May 2011

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WSF Preview
31 May 2011

The Doppler Effect team gears up for this year's World Science Festival, and takes a look back at festivals past.  Listen here.

The Brain
24 May 2011

Braaaiiiiinsss.  We have them, and they're really complicated.  This week, Chuck and I take a peek into a few of its crevices.  First, we go on a field trip to SUNY Stony Brook, to visit Alfredo Fontanini's lab and listen to some rat sounds.  Then Chuck tries to figure out what's going on in the brain during an orgasm.  To wrap up, I cool things off with some sensory hallucinations.  In between you get to listen to Pinky and Brain teach you about brains, and meet our newest reporter, Colm Kelleher.

Listen here.

A Mixer
17 May 2011

This week the team at The Doppler Effect affectionately assembled a mix tape for you.  You know, the kind where none of the songs are really related to any of the other songs, but since they come from someone you like you pretend not to notice.  You like us, right?

So this week's medley includes the answers to some truly monumental questions we know you've been dying to know the answers to.  Will Sarah find someone to fix her Zune?  What makes a chant chantable?  Does where you vote change how you vote?  Sarah, Rose and Chuck have your answers.

Listen here.