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In our default state, our brains constantly get in the way of effective communication. They are lazy, angry, immature, and distracted. They can make a difficult conversation impossible. But Andrew Newberg, M.D., and Mark Waldman have discovered a powerful strategy called Compassionate...

Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and a life-long committed Darwinist, abridges and reads this special audio version of Charles Darwin's famous book. A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals, starting with fish, all the way up through the ranks to apes, then to our current form.

The book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell. The book is divided into three sections, marking the three villas in which the family lived on the island. Apart from Gerald (the youngest) and Larry, the family comprised their widowed mother, the gun-mad Leslie, and diet-obsessed sister Margo together with Roger the dog.

Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals.

In Seven Dirty Words, journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred.

Whether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning - a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your vocal cords to make your innermost thoughts pop up in someone else’s mind. You can use it to talk about all sorts of things - from your new labradoodle puppy to the expansive gardens at Versailles, from Roger Federer’s backhand to things that don’t exist at all, like flying pigs.

Words of the Woods is a show about nature and history. Written and hosted by Brett Peto, environmental communications specialist at the Lake County Forest Preserves, it tells local stories about big topics. Season 3 focuses on climate change. While it's a global issue, many of its effects—along with opportunities to help mitigate and prevent them—are local. This season, Brett explores how climate change affects your forest preserves. How wildlife and plants may be adapting. And what the Forest Preserves is doing to make Lake County more climate-resilient.

Hear how Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity is protecting and restoring wildlife across Scotland. For 60 years, the Scottish Wildlife Trust has been taking action to protect wildlife. Join hosts Ed and Rachel to hear about the breadth of work the Trust does, from practical action on its network of over 100 wildlife reserves to engaging with communities and campaigning for better protection of Scotland’s land and sea.

A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word "table." Described by some as a superpower this mingling of the senses is called "synesthesia," and the people who possess this amazing gift are called "synesthetes." What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year exploring her synesthesia.

Beyond the Words is a conversation space for accomplished entrepreneurs and creative leaders who have built something meaningful and learned powerful lessons along the way.Hosted by Dimple Amore, the podcast explores the human side of success. The moments that rarely appear in public interviews. The mistakes, turning points and quiet realisations that shape a person far more than the highlight reel.Many founders build extraordinary companies through trial and error. Through risk, pressure and difficult decisions. Over time those experiences become wisdom.Beyond the Words exists to capture and ...

Diving into marine science adventures on the Great Barrier Reef and beyond!

This podcast offers a deep dive into some of the big issues surrounding forests and our relationship to them and serves as a platform for cross-disciplinary discussion. Drawing on the work of scientists, conservationists, forestry professionals, academics, designers and architects, Words on Wood is a space for frank reflection on the challenges and opportunities presented by working with forests. Created in conjunction with Disegno, the Quarterly Journal of Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all remember the "P" word we dreaded hearing about as adolescents...puberty. Sweaty, sticky, and pimply, we all go through puberty at some point in our lives, but why? Listen in as Seeker takes you on a scientific roller coaster ride of all things puberty like acne, hormones, body odor and more in this curated audio collection.

This podcast will offer a series of podcast series on topics related to how humans impact our planet. Each series will explore the science and humanity of topics like: how we manage trash, how human noise creates havoc, how chemicals affect our health and that of the wildlife we share the planet with. A new series centered around a topic will be released each semester by me and my team of student science communicators.

What happens when your voice no longer matches your gender identity? Join host Jess Lupini as she explores the strange and tangled relationship between gender and voice. Through interviews with linguists, trans people, voice training experts, doctors, surgeons, storytellers, and much more, The Words Don't Fit The Picture will take you on a journey through what we know — and what we've still yet to fully understand — about how our voices and gender identities affect one another.

The Louder Than Words podcast is about how ideas improve lives. Professor Jules Pretty created the Louder than Words podcast for conversations on how the world can be made a better place by inquiry, research and public engagement. These are ideas that can inspire individual, collective and policy action. This is the first podcast from the Centre for Public and Policy Engagement at the University of Essex. There are three series a year: autumn, spring and summer. Each episode of Louder Than Words takes a key contemporary issue and gives you a chance to hear from leading researchers, policy ...

Mümmelmann und andere Tiergeschichten von Hermann Löns gelesen von Peter Bieringer. "Hat Er es nicht gleich uns geschaffen? Mit gleichen Sinnen auch versehen? Es liebt und hasst, fühlt Weh und Freude: Das müsst Ihr ja doch zugestehen ..." Überschrieben Das Tier. Man mag über die Verse der legendären Friederike Kempner aus dem Jahre 1903 lächeln. Ihr Zeitgenosse Hermann Löns hätte ihr sicher zugestimmt. Die Verhaltensforschung hat in letzter Zeit erstaunliche Ergebnisse gezeitigt. Von lernfähigen Krähen, eifersüchtigen Äffchen, trauernden Elefanten, homosexuellen Meeressäugern.