock. Many adults have an object that’s particularly dear to them, but it’s not something that most people openly talk about. Unless you ask them. See photos of Blankie, Mr. Giraffe, and other special objects:...
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TRBQ Podcast 14 -- Take My Corpse, Please
Mary Roach wants you to give yourself away. But not yet. After you’re dead. She wrote a book called “Stiff,” in which she details what has happened over the years to bodies that were donated—willingly or unwillingly—to science. And, maybe a little surprisingly, the book has inspired lots of…
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TRBQ Podcast 13 -- Is There Really Altruism?
If you ever doubt that animals have the capacity to share, look no further than chimpanzees. Frans de Waal studies primates, and he teaches psychology at Emory University. He tells host Dean Olsher that looking at the way other primates share sheds light on the way humans act. TRBQ is also on...
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TRBQ Podcast 12 -- I, Musician
On the altar of a former cathedral turned recording studio, an ensemble of musicians begins to play. Their notes are piercing and sometimes dissonant. It’s not your typical cathedral music -- but then again, these aren’t your typical musicians. They’re robots. TRBQ is also on iTunes: ow.ly/zxuL7
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TRBQ Podcast 11 -- The Triangle Is a Bully
The human instinct to tell stories is strong. So strong, in fact, that sometimes people see stories when they’re not there. Researchers in the 1940s showed people a very short animated move to demonstrate the point: Viewers couldn’t help making up stories as they watched. And it still works. We...
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TRBQ Podcast 10 -- Stories are Dangerous
Storytelling is an integral part of human culture. It teaches, enlightens and connects. But according to author and playwright Anne Bogart, it can also be dangerous. Bogart believes stories have the potential to distract and deceive — yet she devotes her life to telling them. She just released a...
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TRBQ explores questions that intrigue both scientists and philosophers — questions about what makes us human. Public radio journalist and curious guy Dean Olsher asks the questions.
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