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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
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    It’s not only horror film creatures that can smell your weakness!

    Smells Like Lemur Spirit
    It’s not only horror film creatures that can smell your weakness!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    No games, more pain? #VR solutions in the hospital.

    Virtually Painless
    No games, more pain? #VR solutions in the hospital.

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Munch munch munch… Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly!

    Very Hungry Caterpillars
    Munch munch munch… Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Could joining the swim team turn your kid into a spelling champ?

    Vocabulary Exercise
    Could joining the swim team turn your kid into a spelling champ?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Lookout - snake on the make!

    Hiss and Makeup
    Lookout - snake on the make!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Shh, don’t wake the baby! She’s busy learning...

    Sound Asleep
    Shh, don’t wake the baby! She’s busy learning...

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Learning your A-B-Cs? Piece of cake!

    Alphabet Soup-er
    Learning your A-B-Cs? Piece of cake!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    They gather at dawn, lifting their voices high in sweet rhythms. Oh, and they're lemurs!

    Primate Popstars
    They gather at dawn, lifting their voices high in sweet rhythms. Oh, and they're lemurs!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    It’s election season! Time to get out the… SNEEZE?!

    Super Pack
    It’s election season! Time to get out the… SNEEZE?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Why is Cookie Monster blue? Discuss!

    Netflix and Chat
    Why is Cookie Monster blue? Discuss!

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Help! Capybara catastrophe!

    Cantankerous Capybaras
    Help! Capybara catastrophe!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Do-nuts.  Wait!!  Are you on keto?

    Cheating on Keto
    Do-nuts.  Wait!!  Are you on keto?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Pokémon to the rescue!  Of our environment?

    Gotta Learn 'Em All
    Pokémon to the rescue!  Of our environment?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    Is itchiness… CONTAGIOUS?!

    Contagious Itch
    Is itchiness… CONTAGIOUS?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Does cancer make us cry?  Actually…maybe that could help…

    Cancer Catchers
    Does cancer make us cry?  Actually…maybe that could help…

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    Apple
    I’m not drinking alone! I’ve got… my plant friends!

    Microdosing for Plants
    I’m not drinking alone! I’ve got… my plant friends!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Happy Thanksgiving, America!  Meat gravy, vegan tofurky, arguing over politics?!?

    Politics in the Brain
    Happy Thanksgiving, America!  Meat gravy, vegan tofurky, arguing over politics?!?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Saving energy? We’re talkin’ Little Shop of Horrors!

    Flower Power Devour
    Saving energy? We’re talkin’ Little Shop of Horrors!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Could skin make us… skinny?

    The Skinny On E-Skins
    Could skin make us… skinny?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    Ahoy!  Thar’s gold in that junk drawer!

    Junk Drawer
    Ahoy!  Thar’s gold in that junk drawer!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    So excited!  Sunday, November 3rd is One World Antiprism Day!!!

    Antiprismtastic!
    So excited!  Sunday, November 3rd is One World Antiprism Day!!!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
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    Apple
    The World Series just ended, so let’s focus on Europe—sports hooligans!

    Offensive Chants
    The World Series just ended, so let’s focus on Europe—sports hooligans!

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh