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Bilingualism
1 April 2014

In this episode we hear five first-person accounts of bilingualism in the US, raising questions about the relationship between language, culture and identity.

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Communication and Sound
8 April 2014
How do we communicate information to one another? In this episode, Audrey plays a "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me"-inspired game of "Bluff the Listener," and Alex tells us about the recent fad of speaking with vocal fry. Finally, Neel discovers what can happen when sounds just don't mean anything in a segment about noise pollution.

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What is Humor?
15 April 2014

We can all appreciate a good joke. But why are some things funny when others just aren't? Science has a few theories. Becca and Neel talk with the experts about why we laugh.

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Fracking and Nuclear Weapons
30 April 2014

Two controversial subjects - fracking and nuclear weapons. First Liz clears up any misconceptions about the relationship between fracking, waster water, and earthquakes. Then Kelly interviews a nuclear physicist about the science behind nuclear weapons. 

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