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Tim Seibles
"First Kiss"
3:54
Iseult Gillespie
Frida Kahlo: The woman behind the legend
4:40
David Ian Howe
A brief history of dogs
4:51
Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler
What "Machiavellian" really means
4:43
Iseult Gillespie
The wicked wit of Jane Austen
4:27
Pedro Brugarolas
Why do hospitals have particle accelerators?
3:24
Daniel Finkel
Can you solve the unstoppable blob riddle?
4:26
Valentin Hammoudi
How tall can a tree grow?
5:02
Lillian Faderman
Harvey Milk's radical vision of equality
4:20
Nick Pizzo
The physics of surfing
4:46
Damion Searls
How does the Rorschach inkblot test work?
4:28
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read Sylvia Plath?
4:34
Michelle Mehrtens
The historic women's suffrage march on Washington
4:21
Jordana Moore Saggese
The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
3:01
Daniel Finkel
Can you solve the jail break riddle?
4:01
Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey
Why should you read sci-fi superstar Octavia E. Butler?
3:57
Christina Greer
An unsung hero of the civil rights movement
4:30
Venus Keus
Three ways the universe could end
5:03
Anne Gaskett
The sexual deception of orchids
4:05
Christina Greer
Notes of a native son: the world according to James Baldwin
5:00
Michael S. A. Graziano
What is consciousness?
4:44
Stefan Al
Will there ever be a mile-high skyscraper?
4:35
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read Shakespeare's "The Tempest"?
4:33
Christina Greer
How one journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable
4:16
Jennifer Verduin
How do ocean currents work?
3:56
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read Flannery O'Connor?
3:32
Daniel Finkel
Can you solve the vampire hunter riddle?
5:11
Andrea M. Henle
How CRISPR lets you edit DNA
4:22
Iseult Gillespie
Why should you read "Fahrenheit 451"?
4:08
Anne F. Broadbridge
A day in the life of a Mongolian queen
3:49
Iseult Gillespie
The myth of Pandora's box
4:15
Helen M. Farrell
The truth about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
4:26
Alex Gendler
Can you solve the multiplying rabbits riddle?
5:03
Brooke Buddemeier and Jessica S. Wieder
Can you survive nuclear fallout?
4:39
Scott A. Mellor
How Thor got his hammer
4:20
Eva-Maria Geigl
The history of the world according to cats
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