Sunday Pick: Do all my friends secretly hate me? | from Corner Piece
Why does making friends as an adult feel like mission impossible?In today’s Sunday Pick, Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes explores what it means to be a friend while grappling with a friendship br...
1 Marras 41min
The haunting truth of ghost stories | Coya Paz Brownrigg (re-release)
Ghost stories reveal much more than the ghouls and spirits that haunt them. Settle in for a spooky delight as theater educator Coya Paz Brownrigg lays out three types of bone-chilling tales and exhume...
31 Loka 14min
What crows teach us about death | Kaeli Swift (re-release)
Rituals for the dead span much of the natural world, seen in practices from humans and elephants to bees, dolphins and beyond. With charm and playful insight, animal behaviorist Kaeli Swift delves int...
31 Loka 14min
The razor-thin line between contagion and connection | Dan Taberski (re-release)
After a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out to investigate what was really happening. Drawing on extensi...
31 Loka 15min
The fascinating physics of insect pee | Saad Bhamla (re-release)
Scientist Saad Bhamla is on a mission to answer a question most people don't think to ask: How do insects pee? Taking inspiration from the incredible "butt flickers" of the glassy-winged sharpshooter,...
31 Loka 10min
Zombie roaches and other parasite tales | Ed Yong
In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodies (and brains!) of othe...
31 Loka 15min
How to make friends (and keep them) | Sheridan Voysey
Who could you call at 2am when everything’s gone wrong? Friendship expert Sheridan Voysey believes we’re in a friendship recession, with many of us forgetting how to foster meaningful relationships. H...
30 Loka 16min
How fossil fuel companies keep your energy costs high | Jon Powers
Solar energy and storage are the fastest, cheapest ways to add electricity to the grid. So why are small towns across the US pausing or banning these projects? Clean energy entrepreneur Jon Powers sho...
29 Loka 12min
