• 41 minutes 18 seconds
    Sunday Pick: Do all my friends secretly hate me? | from Corner Piece

    Why does making friends as an adult feel like mission impossible?


    In today’s Sunday Pick, Corner Piece, host Melissa Fernandes explores what it means to be a friend while grappling with a friendship break up. Along the way, she interviews Anna Goldfarb, journalist and author of “Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valuable Connections,” and Dr. Marisa G. Franco, professor and author of “Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—And Keep—Friends”. They explain why friendship can get so complicated as you get older and how to build closer bonds. Melissa also explores with her co-hosts Taha Khan and Sabrina Cruz what their different types of friendships mean to them.


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    1 November 2026, 7:00 am
  • 14 minutes 15 seconds
    The haunting truth of ghost stories | Coya Paz Brownrigg (re-release)
    Ghost stories reveal much more than the ghouls and spirits that haunt them. Settle in for a spooky delight as theater educator Coya Paz Brownrigg lays out three types of bone-chilling tales and exhumes the grave truths they hold about longing, meaning and the cultural value of eerie encounters.

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    31 October 2026, 3:04 pm
  • 14 minutes 43 seconds
    What crows teach us about death | Kaeli Swift (re-release)
    Rituals for the dead span much of the natural world, seen in practices from humans and elephants to bees, dolphins and beyond. With charm and playful insight, animal behaviorist Kaeli Swift delves into the life (and death) habits of crows and shares what their responses could reveal about our own relationship to mortality.

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    31 October 2026, 3:03 pm
  • 15 minutes 18 seconds
    The razor-thin line between contagion and connection | Dan Taberski (re-release)
    After a mysterious wave of tics and twitches swept through a small-town high school in New York, documentary podcaster Dan Taberski set out to investigate what was really happening. Drawing on extensive research and intimate interviews with the people involved, he explores the roots of mass hysteria — and what it reveals about the line between illness and belonging. What happens when the very thing that makes us sick ... is also what connects us?

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    31 October 2026, 3:02 pm
  • 10 minutes 46 seconds
    The fascinating physics of insect pee | Saad Bhamla (re-release)
    Scientist Saad Bhamla is on a mission to answer a question most people don't think to ask: How do insects pee? Taking inspiration from the incredible "butt flickers" of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Bhamla presents a fascinating study of the physics behind how bugs take care of business and invites us to be more curious about the seemingly mundane.

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    31 October 2026, 3:01 pm
  • 15 minutes 47 seconds
    Zombie roaches and other parasite tales | Ed Yong
    In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodies (and brains!) of other organisms, causing them to do their bidding. Do humans have them too? Maybe ...

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    31 October 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 16 minutes
    How to make friends (and keep them) | Sheridan Voysey
    Who could you call at 2am when everything’s gone wrong? Friendship expert Sheridan Voysey believes we’re in a friendship recession, with many of us forgetting how to foster meaningful relationships. He explores three hidden barriers keeping us apart, why it feels harder to make friends as an adult — and how to nurture the deep connections that sustain us.

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    30 October 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 7 seconds
    How fossil fuel companies keep your energy costs high | Jon Powers
    Solar energy and storage are the fastest, cheapest ways to add electricity to the grid. So why are small towns across the US pausing or banning these projects? Clean energy entrepreneur Jon Powers shows how fossil fuel companies are waging disinformation campaigns at the local level — and calls for a rapid-response team that sends trusted messengers (like firefighters and farmers) to get communities straight answers.

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    29 October 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 17 minutes
    How people are using AI to grieve, love and connect | Jennifer Cearns
    Many people fear AI is eroding our humanity, replacing real relationships with synthetic ones that leave us lonelier than ever. Digital anthropologist Jennifer Cearns believes the opposite may be true. After talking to hundreds of people who turn to AI for grief, love, friendship and more, she pokes holes in this familiar fear — and hints at what these strange new relationships can teach us about ourselves.

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    28 October 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 17 minutes
    How video games can power up your parenting | Hannah Boquet (re-release)

    Parenting an eye-rolling teenager glued to a gaming system is not a simple feat, but what if you could turn screen time into an opportunity for connection? Hannah Boquet shares how she decided to play video games with her kids and discovered the power of esports to foster trust, communication and essential life skills. Dive deeper into how you can strengthen family bonds, support your child’s development — and maybe even be considered “cool” by your kid.


    (This episode originally aired in 2025.)

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    27 October 2026, 3:00 pm
  • 12 minutes 4 seconds
    Unions for climate action! | Payton M. Wilkins (re-release)

    In the long term, shutting down a coal mine means cleaner air and a healthier environment — but in the short term, it can devastate a community or family that relied on the mine's paychecks to make ends meet. Environmental justice advocate Payton M. Wilkins thinks we can protect both workers and the planet with an age-old solution: unions. He digs into the economic fallout of ditching fossil fuels and shows why unions are well-positioned to push the transition to clean energy and green jobs.


    (This episode originally aired in 2024.)

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    26 October 2026, 3:25 pm
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