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Please Explain: Eco-Labels (Friday, 13 November 2009)
Your broccoli, shampoo, and air conditioner might bear labels declaring them to be organic, cruelty-free, or energy efficient, but what do those labels mean and are they true? On today's edition of Please Explain, Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Project Director for Consumer Reports' GreenerChoices.org and Consumers Union's Senior Scientist for Policy Initiatives, and Dara O'Rourke, founder and CEO of GoodGuide.com, will take a look at what eco-labels indicate, how standards are set, and what they mean for ...

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:14:26 -0500 ]


Please Explain: Alcohol (Friday, 06 November 2009)
Our latest Please Explain is all about alcohol—what it is, how it works and the ways it affects our bodies. We'll be joined by Dr. Rueben Gonzales , Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Texas and by Dr. Henry R. Kranzler , Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics and Developmental Biology at the University of Connecticut Health Center....

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[ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:54:22 -0500 ]


Please Explain: Electricity (Friday, 30 October 2009)
How does electricity get from its source into your home and to your cell phone charger, television, or microwave? We'll find out on today's Please Explain. Michael Caramanis, Boston University Professor of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, joins us, along with Dr. Robert Thomas, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:06:04 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Sleep (Friday, 23 October 2009)
Sleeping is something all of us do every day, but exactly what happens to us when we sleep isn't completely understood. On today's edition of Please Explain, we're looking into why we sleep, why we sometimes can't sleep, and why many of us aren't sleeping enough. Dr. Allan Pack , Chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine and Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Michel Cramer Bornemann , Co-Director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center at Hennepin County Medi...

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:44:41 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Regional Accents (Friday, 16 October 2009)
You can tell a lot about someone from the way they speak. On today's edition of Please Explain we'll look at the different accents found around the United States and find out where they come from and why they persist. Joining us are Natalie Schilling-Estes, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, and Kara Becker, of the Department of Linguistics at New York University. Clips of the New Jersey, Outer Banks, Boston, and Midwest accents are from the International Dialects of E...

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[ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:19:35 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Prions (Friday, 09 October 2009)
On today's Please Explain we're looking at prions and how they can cause infectious diseases such as Mad Cow disease and the Chronic Wasting disease that's been affecting deer, elk, and moose herds in the West and Midwest. Dr. David Westaway, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta; and Walker Jackson, postdoctoral associate in the Lindquist Laboratory at MIT's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research join us....

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[ Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:13:22 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Animal Migration (Friday, 02 October 2009)
The days are growing shorter and colder, and birds, butterflies, and other animals are starting to head to warmer climates for the winter. These journeys are often thousand of miles—monarch butterflies can fly as far as 3,000 miles to winter in Mexico. On today's Please Explain, we'll find out how these animals know when and where to go. We'll also talk about how climate change is affecting animal migration. We're joined by Leon Kreitzman, co-author with Russell Foster of Rhythms of Life a...

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[ Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:31:57 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Sharks (Friday, 25 September 2009)
There are some 440 species of sharks, and the fish have been swimming in the oceans for 420 million years, before dinosaurs existed. On today's Please Explain we'll find out about sharks, from hammerheads to great whites, and look at how they are becoming threatened. We're joined by Melanie L. J. Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator of Fishes, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History; and John Maisey Curator and Axelrod Research Chair, Division of Paleontology, American Mu...

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[ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:00:40 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Trees (Friday, 18 September 2009)
You may have noticed that leaves have started turning, marking the end of summer. On today's Please Explain we'll find out why leaves change color and everything else about trees, with Jessica Argate, Forest Manager, New York Botanical Garden, and David Allan Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Trees....

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[ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:25:24 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Typography (Friday, 11 September 2009)
Our latest Please Explain is all about typefaces and typography. Typeface designer Jonathan Hoefler, type designer and president of Hoefler & Frere-Jones and Steven Heller, co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts and author of the VISUALS column for the New York Times Book Review, will explain how typefaces are created and why typography is important to communication and design....

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[ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:02:51 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Intuition and Gut Reaction (Friday, 28 August 2009)
On today's edition of Please Explain, we're looking at instinct, intuition, gut feelings, those unconscious reactions that guide so much of our decision making. We're joined by Timothy Wilson, Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, and author of Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious, and by Gerd Gigerenzer, director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, and author of Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious....

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[ Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:07:44 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Neurofeedback (Friday, 21 August 2009)
Neurofeedback is a method of training the brain by monitoring brain activity with sensors. Individuals can see their brain activity on a screen in real time and learn to regulate it themselves, in order to "train" their brain to perform specific tasks more efficiently. We'll hear about how it works with Dr. Sarah H. Lisanby, Director of the Division of Brain Stimulation & Therapeutic Modulation, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York St...

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[ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:01:36 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Spices (Friday, 14 August 2009)
Most spices are delicious, some have medical value and a good amount of them have changed the course of human history. On this week's Please Explain we'll learn all about spices, from Anise to Vanilla. We'll be joined by Dr. John E. Hayes , Assistant Professor of Food Science at Penn State University and by chef Michael Krondl . Michael is also the author of numerous books, including The Taste of Conquest ....

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[ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:16:50 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Endangered Languages (Friday, 07 August 2009)
More than half of the world's nearly 7,000 languages are at risk of dying out in the next century. On this week's Please Explain, we take a look at what causes languages to disappear and the efforts to document and revive endangered languages around the world. Gregory Anderson, Director of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, and Anthony Woodbury, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas, join us....

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[ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:10:49 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Obesity (Friday, 31 July 2009)
According to recent studies, about 1/3 of Americans are obese, and between 1998 and 2006, the obesity rate rose 37% in this country. Obesity-related illnesses accounted for an estimated $147 billion in 2008, nearly 10 percent of all U.S. medical spending, according to the Centers for Disease Control. On today's edition of Please Explain, we're looking into the causes of the dramatic rise in obesity and the health risks that come with it. We're joined by Dr. Louis Aronne, Clinical Professor of Me...

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[ Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:13:45 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Mosquitoes (Friday, 17 July 2009)
Mosquitoes are one of the downsides of summer, and they are expected to be especially bad this year due to all the rain this spring. We'll find out why mosquitoes buzz and bite, how they transmit dangerous diseases, and some ways to get rid of them. Joseph M. Conlon, a retired U.S. Navy entomologist and the Technical Advisor for the American Mosquito Control Association, and Thomas W. Scott, Director of the UC Davis Mosquito Research Laboratory and Professor of Entomology, join us....

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[ Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:14:56 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Plastic Surgery (Friday, 10 July 2009)
On today's Please Explain, we'll look at plastic surgery, from liposuction to Botox to rhinoplasty, and what happens when someone goes under the knife to improve his or her appearance. We'll be joined by Dr. Robert Grant , Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital and by Dr. Reza Jarrahy Assistant Professor in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCLA....

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[ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:53:56 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Dry Cleaning (Friday, 26 June 2009)
Today's Please Explain is all about dry cleaning—how it works, what chemicals are used, and how it is becoming more environmentally friendly. We'll be joined by Wayne Edelman, President and CEO of Meurice Garment Care and past President of the National Cleaners Association. He is also the doctor of "Ask The Clothes Doctor" on Garmentcare.com. And Kim Kostka, Professor and Acting Dean of the Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Rock County....

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[ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:47:58 -0400 ]


Please Explain: The Atmosphere (Friday, 19 June 2009)
On today's edition of Please Explain, we'll look at the Earth's atmosphere—what it's made of, how it makes life on the planet possible, determines weather patterns, and how human activity is changing it. We'll be joined by Dr. Joel S. Levine, Senior Research Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, and Dr. Richard Somerville, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and author of The Forgivi...

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[ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:22:41 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Bees (Friday, 12 June 2009)
The honeybees is just one species of bee, and they often get the most attention, but there are an estimated 20,000 different species of bees in the world. Bees play an important role in pollinating plants, and many have highly developed methods of socialization and communication. We'll learn all about bees, and the latest on Colony Collapse Disorder, with Bryan Danforth, professor of entomology at Cornell University, and Maryann Frazier, senior extension associate in the Department of Entomology...

