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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
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    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
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    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
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    Apple
    Who’s that rowdy DJ… in your lungs?!

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    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
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    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!

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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
    Got a sweet tooth? Me too. . .

    Sugar Series
    Got a sweet tooth? Me too. . .

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Bad memory making you BATTY?

    Remem-BAT That
    Bad memory making you BATTY?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Seagrass in your hair? Yuck!?

    Seagrass Saviors
    Seagrass in your hair? Yuck!?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    How ‘bout a caffeine charged shopping spree?!

    Shop a Latte?
    How ‘bout a caffeine charged shopping spree?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Hey! Hey!! Why so “HANGRY”??

    Hangry For a Happy Meal
    Hey! Hey!! Why so “HANGRY”??

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Want to give your brain a leg up?

    Brain Boost
    Want to give your brain a leg up?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Journey to the center of … YOU?!

    Ultra-Small Ultrasound
    Journey to the center of … YOU?!

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    Apple
    Love what you’ve done with the place… but it STANKS!

    Deep Dolphin Doo Doo
    Love what you’ve done with the place… but it STANKS!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Can bats see into the future?

    Batty GPS
    Can bats see into the future?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Got a box of old CDs collecting dust?

    Sensing CDs
    Got a box of old CDs collecting dust?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    To the moon and beyond!

    Extraterrestrial Photosynthesis
    To the moon and beyond!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Instant lungs: Just add water!

    Lung Story Short
    Instant lungs: Just add water!

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh