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Unexplainable takes listeners right up to the edge of what we know…and then keeps on going. The Unexplainable team — Noam Hassenfeld, Julia Longoria, Byrd Pinkerton, and Meradith Hoddinott — tackles scientific mysteries, unanswered questions, and everything we learn diving into the unknown. New episodes Mondays and Wednesdays. From Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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Ever wonder what's really going on in the world of science? We've got you covered. Join us for conversations with the researchers making tomorrow's breakthroughs, deep dives into the universe's biggest mysteries, and clear explanations of the discoveries that matter most. We're talking climate breakthroughs, space mysteries, AI developments, and quantum leaps, all explained by the people doing the work. Whether you're curious about breaking headlines, fascinated by black holes and alien worl ...
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Reality Leak is a show about the strange, the speculative, and the occasionally ridiculous corners of reality. I talk about comets that act weird, drones nobody can explain, ancient myths that sound a little too specific, and why skepticism and wonder should probably share a drink instead of fighting all the time. It’s chaotic, curious, and sometimes funny, part research, part late-night ramble. If you like aliens, high strangeness, or just questioning the stories we’re told about the world, ...
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Weird Science Marvel Comics Weekly Review Shows

Marvel Comics, marvel, Comic Books, Comics, Marvel Comic Books, X-men, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Avengers, fantastic four, pop culture, television, movies

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Home of the most honest Weekly Marvel Comics Review Shows. Other Marvel podcasts can fight over Marvel movies and television shows - We love Marvel comics, and we talk about Marvel Comics! Marvel, Marvel Comics, X-Men, Star Wars, Comics, Comic Books
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Weird World Podcast

Weird World Podcast

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A podcast that explores the unknown, the unexplained, the mysterious, the unsolved and the just plain strange. Bizarre crimes, disappearing people, odd creatures, creepy phenomena, it's all here. We won't solve every mystery, but we'll try to separate truth from fiction and let you decide.
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Weird Science DC Comics Podcast

DC Comics, Comics, Comic Books, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Justice League,DC Comics, DC Comics Reviews, DC Comics News, Pop Culture, Geek, TV, Movies

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Every Sunday Night we review DC Comics - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Nightwing, Flash, Titans & More! DC Comics, Comics, Comic Books, DC Comics Podcast, Comics Podcast Comic Book Podcast, Pop CUlture, TV, Movies
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Part-Time Genius

iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope

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Are you a knowledge junkie who loves when facts are stranger than fiction? Do you find yourself constantly tripping down Wikipedia rabbit holes (and delighting in the journey)? Have you ever been told you ask a lot of questions? If so, congrats! You’re one of us: a Part-Time Genius! Join Will, Mango, and the team as we scour the globe in search of obscure facts, offbeat locales, and hidden histories. Along the way, we’ll chat with experts, play some games, get in touch with our silly side, a ...
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Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
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Shirtloads of Science

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

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Dr Karl's a curious optimist – a great combination for a science lover. Join him and his guests for weird facts, amazing conversation and remember, it's never too late for a happy childhood. https://drkarl.com/
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Weird Science

Weird Science

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The podcast exploring everything weird about science. Comedians Justin and Shane discuss science, high strangeness, and futurism with their stand-up friends. Previously known as Conspiracy Beer Me. Join us on Spotify Premium!: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdsciencepod/subscribe Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/weirdsciencepod Give us a follow at @weirdsciencepod Review us on iTunes! www.conspiracybeerme.com
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Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.
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Geek Chic's Weird Science

Lliana Bird, Dr Jack Lewis And Richard Boffin

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Your weekly dose of weird science. Join neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and science enthusiast Lliana Bird as they take an irreverent look at the latest news from the weird and wonderful world of science. Science never sounded so good!
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EVSN: Escape Velocity Space News

Dr. Pamela Gay, Erik Madaus, Ally Pelphrey

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Get your weekly dose of all that's new in space and astronomy with Escape Velocity Space News. The sky is not the limit, as we bring you the latest scientific discoveries and rocket launches. EVSN is brought to you by the team behind CosmoQuest at the Planetary Science Institute and features hosts Dr. Pamela L. Gay and Erik Madaus, with audio engineering by Ally Pelphrey. EVSN is supported through Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/CosmoQuestX.
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Science Shambles

