Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3317: Railcars
Episode: 3317 Specialized Railcars for Heavy Cargo. Today, how railroads move the unmovable.
The World in Brief from The Economist - Trump’s budget vote-a-rama; America to lift Syria sanctions, and more
As debate time ended for Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”, the president’s tax-cutting package moved to a special session known as vote-a-rama.
Short Wave - On July 4th, Are You A Thrill- Or Chill-Seeker?
Independence Day is approaching! Imagine in a few days, someone has procured illegal fireworks from a couple of states over. Are you:
A) first in line to light them
B) content to watch while others set them off
C) going to find a fire extinguisher — just in case — while loudly condemning the activity?
Ken Carter, a psychologist at Oxford College of Emory University, says everyone has a different level of sensation-seeking. This episode, we get into the factors at play, like people's brain chemistry, when deciding whether or not to do an activity, like setting off fireworks. Plus, he and Emily reveal their scores to his forty-point scale.
Ken's 40-point sensation seeking survey can be found in his book, Buzz!.
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A) first in line to light them
B) content to watch while others set them off
C) going to find a fire extinguisher — just in case — while loudly condemning the activity?
Ken Carter, a psychologist at Oxford College of Emory University, says everyone has a different level of sensation-seeking. This episode, we get into the factors at play, like people's brain chemistry, when deciding whether or not to do an activity, like setting off fireworks. Plus, he and Emily reveal their scores to his forty-point scale.
Ken's 40-point sensation seeking survey can be found in his book, Buzz!.
Interested in more psychology episodes? Email us your question at shortwave@npr.org.
Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.
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Global News Podcast - Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe
Many Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike at a popular seafront cafe in Gaza. Also: Microsoft AI system diagnoses patients "much better than doctors", and big wins not so big in Norwegian lottery.
Freakonomics Radio Archives - Freakonomics - The History of Old Age
A conversation with Golden Years author James Chappel. To get subscriber-only episodes, sign up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
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