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The Natural Curiosity Project — 366 episodes

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Episode 332-Jurassic AI

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Episode 331-Talk Dirty to Me Part 2

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Episode 330-A Golden Story

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Episode 329-Musings on Bernd Heinrich

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Episode 328-Ages of the Anthropocene

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Episode 327-Talk Dirty to Me, Part 1

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Episode 326-Thoughts on Log From the Sea of Cortez

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Episode 325-If You Want Something Different

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Episode 324-Jennifer Comeau and Milo the Green Mussel

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Episode 323-Life's Battery

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I Otter be in the Water

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Episode 321-A Climb to Remember

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Episode 320-Food Names

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Episode 319-Holly Hughes, Publisher and Much More

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Episode 318-The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

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Episode 317-Russ Willis-AI Ethicist

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Episode 316-Ocean Facts

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Episode 315-Clixed-Up Miches with Stephen Morris

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Episode 314-Mexico’s Island of the Dolls

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Kyle Steele Interview

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Episode 312-What Matters

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Episode 311-Interspecies Communication—Fantasy or Reality?

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Episode 310-Centennial Gleissberg Cycles

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Episode 309-2025 Reviewed

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Episode 308-Book Magic

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A Tour of the Essex Junction Water Treatment Plant

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Episode 307-The Sounds Below

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Episode 306-Nature is Calling-Are You Listening-Part 3

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Episode 306-Nature is Calling-Are You Listening-Part 2

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Episode 306-Nature is Calling-Are You Listening-Part 1

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Episode 303-Interview with Shaun Borri

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Episode 305-The Abyss

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Episode 304-Interview with Melissa Pons

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Episode 302-The Wind's Many Voices

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Episode 301-Two Underground Stories

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Episode 300-300 Episodes

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Episode 299-When Acronyms Become Words

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Episode 298-What Do You Hear?

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Episode 297-The Real Mister Bojangles

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Episode 296-More Thoughts on Writing

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Episode 295-The Most Complicated Machine Ever Built

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Episode 294-Serendipity and Curiosity in Monterey

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Episode 293-Homage to Greatness Revisited

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Episode 292-The Lessons of History

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Episode 291-The Dance of Curiosity, Awe and Wonder

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Episode 290-The Research Myth

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Episode 289-The Generational Blame Game

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Episode 288-The Wonderful, Terrible Gift of Science

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Episode 287-When in the Course of Human Events

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Episode 286-Conversation with Science Writer Amorina Kingdon

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Episode 285-Conversation with Wildlife Biologist Bethany Ostrom

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Episode 284-Magical Yakhchals

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Episode 283-Not-So-Famous faces

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Episode 282-The Multifaceted World of Rob Dircks

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Episode 281-Where Curiosity Leads

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Episode 280-Candle in the Darkness

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Episode 279–Mystery Sounds

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Episode 278-Intellectual Inoculation

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Episode 277-BCBDXing

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Episode 276-Biodiversity and Sound

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Episode 275-Jared Blake-The Life of a Field Recordist

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Episode 274-Who Authors Really Are

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Episode 273-The Strange Story of Fordlandia

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Episode 272-I'm Your Huckleberry

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Episode 271-Sound Safaris for the Blind

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Episode 270-Curiosity, Space Travel, and How to Write a Book

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Episode 269-Global Geopolitics with my Grandson

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Episode 268-Meet Jerry Berrier

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Episode 267-Sounds of the Not-So-Distant Technological Past

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Episode 266-Marie Desrosiers and the Charm of Abandoned Places

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Episode 265 - Thoughts On A Road Trip

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Episode 264-The (Truly) First Electric Car

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Episode 263 - Older Than Dirt And Just As Lively - An Interview With Archaeologist Douglas Frink

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Episode 262 - Brian Malow, Science Comedian

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Episode 261 - Foghorns, Bell Buoys And Dianne Ballon

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Episode 260 - The Magic Of Spider Webs

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Interlude: My New Book: Russet, A Novel

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Episode 259 - Voyager's Golden Record

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Episode 258 - West With Giraffes - Thoughts On The Past And Future

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Episode 257 - Labels Redux

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Episode 256 - Interview With Wren Kitz

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Episode 255 - -Blue Highways Revisited

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Episode 254—The Dubious Value Of Interspecies Communications

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Episode 253 - The Secret Life Of Ponds With Acoustic Ecologist Jack Greenhalgh

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Episode 252 - Interview With A Geologist

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Episode 251 - Tim Brookes And The Endangered Alphabet Project

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Episode 250 - Thank You

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Episode 249 - Seeing The Unseen With Tom Biegalski

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Episode 248 - Fun With Geography