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[ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:27:28 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Girls (Friday, 22 May 2009)
Today's Please Explain is about the nature of girls—their minds, bodies, brains, emotional lives, and behaviors. We'll be joined by psychotherapist Lisa Machoian and Margaret M. McCarthy, professor of physiology at the University of Maryland. Listen to last week's Please Explain: Boys....

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[ Sat, 23 May 2009 01:19:34 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Bankruptcy (Friday, 08 May 2009)
Bankruptcy rates went up 32% in 2008 compared to the previous year. Marie Beaudette , blogger for the Wall Street Journal's Bankruptcy Beat and Dow Jones Newswire reporter, and Robert Lawless , Galowich-Huizenga Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law, explain what filing for bankruptcy means for corporations and consumers and why the rate of bankruptcy filings is expected to go up in the next year....

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 22:49:48 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Jazz Improvisation (Friday, 01 May 2009)
Improvisation is one of the most important aspects of Jazz, but it's not as easy as it sounds. Jazz pianist Bill Charlap breaks down improvisation and gives a special live performance....

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 22:47:54 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Bankruptcy (Friday, 08 May 2009)
Bankruptcy rates went up 32% in 2008 compared to the previous year. Marie Beaudette , blogger for the Wall Street Journal's Bankruptcy Beat and Dow Jones Newswire reporter, and Robert Lawless , Galowich-Huizenga Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law, explain what filing for bankruptcy means for corporations and consumers and why the rate of bankruptcy filings is expected to go up in the next year....

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 10:43:12 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Bankruptcy (Friday, 08 May 2009)
Bankruptcy rates went up 32% in 2008 compared to the previous year. Marie Beaudette , blogger for the Wall Street Journal's Bankruptcy Beat and Dow Jones Newswire reporter, and Robert Lawless , Galowich-Huizenga Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law, explain what filing for bankruptcy means for corporations and consumers and why the rate of bankruptcy filings is expected to go up in the next year....

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[ Sun, 10 May 2009 22:35:32 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Bankruptcy (Friday, 08 May 2009)
Bankruptcy rates went up 32% in 2008 compared to the previous year. Marie Beaudette , blogger for the Wall Street Journal's Bankruptcy Beat and Dow Jones Newswire reporter, and Robert Lawless , Galowich-Huizenga Faculty Scholar at the University of Illinois College of Law, explain what filing for bankruptcy means for corporations and consumers and why the rate of bankruptcy filings is expected to go up in the next year....

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[ Sun, 10 May 2009 10:24:52 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Measuring Climate Change (Friday, 24 April 2009)
There's substantial evidence that the earth is undergoing major adjustments as a result of human-made carbon emissions in the atmosphere, but what does climate change really mean? NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidt and photographer Joshua Wolfe , editors of Climate Change: Picturing the Science , explain how scientists gather evidence and information about how the earth's climate is changing—measuring air and ocean temperatures, water levels, glaciers and polar ice caps, and tracking sto...

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[ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:25:08 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Addiction (Friday, 17 April 2009)
There are more than 20 million substance abuse addict in America today and about 2 million of them turn to residential rehab each year. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins us to explain the science behind addiction and the toll it takes on individual addicts....

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[ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:27:10 -0400 ]


Please Explain: Organ Transplants (Friday, 10 April 2009)
The lives of more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. depend on finding an organ to replace a damaged or diseased one. Only a fraction of people who need a new kidney, liver, or heart actually receive one, but the procedure saves thousands of lives every year. We'll be joined by Dr. Jean Emond , Thomas S. Zimmer Professor of Surgery and Director of Transplantation at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and by Susan Senk who received a heart transplant in 2007. Find out more about organ donation in New...

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[ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:33:20 -0400 ]


Please Explain: How We Read (Friday, 03 April 2009)
If it comes to you easily, being able to read is easy to take for granted. But reading is an extraordinarily complex process, one that researchers are still working to understand fully. On today's Please Explain we look at the science of reading. Dr. Sally E. Shaywitz and Dr. Bennett A. Shaywitz are professors in Learning Development at the Yale University School of Medicine and Co-Directors of the Yale Center for Learning....

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[ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:25:24 -0400 ]

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