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A Happy Hour Forum for Science and Culture at the Bryant Lake Bowl, Hosted by the Bell Museum.

The Bell Museum of Natural History


    • Apr 27, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 22m AVG DURATION
    • 76 EPISODES


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    2018.01.16 The Other Brain-How Glial Cells Help Us Think by Dr. Eric Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 85:11


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    2017.12.19 Minnesota Moose-MIA by Dr. Michelle Carstensen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 97:43


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    2017.11.21 Mycorrhizal Fungi-Invisible Architects of Ecosystem Diversity by Jeremiah A. Henning

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 81:49


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    2017.09.19 Political Science by Representative Phyllis Kahn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 67:56


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    2017.05.16 Bringing Biology to Biomimetics by Emilie Snell Rood

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 77:51


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    2017.04.18 Crocodilian Superdads-Gharial on the Chambal River in North India by Dr. Jeff Lang

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 98:19


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    2017.03.21 Hunting Knowledge & Gathering Herbs-Rastafari Bush Doctors in South Africa by Lisa Aston Philander

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 96:46


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    2017.02.21 Forest Keepers: Science, Spirituality & Conservation among the Batak Tribe by J. Scott Dodds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2017 87:51


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    2017.01.17 The Beautiful Problem of Turbulence by Sam Stewart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 84:27


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    2016.12.20 Moving Minnesota: Re-inventing the Bell Museum Dioramas by Don Luce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017 86:21


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    2016.11.15 What Should a Clever Moose Eat? by Dr. John Pastor

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 70:46


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    2016.10.18 The Fungi Around Us-Diversity, Ecology and Industrial Applications by Dr. Kathryn Bushley & Kat Sweeney

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2016 100:25


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    2016.09.20 The Dazzling Dr. Spillhaus by Sharon Moen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 74:22


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    2016.05.17 Toxicology in the 21st Century by Dr. Dalma Martinovic-Weigelt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 66:27


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    2016.04.19 Bats, Whitenose Fungus, Chikungunya and Parasite Vectors of Disease by Dr. Luis Escobar

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2016 73:06


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    2016.03.15 The Physics of Confections Cotton Candy, Soft Cookies, and Brittle Crackers by Dr. Ted Labuza

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2016 92:28


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    2015.12.15 Invasive Vertebrates vs. Island Endemics - Who will be Voted off the Island? with Juli Ponder, D.V.M.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2016 70:47


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    2016.02.16 Tiny Worlds Revealed by Dr. Gail Celio

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016 80:33


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    2016.01.19 Mountains and Minds - Verticality and the Rise of Modern Science with Dr. Michael Reidy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2016 73:36


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    2015.11.17 Myths and Meanings of the Big River by Patrick Nunnally

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2015 76:08


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    2015.10.20 Evolution Unleashed-The Making of the Dog by Dr. Adam Boyko

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2015 62:36


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    2015.09.15 Bodies and Spirits: Health and the History of Fermentation and Distillation by Lois Hendrickson & Emily Beck

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015 56:51


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    2015.05.19 Feathered Ghosts: The Fish-Eating Owls of Northeast Asia by Dr Jonathan Slaght

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2015 71:53


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    2015.04.21 Earth 2.0: Habitable Exoplanets? by Dr Chick Woodward

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2015 81:21


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    2015.03.17 Hemp's Return to Humanity by Doug Fine and George Weiblen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2015 87:40


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    2015.02.17 Natural Toxins: Why We Care and Why the Honey Badger Don't with Sharon Jansa & Danielle Drabeck

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2015 58:46


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    2015.01.20 The PHAT Map: Hubble’s Legacy by Evan Skillman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2015 87:43


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    2014.12.16 Museum Diorama Design and Fabrication by Tim Quady

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2014 90:25


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    2014.11.19 The Lives and Times of Ice Age Mammoths and Mastodons by David Fox

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2014 98:26


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    2014.10.21 Einstein: The Old Sage and the Young Turk by Michel Janssen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2014 92:25


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    2014.09.16 Carp and Culture by Andrew Simons

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2014 64:06


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    2014.05.20 Birds, Evolution, and the Tree of Life by Prof. Scott Lanyon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2014 81:29


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    2014.04.15 Our Disappearing Bees by Dr Marla Spivak

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2014 89:20


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    2014.03.18 Conservation Ethic in Modern Agriculture by Tony Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2014 94:52


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    2014.02.18 Microwave Background: Basking in the Afterglow of the Big Bang by Clement Pryke

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2014 92:20


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    2014.01.21 Galaxy Formation and the Reionization of the Universe by Dr Claudia Scarlata

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2014 91:53


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    2013.12.17 Bird Brains: Decision-Making, Experimental Games, and the Evolution of Learning in Blue Jays by Dr David Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2013 87:08


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    2013.11.19 Sex on Six Legs: Insect Behavior, Evolutionary Biology and Sexual Selection by Marlene Zuk

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2013 79:36


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    2013.10.15 Birding for These Modern Times by the Birdchick AKA Sharon Stiteler

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2013 87:29


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    2013.09.17 The Short and Happy Life of a Serengeti Lion by Dr Craig Packer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2013 85:52


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    2013.08.15 Top Ten Plants that Changed Minnesota by Mary Meyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 63:35


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    2013.07.10 100+ Years of Cold-Hardy Apples and Grape Breeding by Peter Moe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2013 75:55


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    2013.06.12 A Bug's-Eye View of the Garden by Susan Weller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2013 96:45


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    2013.05.21 Under the Surface: A Geologist's Take on Sulfide Mining Near the BWCAW by Paul Weiblen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2013 89:54


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    2013.04.16 From Buenos Aires to Peru: An Up-Close Look at Agroecology in South America by Paul Porter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2013 85:12


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    2013.03.19 Climate Change & Drought in Minnesota by Mark Seeley

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2013 71:17


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    2013.02.19 The Dirt Beneath Our Feet: A History of Soils & Societies by Jay Bell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2013 95:46


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    2013.01.15 How to Ethically Feed and Fuel Nine Billion People (in 4 Easy Steps) by John Sheehan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2013 107:03


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    2012.12.18 The Visible Universe: An Audience-Driven Tour of the Cosmos by Sarah Komperud and David Hahn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2012 94:09


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    2012.11.20 Dark Matter: Seeing the Invisible Universe by Priscilla Cushman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2012 95:25


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    2012.10.16 Forces of Nature: Particle Physics and the Discovery of the Higgs Boson by Roger Rusack

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2012 112:20


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