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Episode 247—Watching The Dance Of The Ants

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Episode 246 - A Sense Of Wonder

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Episode 245 - The Papua New Guinea Expeditions With Tony Baylis, Wildlife Sound Recordist

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Episode 244 - It's A Thing

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Episode 243—When Art And Science Yield Truth

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Episode 242 - Interview With Musician And Field Recordist Madeline Reilly

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Episode 241 - Seeing Sounds

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Episode 240 - Battle For The Biggest

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Episode 239 - Antlions

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Episode 238 - Things Vs. Our Idea Of Things

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Episode 237 - Tardigrades

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Episode 236 - Interview With Dudley Edmondson Nature Photographer

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Episode 235 - Dung Beetles

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Episode 234 - The Human Library Project

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Episode 233 - Holy Moly Roly Poly!

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Episode 232—The Argot Of Sailing Ships

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Episode 231 - Of 400s And Other Names

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Episode 230 - The SIlverBack Digest

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Episode 229 - The Strange World Of Synchronicity

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Episode 228 - Sounds Of The West With Jeff Rice

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Episode 227 - The Power Of Strangers With Joe Keohane

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Episode 226 - A Man Of Many Talents - John Neville

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Episode 225: Wings Across Continents with Axel And Ario Drioli

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Episode 224 - Ryan McCarty And The Culture Of Good

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Episode 223 - Rick Hannon Of Evocative Sound

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Episode 222 - Thoughts On Television Commercials And Alexis De Tocqueville

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Episode 221—A Few Thoughts On Wisdom

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Episode 220 - George Vlad Captures The World

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Episode 219 - Reef Renewal USA

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Episode 218 - Interview With Thomas Meinzen

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Episode 217 - Interview With Brad Borkan

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Episode 216 Part 2 - On Generations

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Episode 216 Part 1 - On Generations

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Interlude - Beavers And Peepers

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Episode 215 - The Magic Of Water

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Episode 214 - Ecosenses

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Interlude - Cicadas

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Episode 213 - A Field Guide To Disinformation

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Episode 212 - Dendrites

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Episode 211 - The Badass Librarians Of Timbuktu

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Episode 210 - Leadership's Rotating V

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Interlude: Freight Rolling Through Norway, Iowa

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Interlude: Parker River Gentle Surf

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Episode 209 - Thoughts On Reverence And Democracy

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Episode 208 - Sound Recordist Darren Wassom

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Morning Blackbird Chorus

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Episode 207 - A Stroke Of Luck With Dr. Bevan Choate

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Episode 206 - Celebrate What's Right With The World With Dewitt Jones

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Episode 205 - Travels By Zeppelin

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Episode 204 - Invention, Innovation And Just Plain Magic

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Episode 203 - The Control Of Nature

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Episode 202 - A Conversation With Author, Researcher, And Journalist John Geoghegan

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Episode 201 - The Bird Genoscape Project With Jacob Job

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Episode 200 - Thank You

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Episode 199 - Jay Weiser And The Five Leadership Superpowers

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Episode 198 - Jay Weiser, Cyborg

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Episode 197 - The Federal Writers Project

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Episode 196 - California Naturalist Michelle Fullner

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Episode 195 - The Creative Mind Of Rob Bender

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Episode 194 - The Weird World Of Synesthesia

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Episode 193 - Alice And The Magician

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Episode 192 - The Downside Of Curiosity

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Episode 191: Yoga Relaxation

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Episode 190 - Hope

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Episode 189 - Thoughts On The Human - Ness Of AI

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Episode 188 - The Shape Of The States

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Episode 187 - The Singing Planet

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Episode 186 - An Interview With Nathan Wolek

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Episode 185 - Time For A Clean Network Act

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Episode 184 - The Carnivorous Swans Of San Ramon

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Episode 183 - 60 Years On

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Episode 181 - Rob Prince And Dark Winter Nights

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Episode 182 - Interview With Luke Pearson

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Episode 180 - Thoughts On Customer Experience

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Episode 179 - The Nation We Knew One Year Later

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Episode 178 - The Many Faces Of Will Gillespie

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Episode 177 - Through The Eyes - And Mind - Of A Psychologist

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Episode 176 - The Wacky World Of Foley

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Episode 175 - The Internet Of Things And Why You Should Care

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Episode 174 - The Human March Of Technology

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Episode 173 - When Institutional Wisdom Becomes Institutional Baggage

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Episode 172 - Randy Hynes, Common - Sense Candidate

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Epsode 171 - A Passion For Passion With Jim Winninger

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Episode 170 - Earth Day 2022

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Episode 169 - Warm And Cold - Blooded Leadership

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Episode 168 - The Magic of Maple Syrup with Mike Isham

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Episode 167 - Gary Kessler And A Historical View Of Information - Sharing

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Episode 166 - An Audio Tour Of Mud Pond

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Episode 165 - Thoughts On The Future Of Work

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Episode 164 - Magic Of The Prairie With Chris Helzer

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Episode 163 - The Story Of Juneteenth And Other Amazing Things

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Episode 161 - Voices Of A Flyway With Jacob Job

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Episode 162 - Art, Life And The Sounds Of Nature With Mark Brennan

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Episode 160 - Colors

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Episode 159 - Books And Barbed Wire

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Episode 158 - The Real Story Behind Mother Goose

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Episode 157 - Fly Or Walk - A Pilot Walks The Appalachian Trail

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Episode 156 - Interview With A Viking

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Episode 155 - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo

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Episode 154 - What's A Lobbyist? With Mike Hutfles

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Episode 153 - Interview With Phil Asmundson

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Episode 152 - The Spice Story

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Episode 151 - Interlude

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Episode 150 - Interview With Dr. Russ Willis

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Episode 149 - Science And Wonder

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Episode 148 - Technological Art Imitates Life

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Episode 147 - Reuben Poretti's Journey

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Episode 146 - The Measure Of A Place

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Episode 145 - Amazing Nature Facts

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Episode 144 - Being In The Moment

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Episode 143-Interview With Jerry Power Of The I3 Consortium

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Episode 142 - Interview With Jim Metzner

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Episode 141 - Thoughts On Sameness

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Episode 140 - Interview With Jim Mulvihill

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Interview With Jared Blake

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The World Of Weird Trade Shows

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Real Thoughts On Artificial Intelligence

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Frogs And Blackbirds

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Sandra Hughes on Solopreneurship

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Cybersecurity Update With Gary Kessler

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Episode 133 - Scott Luria 4

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Why I Wrote The Nation We Knew

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Episode 131 - Mary Sullivan's Dirty Job

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Episode 130 - Tetramorium Immigrans

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Episode 129 - Prairie Ridge And The Gillespie Family Farm

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Scott Luria 3

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Experimentation As Self - Competition

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An Interview With Michael Shepard

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Episode 126 - An Interview With Chris Boyer

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Scott Luria 2

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Scott Luria 1

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Pete Mulvihill Interviews Steve about his New Book

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A Matter Of Last Resort

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Beyond The Data Economy And Other Nerdy, Important Stuff

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Episode 119 - Tim Washer And The Power Of Humor

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Episode 118-National Maritime Cybersecurity Plan

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Episode 117-Knowledge, Skill, Wisdom, Insight, Understanding

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Episode 116 - Why All Companies Should Be Led By Seasoned Birders

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Episode 112 - Foods I Have Known

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Episode 114 - The Problem With Labels

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Episode 115 - The Contributions Of Bell Laboratories

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Episode 113 - What's In A Name

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Episode 110 - An Interview With Ben Link Collins

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Episode 111 - Santa Study

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Episode 109 - A Letter - Writing Challenge

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Episode 108 - Inoculation Of Knowledge

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Episode 103 - Being Human In A Digital World

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An Interview With Gary Kessler On Maritime Ransomware Attacks

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Episode 107 - An Interview With Shazad Ahmad

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A (sort of) Technical Interview with Doug Standley of nioEarth

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An Interview with Doug Standley of NioEarth and a View of Climate Reality

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Episode 102 - Interview With Bob Dean Of Dean Learning

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Episode 101—Platform Companies And An Interview With Danny Olusegun Ojedokun

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Episode 100 - A Cry From The Deep

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Episode 99 - How To Write A Letter, Part 2

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Episode 97 - How To Write A Letter

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Summer Thunderstorm, July 8, 2020

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English Garden with Words and Sound

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Episode 96 - On The Subject Of Books

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Episode 95 - Top Ten List For Business Communications

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Episode 94 - Hydraulic Trees With Roger Boughton

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Hydrophone Recording of Frogs

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Sap Rising in Sycamore

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Contact Mic on Sheep Wire

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Episode 93 - Adventures With Methyl Mercaptan

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Episode 92 - Raising Our Collective Voices

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Episode 91 - An Interview With Dumbledore (Dick Todd)

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28 - Best Practices

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27 - DAW Postscript

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26 - The DAW Screen

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24 - Roger Bats

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23 - Analog To Digital

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22 - Dawn Chorus With IPhone And MV88

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19 - Roger First Time With Parabola

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18 - Microphone Types

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17 - Why Use DIfferent Mics

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16 - Downy Woodpecker Pecking With Hiss In Background

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15 - Northern Cardinal

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14 - Fallow Deer Rut

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13 - Wedge - Tailed Shearwater

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11 - House Wren

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10 - How I Got Into Wildlife Sound Recording

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3 - Wildlife Sound Vs. Soundscape

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2 - Getting Up Early

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1 - Welcome

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25 - Going Out With Gear

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20 - The Bottom of My Garden

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Episode 90 - A Corona Sabbatical

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Episode 89 - Bob Verlaque On Earth Day 2020

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Episode 88-Tragedy Of The Commons

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Episode 87 - Collaboration And Communication In The Time Of Corona

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Episode 86 - Random Thoughts On Things

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Episode 85-Thoughts On Quarantine And Data Centers

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Episode 84 - Tumbleweeds And Pollinators

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Episode 83 - Accidental Inventions

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Episode 82 - Animals In The House

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Episode 81 - Human Perspective

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Episode 80 - Lang Elliott Interview Part 2

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Episode 79 - Lang Elliott Interview Part 1

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The Nine Million Club (Repost)

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How To Read Movie Credits With Bob Verlaque

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Davyd Betchkal Part 2

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Davyd Betchkal Part 1

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Richard Nelson Remembrance

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Ixtoluca

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An Interview with Sound Recordist Phil Brown

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Peepers

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Ever Widening Circles

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Netting The Land

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Immigrant Insights

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Homage To Greatness

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The Science Of Diving Part 2

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The Science Of Diving Part 1

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Episode 64 - Hackers Then And Now

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Episode 63 - Burma - Shave And Its Message For America

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Tommy Graves - A Story Of Passion And Curiosity

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Episode 61 - Pigeon Toads And Other Exotics

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Episode 60 - Gregor Mendel And GMOs

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Episode 57 - The Internet of Things Part 3

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Episode 59 - The Gray Rabbit

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Episode 58 - Biomimicry

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Episode 56 - The Internet Of Things Part 2

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Episode 55 - The Internet Of Things Part 1

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Episode 54 - Changing Climate - -and Minds

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Episode 53 - Miracle On Second Avenue

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Episode 52 - The Demise Of The Long Drive

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Episode 51 - Just Interesting Stuff

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Episode #50 - How Blockchain Works

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Episode #49 - Montpelier BioBlitz

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Episode 48 - A Cat, A Bottle Of Poison, A Geiger Counter, And A Supercomputer

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Episode 1 - Introduction

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Episode 46 - Snow Geese On Lake Champlain

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Episode 44 - The Last Man Who Knew Everything

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Episode 43 - The World Brain

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Episode 47 - House Wren

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Episode 42 - The Smell Of A Rainstorm

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Episode 18 - Springtails And Snow Fleas

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Episode 41 - The Coolest People You've Never Heard Of

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Episode 13 - Encounter With Luján

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Episode 45 - Berzerkley (eat your peas)

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Episode 39 - The Nine Million Club

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Episode 40 - Yoga Relaxation with Cristina Shepard

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Episode 38 - Indifference

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Episode 37 - Why Transformation Matters

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Episode 36 - Porch Swing Dreams

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Episode 35 - A Lesson In Humility- The Antikythera Mechanism

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Episode 34 - The Power Of The Story

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Episode 32 - The First Transoceanic Cable

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WSRS Podcast #1

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Episode 33 - Leadership And Those Who Lead

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Episode 31 - Bioluminescence

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Episode 16 - Forest Bathing

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Episode 30 - Interesting Technology Tidbits

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Episode 29 - Those Answerless Questions

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Episode 25 - The Wisdom Of Loren Eiseley

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Episode 15 - How Trees Work

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Episode 28-The Future Of 5G

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Episode 27 - Leaps Of Language

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Episode 2 - The Disappearing Spoon

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Episode 3 - The Elephant's Child 'Satiable Curtiosity

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Episode 4 - Fens, Mires and Bogs

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Episode 5 - Leadership And Storytelling

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Episode 6 - The Wave Venture

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Episode 7 - How I Learned To Love Fungus

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Episode 8 - I Am Haunted By Waters

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Episode 9 - Thoughts On Life And Form

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Episode 11 - The Age Of Wonder

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Episode 12 - Likin' Lichens

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Episode 14 - Lost Frogs

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Episode 17 - On Leadership And Vision

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Episode 19 - Insect Architects And Engineers

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Episode 20 - Oh No...Our Boy's An Engineer

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Episode 23 - Big Data With Pete Mulvihill

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Episode 24 - On Curiosity With Pete Mulvihill

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Episode 26 - The Attack On Science With Pete Mulvihill

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Episode 22 - Northern Cardinal

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Episode 21 - Sharp - Shinned Hawk Alarming With Black Vultures