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Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:00
    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 1:30
    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
    Listen 1:30
    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
    Listen 1:30
    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
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Singing in the brain? Sure! Shower – optional.

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Time to scope out the competition!

    Opponent Buzz
    Time to scope out the competition!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Need a change in routine?

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

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    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
    Listen 1:30
    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
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Could our California grapes be turning into California Raisins?

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

Episodes
  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Is what’s good for the goose… good for the farmer?

    Friendly Fowl
    Is what’s good for the goose… good for the farmer?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Could pregnancy be a walk in the park if it were… virtual?!

    Going to the Park, Virtually
    Could pregnancy be a walk in the park if it were… virtual?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Shock the system! In a good way?

    An Electric Eel-ing
    Shock the system! In a good way?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Don’t be a slouch! Get off that couch!

    The Golden Steps
    Don’t be a slouch! Get off that couch!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    The perfect origami figure is… a cancer treatment?

    Origami Therapy
    The perfect origami figure is… a cancer treatment?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    You’re putting WHAT inside me?!

    Surgery Stickers
    You’re putting WHAT inside me?!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Bears on the move? It's paw-sible!

    Bear-ly Apart
    Bears on the move? It's paw-sible!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Beginning surgery! ... Scalpel? Check! ... Forceps? Check! ... 3D printer?!!? What the—?

    Not SCAR-y!
    Beginning surgery! ... Scalpel? Check! ... Forceps? Check! ... 3D printer?!!? What the—?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Sorry, I can’t go out tonight… Got a date with my chatbot!

    Chatbots, Help!
    Sorry, I can’t go out tonight… Got a date with my chatbot!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Grow a backbone, will ya?

    Viral Backbone
    Grow a backbone, will ya?

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    POP goes the virus!

    Piercing Viruses
    POP goes the virus!

  • Loh Down Tile 2024
    Listen 1:30
    Apple
    Diets? Spill the IMMUNI-tea!

    Immune Diet
    Diets? Spill the IMMUNI-tea!

Credits
  • Sandra Tsing Loh