Soren Wheeler appears in the following:
Quicksaaaand!
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Producer Soren Wheeler introduces us to Dan Engber, writer and columnist for Slate, who ran across a strange fact: kids are no longer afraid of quicksand.
Clear Eyes, Full Veins, Can't Lose
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Few things have such power over us as blood.
Dealing with Doubt
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
World Series of Poker Champion Annie Duke has made millions playing poker.
Solid as a Rock
Monday, December 31, 2012
It's comforting to think that if you take an object—a rock, let's say—and break it down into tinier and tinier more elemental parts ...
Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
When Ian Frazier was a kid, he (like most six year olds) mastered the art of tic tac toe.
On the Winning Side
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
In movies and daydreams, winning changes everything. But in real life, it's not always so easy to pin down which ending is the happiest, or who deserves the glory.
Skin in the Game
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
What is it about being a fan that causes such intense reactions?
Games
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Winners, losers, underdogs—what can games tell us about who we really are?
Furbidden Knowledge
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
In 1999, Freedom Baird was in grad school, and Furbies--those furry little robot toys that talk to you and tell you to play with them--were all the rage.
Clever Bots
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Jad and Robert meet humans and robots who are trying to connect, and blur the line.
Dogs Gone Wild
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
When Lulu Miller first heard the call of coyotes as a teenager at her family’s cabin in Cape Cod, she loved the sound—it was a thrilling taste of a world that hadn’t been tamed.
Lost & Found
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Stories about getting lost, and how our brains—and our hearts—help us find our way back home.
Bird's-Eye View
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tim Howard heads to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey for the story of a WWII hero whose feats of navigation saved hundreds of lives.
Wild Talk
Monday, October 18, 2010
In today's podcast, we get a tantalizing taste of words in the wild, from the jungles to the prairie.
Oops
Monday, June 28, 2010
Stories of unintended consequences, from a psychologist who may have helped create a terrorist, to a toxic lake that spawned new life.
Even the Worst Laid Plans?
Monday, June 28, 2010
Soren Wheeler takes us to Butte Montana, where an open pit copper mine’s demise leads to a toxic lake filled with corrosive runoff.
Lucy
Friday, February 19, 2010
Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes, but that doesn’t mean we’re one happy family.
Kanzi
Friday, February 19, 2010
Though the Lucy experiment would largely be called a failure, could there be a way to re-do it... but better?
