• Week of Wonder: Can we save the quietest places in the world?
    Jul 18 2025

    Our planet’s rich nature sounds are disappearing, drowned out by human-made noise. Sound recordist Matt Mikkelsen travels the world, listening to and working to preserve our vanishing soundscapes.

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    47 mins
  • Week of Wonder: Volcanologist Tamsin Mather on her 'adventures in volcanoland'
    Jul 17 2025

    What's it like standing on the slopes of an active, erupting volcano? Volcanologist Tamsin Mather takes us on her journey to some of the world's biggest volcanoes.

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    47 mins
  • Week of Wonder: The truth about your period
    Jul 16 2025

    Menstruation is a definitive experience of a woman's life, and an indicator of her health. So why has period blood or menstrual fluid been largely under-researched?

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    45 mins
  • Week of Wonder: 'Vivaldi smells like breakfast sausage'
    Jul 15 2025

    Smell can trigger memories and influence emotions. New research is giving us insight into how that happens, including why some people can "smell" music and why losing the sense of smell can alert us to what might make us sick.

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    47 mins
  • Week of Wonder: The marvelous and misunderstood world of sharks
    Jul 14 2025

    Sharks are full of secrets, despite being some of the oldest creatures on the planet. Marine biologist Jasmin Graham has spent a decade studying them — and trying to bring more women of color like her into the field.

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    47 mins
  • The GENIUS Act and the Wild West of crypto
    Jul 11 2025

    If Congress passes the GENIUS Act, banks will be allowed to issue their own cryptocurrency, as long as it’s tied to a stable asset like the dollar. But some economists warn it could have very unstable outcomes.

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    46 mins
  • The Jackpod: It's going to be everywhere
    Jul 11 2025

    On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the rapid expansion of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency under the Trump administration.

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    46 mins
  • The Democrats divided over populism
    Jul 10 2025

    Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. He's a self-declared Democratic Socialist with a populist's platform. That's made some Democrats across the country nervous. Is populism the party's path forward?

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    46 mins