The Cosmic Shambles Network

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Part of the Cosmic Shambles Network, the network for people with curious minds, Science Shambles is a semi regular collection of conversations with scientists about all manner of scientific things. At the Cosmic Shambles Network we create and curates podcasts, digital content and live events for people who want to find out more about our universe through science, art, history, philosophy, music, literature. People who believe ignorance is not bliss. People who want to keep on discovering and ...
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The Book Review

The New York Times

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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Ripley's Weird Minute

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

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Listen daily for weird news from around the globe. Ripley's Believe It or Not! was founded in 1918 by cartoonist and adventurer Robert Ripley, we are the authority on all things weird, odd, amazing, and unbelievable!
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From the birb brains behind the RSPB TikTok and RSPB Magazine, Wild Questions is a wildlife pod like no other. Each episode sees hosts Yas Devi and Jamie Wyver invite a special guest to ask their most talon-curling, weird, and burning bird and nature questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Wild & Weird Radio

Wild & Weird West Virginia

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UFOs, Cryptids, the Paranormal? Are these things you want to hear more about? Well your in luck! Tune in and allow us to be your tour guides into all things Wild & Weird. Join Your hosts: Ron and Joe from Wild & Weird West Virginia us as they take you on a journey into High Strangeness, Cryptozoology, And far beyond! Music by: (The Space Bros) Dave Roberts, David DeWeese, Ron Lanham You can also catch video companions of select episodes on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@WildandWeirdWV Be s ...
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Scientists Daniel and Kelly cannot stop talking about our amazing, wonderful, weird Universe! Each episode is a fun, easy-to-understand, and in-depth explanation of topics in science, from particles to black holes to moon colonies to ecosystems to parasites and everything else in the Universe!
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Hear This Idea

Fin Moorhouse and Luca Righetti

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Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism. Each episode has an accompanying write-up at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes.
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Weird Science Manga & Anime Podcast

Manga, Anime, Comics, Comic Books, Television, Movies, Pop Culture, Manga Podcast, Shonen Jump

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Join Jim & Luke as they dive into the world of Manga, with their Manga Monday and Weekly Manga Review Shows! Keywords: Manga, Anime, Comics, Comic Books, Television, Movies, Anime, Pop Culture
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Always interesting and often hilarious, join hosts Aaron Wright and Benjamin Grundy as they investigate the latest in futurology, weird science, consciousness research, alternative history, cryptozoology, UFOs, and new-age absurdity.
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The Michael Shermer Show is a series of long-form conversations between Dr. Michael Shermer and leading scientists, philosophers, historians, scholars, writers and thinkers about the most important issues of our time.
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Nowhere, On Air

Jesse Syratt

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Semi-late night community radio broadcasts from a strange little town in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta (aka, not just the middle of nowhere, but nowhere itself). Nothing ever happens here. Certainly nothing weird. Why would you even suggest that? Listen close. Don't wander off. It's a long way to get where you're going. Especially out here.
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Diggnation is back! After a 15-year break, the guys are returning with all new episodes. Diggnation covers the top stories from around the internet. Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht give you their unique, sometimes awkward, and always hilarious take on the edges of the internet. Just a couple of geeks sitting on a couch.
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Works in Progress is an online magazine devoted to new and underrated ideas about economic growth, scientific progress, and technology. Subscribe to listen to the Works in Progress podcast, plus Hard Drugs by Saloni Dattani and Jacob Trefethen.
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Did you know a new dinosaur is discovered almost every week? Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with I Know Dino. Have fun and relax with hosts Garret and Sabrina each week as they explore the latest dinosaur news, chat with paleontology experts, dive deep into a “dinosaur of the day,” go down Oryctodromeus burrows with their fun facts, answer your burning questions, and connect dinosaurs to topics ranging from chocolate to the Titanic and more! Educational and entertai ...
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GraveYard Tales

