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Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely?

    Ant Clones
    Do you ever think your sibling comes from a different species entirely?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?!

    Medium Black Hole
    Ever heard of Goldilocks and the three… black holes?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Taxi! I can’t remember how to get home!

    Long Live the Taxi Drivers
    Taxi! I can’t remember how to get home!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Who’s that rowdy DJ… in your lungs?!

    The Accidental Bouncer
    Who’s that rowdy DJ… in your lungs?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Is the path to walking again just a spark away?

    Steps Toward Recovery
    Is the path to walking again just a spark away?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Welcome to the memory storage department – graveyard shift!

    Eye Remember That!
    Welcome to the memory storage department – graveyard shift!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    I see the light!

    Molecules on the Move
    I see the light!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Guess what’s the next big VIRAL hit…

    So You Think You Can Evolve?
    Guess what’s the next big VIRAL hit…

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Want a DNA glow up?!

    Food for Thought
    Want a DNA glow up?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL…

    Artificial Emotional Intelligence
    Your therapist doesn’t get you? Maybe try one named HAL…

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Talk about life’s NUMTS and bolts!

    Life's Numts and Bolts
    Talk about life’s NUMTS and bolts!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Prepping your taxes?  Feeling sad?  Wait, that’s a GOOD thing!

    Good Mood
    Prepping your taxes?  Feeling sad?  Wait, that’s a GOOD thing!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Let it snow? Nah! Make it snow!

    Make it Snow
    Let it snow? Nah! Make it snow!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Everybody needs a wingman!

    Trick or Treat
    Everybody needs a wingman!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Wash your mouth out with soap! Literally?

    12/05/23

    Lather Up
    Wash your mouth out with soap! Literally?

    12/05/23

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Does singing bring us CLOSER?

    Musical Bonding
    Does singing bring us CLOSER?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Was your holiday chocolate descended from royalty?

    Chocolate Ancestry
    Was your holiday chocolate descended from royalty?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Mom’s trying to friend you on Facebook again - should you “Accept?”

    Social Inheritance
    Mom’s trying to friend you on Facebook again - should you “Accept?”

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Singing in the brain? Sure! Shower – optional.

    Singing in the Brain
    Singing in the brain? Sure! Shower – optional.

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Time to scope out the competition!

    Opponent Buzz
    Time to scope out the competition!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Need a change in routine?

    Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
    Need a change in routine?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Call pest control - we’ve got a Capybara problem!

    Cantankerous Capybara
    Call pest control - we’ve got a Capybara problem!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Getting back in shape? So is wool! 

    12/07/23

    Hairy Memory
    Getting back in shape? So is wool! 

    12/07/23

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Could our California grapes be turning into California Raisins?

    Quenched Grapes
    Could our California grapes be turning into California Raisins?

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh