Public Radio Showcase http://wmra.org en Africa: The Next Chapter http://wmra.org/post/africa-next-chapter <div class="teaser"><p>NPR&#39;s <em>TED Radio Hour</em> presents:<a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/06/29/155904209/africa-the-next-chapter">Africa: The Next Chapter</a> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:37:02 +0000 Matt Bingay 9142 at http://wmra.org New Weekend Schedule for WMRA http://wmra.org/post/new-weekend-schedule-wmra <p>WMRA is offering some exciting new weekend programs. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:17:19 +0000 Matt Bingay 8379 at http://wmra.org New Weekend Schedule for WMRA Guts http://wmra.org/post/guts <p>This hour of <a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2012/apr/02/gutless/" target="_blank">Radiolab</a> dives into the messy mystery in the middle of us.&nbsp; What's going on down there?&nbsp;&nbsp; We stick our hand in a cow stomach, get a window into our core through the story of a human science experiment, listen in on the surprising back-and-forth between our gut and our brain, and talk to a man who kind of went out of his mind when a medical procedure left him (for a little while) gutless.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:04:43 +0000 Matt Bingay 8149 at http://wmra.org Guts Escape http://wmra.org/post/escape <p>The walls are closing in, you&#39;ve got no way out...and then, suddenly, you escape! Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:00:32 +0000 Matt Bingay 8024 at http://wmra.org Escape The Bad Show http://wmra.org/post/bad-show <p>Cruelty, violence, badness... Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:08:04 +0000 Matt Bingay 7631 at http://wmra.org The Bad Show Patient Zero http://wmra.org/post/patient-zero <p>The greatest mysteries all have a shadowy figure at the center-someone who sets things in motion and holds the key to how the rest of the story unfolds.</p><p>In epidemiology, this central character is known as Patient Zero-the case at the heart of an outbreak. Sat, 26 May 2012 20:18:28 +0000 Matt Bingay 7328 at http://wmra.org Patient Zero Loops http://wmra.org/post/loops <p>So much of life is organized by cycles-seasons, biological rhythms, even our ideas of consciousness. Sat, 19 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 Matt Bingay 6784 at http://wmra.org Loops Games http://wmra.org/post/games <p>A good game... whether it&#39;s a pro football playoff, or a family showdown on the kitchen table... can make you feel, at least for a little while, like your whole life hangs in the balance. Sat, 12 May 2012 18:43:19 +0000 Matt Bingay 6522 at http://wmra.org Games Talking to Machines http://wmra.org/post/talking-machines <p><a href="http://www.radiolab.org/2011/may/31/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Radiolab</strong></em></a> attempts to figure out what machines can tell us about being human. Sat, 05 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 Matt Bingay 6286 at http://wmra.org Talking to Machines When it Comes To Politics, Is The Internet Closing Our Minds? http://wmra.org/post/when-it-comes-politics-internet-closing-our-minds <p><em><strong>Coming Up Saturday, April 28th at 4pm.</strong></em></p><p>NPR presents an <a href="http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/when-it-comes-to-politics-the-internet-is-closing-our-minds/" target="_blank"><em>Intelligence Squared U.S. </em></a>debate about the polarizing effect the internet may have on politics. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:49:13 +0000 Matt Bingay 5814 at http://wmra.org When it Comes To Politics, Is The Internet Closing Our Minds?