Adam Ballinger & Matt Rudolph

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We tell the stories and history of haunted places, ghost encounters, cryptid encounters, the paranormal, preternatural, and every oddity imaginable. And we do it with a comedic twist and don't take anything, including ourselves, too seriously! Join your hosts Adam & Matt in their discussions of these topics and email them your thoughts at [email protected] We thank you for joining us in the GraveYard!
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Twisted States

Ragen Morgenstern

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Twisted States where we take a deep look, state by state, at some of America's most nefarious killers, intriguing legends, and elusive cryptids. Get to know your host Ragen @disruptivegirl on Instagram
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In Dark Places

Junebug Fugitt, Tracy Rowsey, Jimmy Petonito, Kyle Lovern

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Join Junebug, Mr. Haunted, Tracy, and Kyle as they look into all aspects of the unknown, ranging from cryptids to UFOs, and everything in between.
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The Realm

The Realm Cast

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Discussing all the cool and weird things in this world and beyond. Just some friends getting together discussing the infinite possibilities in our existence. Time Travel, Yetis, Paranormal, Myths, Legends... anything cool like that! Sometimes we will have actual experts in their fields to discuss topics, adding to our "armchair quarterback" take on things. We have live events, give aways and listeners as guests with stories to tell. If you have a story, topic or an investigation request send ...
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Keywords: Marvel Comics, Marvel, Comic Books, Comics, Marvel Comic Books, X-men, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Avengers, Fantastic Four, pop culture, television, movies 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:26 - Astonishing X-Men Infinity Comic #42 0:09:54 - X-Men Book of Revelation #1 0:26:06 -Omega Kids #1 0:45:58 - Radioactive Spider-Man #1 1:01:41 - The Last Wolverine…
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In July 1925, physicist Werner Heisenberg wrote a letter to Wolfgang Pauli sharing his new ideas about what would eventually become known as quantum theory. A hundred years later, that theory has been expanded into a field of science that explains aspects of chemical behavior, has become the basis of a new type of computing, and more. But it’s stil…
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Over the last five years, billions of people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. New research has found an unanticipated result of these vaccines: Cancer treatments are more effective for some vaccinated patients, and many live longer than their unvaccinated counterparts. This news comes at a time where the federal governmen…
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Could a Martian rock hold the most promising sign of life beyond Earth? Microbiologist Peter Girguis unpacks NASA’s stunning discovery of ‘leopard spots’ on a rock from Mars’s Jezero Crater—and why they look eerily like the handiwork of microbes on our own planet. For more, check out the extended interview with Peter Girguis. Learn more about NOVA …
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A scientist asked people to sit in a silent room for 15 minutes. Almost half of them decided to give themselves a painful electric shock instead. What is it about our brains that makes our relationship with silence so strange? And should we learn how to listen to it? This is the third episode of our new four-part series, ⁠The Sound Barrier⁠. Guests…
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Gray's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2NfSPGZ5OFcek6Baw3iQQw Join us on Friday Nights @ 7:15 PM EST on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@WeirdScienceComics when we do the Absolute show LIVE! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WeirdScienceComics This Week's Patreon-Exclusive Spotlight Show is DC Comics Badass Patreon Spotlight:…
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In this episode, I'm joined by Professor Clare Collins, Australian dietitian and Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle. Clare is my go-to expert when it comes to all things nutrition, and today she's here to unpack the often confusing world of processed and ultra-processed foods. We dive into what really separates the …
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In this episode, Michael Shermer explores anomalous experiences through personal anecdotes and historical examples. He reflects on how to balance healthy skepticism with open-mindedness, and how to reckon with the very real emotional significance of such experiences—regardless of the scientific explanations behind them.…
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Hi, Part-Time Genius listeners! We're excited to share with you a sneak peek at iHeartPodcasts' latest release, Health Stuff! Health Stuff: On Health Stuff, hosts Dr. Priyanka Wali and comedian Hari Kondabolu tackle all the health questions that keep you up at night with hilarity and humanity. Together, they demystify the flashy trends, and keep yo…
