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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - Spider and remote sensing

When a fly hits a spider’s web the web sends vibrations to the spider crouched at its edge. This is known as remote sensing. The webs may help us design sensors to detect vibrations in the earth and the built environment. These vibrations could be turned into electricity. This could lead to small scale energy harvesting. With Patrick Aryee. #30Animals www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals
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Unexpected Elements - From batteries to distant worlds

Nobel prizes this week went to a range of discoveries that you might be familiar with, in fact you might be using one of them right now – the lithium ion battery. The scientists credited with its Invention got the chemistry prize. And the tantalising prospect of life on other planets plays into the physics prize win.

We see what salamanders have to offer in the treatment of arthritis.

Human life expectancy has been increasing for decades. In many developed countries, we can now expect to live into our 80s, and it isn’t uncommon to live to 90 or even 100 years old. But eventually our bodies fail, old age is undoubtedly a clear indicator of approaching death. This fact annoyed 79 year old listener Bill, who emailed in to set us the task of seeking out the secrets to a longer, healthier life. Bill has a personal target to live to 200 years old, so can he do it?

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The Phil Ferguson Show - 318 Vi La Bianca & The FIRE Movement

Interview with Vi La Bianca. She is a former christian turned atheist activist. She is a host on the Atheist Experience TV show. We talk about the evil of home schooling and bad education.
Investing Skeptically: Home refinance & The FIRE Movement
Bonus audio: Martin Luther King - I have a dream.
Dara O'Brian on Catholicism.

Ending Music: Not Dead Yet - by The Bad Examples f/Ralph Covert (used with permission)
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The NewsWorthy - Introducing American Elections: Wicked Game

  Between our regular episodes, I want to introduce you to American Elections: Wicked Game. This new podcast is from the host of Wondery’s American History Tellers (Lindsay Graham) that will explore all 58 presidential elections, leading up to the big day in November 2020.   From the inevitable election of George Washington in 1789, to Donald Trump’s surprise electoral victory in 2016, they attempt to discover if there ever was a “good ol’ days,” or if presidential politics have always been played dirty.   Listen now at: http://wondery.fm/AmericanElectionsTNP    (sponsored)
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Impeachment Primer

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by all-star SCOTUS experts to walk us through this week’s biggest legal and constitutional developments. First, Laurence Tribe answers the questions Amicus listeners have been asking about the next steps in the impeachment process. Next, Pamela Karlan takes us inside the chamber for Tuesday’s oral arguments in a trio of Title VII cases at the high court. 

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The Gist - Giuliani Whisperer

On The Gist, Trump’s trade war with China.

In the interview, Mike talks to writer Elaina Plott about her reporting on Rudy Giuliani, new White House counsel Pat Cipollone, and the future of the impeachment hearings. Plott is a staff writer at the Atlantic. Read her work here. 

In the Spiel, the CNN LGBTQ+ Equality Town Hall. 

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