OM DENNA PODDSÄNDNING 🔗
Transistor is podcast of scientific curiosities and current events, featuring guest hosts, scientists, and story-driven reporters. Presented by radio and podcast powerhouse PRX, with support from the Sloan Foundation.
Uppdateringsfrekvens:
every 18 days
Genomsnittlig ljudlängd:
16 minutes
Engelsk
USA
62 avsnitt
sedan 2 februari 2015
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~52.14% of listeners are from United States.
🇺🇸
US
52.14%
❓
--
39.28%
🇿🇦
ZA
5.35%
🇬🇧
GB
0.71%
🇨🇦
CA
0.71%
🇦🇹
AT
0.35%
🇮🇱
IL
0.35%
🇩🇰
DK
0.35%
🇻🇳
VN
0.35%
🇮🇳
IN
0.35%
Others
0.06%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. i realtid
SENASTE AVSNITTET 🔗
Vaccinations, in one form or another, have been around longer than the United States. In fact, during the Revolutionary War in 1776, future first lady Abigail Adams pursued the controversial scientific technique to protect her 5 children against a threat more dangerous than an army of Redcoats. Her…
SÖK TIDIGARE AVSNITT
Sök efter tidigare avsnitt från Transistor.
TIDIGARE AVSNITT 🔗
Cosmic rays from outer space sound like science fiction. They’re not—invisible particles flung from outer space pass through our bodies every minute. But not all cosmic rays are equal; Some are immensely powerful and very rare. For decades scientists have wondered where they're coming from – and wh…
Every October 16th hundreds of people gather in Dublin to celebrate Ireland's greatest mathematician, William Rowan Hamilton. And get this – It was his act of vandalism on Broom Bridge in 1843 that put him in the history books – it actually changed mathematics forever. Samuel Hanson brings us the s…
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma left devastation in their wake all across the southern United States as unimaginable quantities of water swallowed up small towns and cities alike. But what happens to that water and how can cities better prepare ahead of time? Two years ago, reporter Jenny Chen followed …
What if the size of our dinner plate, its color, the material of our cutlery - even background sounds - all affect how our food tastes? In other words, what if it’s not just about what we cooked for dinner, but the context of the meal itself?
Reporter Quentin Cooper brings us this story.
Underneath our vrooms, beeps, and rumbles, natural sound may be more important than we think.
On May 2, 2015, beekeepers Pam Arnold and Kristy Allen got hit with a pesticide. They couldn't see it or smell it, but when they saw their bees writhing on the ground and dying they knew something was seriously wrong. They called a panel of scientists at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Thirty-six-year-old twins Carol and Katy are physically identical in every way but one: Katy was born without ovaries, and wanted to start a family. The science and ethics behind ovarian transplants as a treatment for infertility.
The headlines are often full of advice for women about when they should have children. Marnie Chesterton goes digging into the fertility stats and myths for modern women. Prepare to be surprised.
Humans have always been interested in controlling the weather. In the past we used raindances and sacrifices; today we turn to science. Cloud seeding is practiced all over the world, but there's still a lot we don't know about it. Delve into the surprising history, the controversial present, and th…
Ansvarsfriskrivning: Podcasten och konstverket som är inbäddat på den här sidan är från PRX, som är dess ägares egendom och inte anslutet till eller godkänt av Listen Notes, Inc.
PODCAST SÖKMOTOR
Du kan använda vår webbplats för att söka efter3,829,324podcaster och196,579,797avsnitt efter personer, platser eller ämnen.
En investering i kunskap ger bäst avkastning, så jag lyssnar på poddar.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
SÖK TIDIGARE AVSNITT
Sök efter tidigare avsnitt från Transistor.
GÖR ANSPRÅK PÅ DENNA PODDSÄNDNING
Why to claim podcasts?
If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes
podcast pages.
It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts.
After claiming your Listen Notes podcast pages, you will be able to:
✓
Manually refresh the RSS feed to sync up
✓
Get a verified badge (
✓
) alongside with your podcast name on Listen Notes
✓
Post radannonser for sponsorship,
guests, co-hosts,
cross-promotion...
✓
Respond to listener comments on Listen Notes
✓
Use speech-to-text techniques to transcribe your show and
edit transcripts
✓
Improve the presence of your podcasts, e.g., self-service
podcastintervju...
✓
If you share your Listen Notes page and at-mention @ListenNotes
on X (formerly Twitter),
vårt officiella X-konto (tidigare Twitter) will retweet to promote
your show to our followers.
Coming soon:
◯ Self-service promotion on Listen Notes
◯ Track your podcast stats on Listen
Notes, e.g., listens, page
views...
◯ Manage episodes
REDIGERA
Tack för att du hjälper till att hålla databasen över podcaster uppdaterad.