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The US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr is on a mission to make America healthy again. One of his health-promotion ideas is to reduce chronic illness, specifically diabetes. And has part of his campaign he said that: "a typical pediatrician would see one case of diabetes in his lifetime, over a 40 or 50 year career. Today, 1 out of every 3 kid…
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On Nov. 10, 1975, during a calamitous storm, the Edmund Fitzgerald sunk below the waves of Lake Superior. All 29 men aboard went down with the vessel. With no survivors and no eyewitnesses, there’s always been a sense of mystery to what is arguably the most famous shipwreck in American history. The story itself was almost immediately immortalized i…
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Shadows gather at the edges of quiet forests and lonely backroads where people report encounters with figures that seem neither fully human nor animal. They speak of upright wolves, phantom predators and beings that watch with knowing eyes before slipping back into the dark as though they were never there at all. On the episode we follow these chil…
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From the super strange reason Burt Reynolds grew a mustache to why you need to invest in a mustache spoon, Will and Mango chat all things facial topiaries with their good pals Yves and Alex. Special thanks to @doodlynoted on Instagram, whose amazing sketchnotes of this episode made us want to listen to it again! This episode originally aired on Nov…
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This week we look into the Cresson Sanatorium! The Cresson has had a long life with several different iterations… It’s no wonder this place is haunted!! Sponsors Fum – TryFum.com/Tales (Code: tales) Check out Cowboy Revolution Apparel https://cowboyrevolution.com/?ref=adamgyt Code: ADAMGYT Check out our sources below for more info and to continue l…
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One of the biggest debates in the dinosaur world is what was happening right before they went extinct. Were they already declining, or would they have thrived if not for the asteroid? Two recent studies shed some light on this question: one that analyzes a trove of fossils from New Mexico and suggests there was more diversity in the Americas than p…
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As Black Friday approaches, you’re probably being inundated with ads for bigger, better televisions. But just how good is good enough? Are there limits to what our eyes can even make out? Visual perception researcher Maliha Ashraf joins Host Flora Lichtman to describe her new study on display resolution—including a display calculator she and her co…
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A sinkhole can become a time capsule full of skeletons - layers upon layers of beasts that once walked the Earth - and Florida’s landscape is full of them. Discover the surprising science of how Florida’s sinkholes form, what they really are, and what can be found inside them. Come along with Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian Insti…
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Why are birth rates plummeting across the developing world? Why should we even care about the baby bust? Where can we find the most elastic baby? Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, explains why Japan’s decline might be the best case scenario, the problems with childcare subsidies, why you shouldn’t…
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The astroquarks are joined by Jeffrey Kluger, editor at large at Time Magazine and author of 13 books including Apollo 13 and the new book on the Gemini program. Tune in to hear about some of the outlandish ideas that were explored on the way to the Moon. Plus, top quark gives us a look at a new class of black holes that we've decided are "Jumbo Bl…
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In the ‘60s and ‘70s, world-class musicians gathered in smoky studios to record tracks that you couldn’t buy in a store… but ended up everywhere. In this episode, Dallas and the TTH crew dive into the golden age of production music: versatile cues crafted for everything from car chases to romantic montages to space odysseys. Along the way, they unc…
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Decades ago, non-native carp were brought onto fish farms on the Mississippi River to control algae and parasites. They escaped, thrived, and eventually flooded the Illinois River, outcompeting native species and wreaking havoc. If the carp find their way into the Great Lakes, they could do major damage to those vital ecosystems. There’s a proposed…
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In a world flooded with fake videos and voice recordings that seem real, how can you detect deepfakes? Turns out, there are some aspects of the physical world that are not yet known to artificial intelligence - and those gaps are the key. Expert Hany Farid reveals techniques that can be used to detect AI-generated media. For more, check out the ext…
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Almost 15% of adults suffer from a persistent, often intolerable sound... that is literally just in their heads. Why does the brain do this to us? We help one of our listeners get some answers. This is the second episode of our new four-part series, The Sound Barrier. Guests: Stéphane Maison, director of the tinnitus clinic at Mass Eye and Ear; Sus…
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