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Show Title  | Description | Date | Producer | Theme | Program Type |
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| Ivory Billed Woodpecker Returns | The Ivory Bill was considered extinct for decades--this show celebrates its return with music and conversations with experts on the elusive bird. | 6/7/05 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Documentary |
| Water Quality 1--Touring the Waste Water Treatment Plant | Boulder's superbowl of toilets is the Waste Water Treatment Plant, designed to clear many toxins out of sewage water. In this tour of the plant, we learn about the complex and simple ways to clean up water. | 5/24/05 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Documentary |
| Water Quality-Scientists Study Endocrine Disruptors in Treated Water | Something in our treated sewage water is causing strange abnormalities in fish. Scientists at the University of Colorado suspect endocrine disruptors, and they say it's time to clean them up. | 5/24/05 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Ronald McDonald--Health Ambassador? | McDonald's famous clown, Ronald, is slated to go into grade schools as a "health ambassador" to promote exercise. Some experts say the presence of this clown will just entice kids to eat more junk. | 2/22/05 | Daniel Costello | Personal Growth | Interview |
| Water Quality Intersex Fish in Boulder Creek | Dan Costello talks with experts from USGS, Boulder's Waste Water Treatment plant and biologists about the impact of endocrine disruptors on our water supply. | 8/12/05 | Daniel Costello | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Land Institute Pushes for Perennial Crops | HEADLINE STORIES: SHORT FEATURE: Land Institute Prairie Festival MAIN FEATURE: Speech by Land Institute Founder, Wes Jackson | 9/20/05 | | Environmental Health | Documentary |
| Decade of the Wolf | Decade of the Wolf-Returning the Wild to Yellowstone. | 10/25/05 | Daniel Costello | Wildlife Management and Conservation | Interview |
| Telecom's Brave New World | TELECOM'S BRAVE NEW WORLD | 11/15/05 | David Wilson | Science and Public policy | Interview |
| Soy and Heart Health | HEADLINES: How Flowers Grow; NFL Players Recover from Concussions faster than High School Football Players MAIN FEATURE: Soy Diet Worsens Heart Health in Some Mice . . . and possibly some people. | 1/24/06 | Shelley Schlender | Community Health Education | Interview |
| Devil's Teeth | Devil's Teeth chronicles a journalist's month spent aboard a reseach boat anchored off the Faralone Islands, the premier spot in the world to observe great white sharks. Ewen Callaway met with writer Susan Casey to discuss her book and her experience | 6/28/05 | Ewen Callaway | Wildlife Management and Conservation | Interview |
| Astrobiology | Astrobiology is the scientific field that seeks to discover and understand life throughout the universe. KGNU producer Ewen Callway found that this search often begins on Earth. | 6/14/05 | Ewen Callaway | Biology | Documentary |
| The Future of Warfare, Science Fiction or Fact? | Interview with Dr. Doug Beason, Director of Threat Reduction at Los Alamos National Laboratory by producer Judy Lubow | 2/7/06 | | | Interview |
| The Ancestor's Tale with Richard Dawkins | Richard Dawkins is the acclaimed author of The Ancestor's Tale, The Selfish Gene, and The Devil's Chaplain. An evolutionary biologist by training, Dawkins has devoted his career to explaining evolution and lately to debunking intelligent design. | 10/18/05 | Ewen Callaway | Evolution | |
| The Republican War On Science | An interview with Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War On Science, along with this week's science news and Earthwatch. | 2/14/06 | Ewen Callaway | Science and Public policy | Interview |
| School Vending Machine Bill Reintroduced | | 2/16/06 | | Nutrition and Health | |
| Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues | Interview with Marc Bekoff about his book Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues | 2/21/06 | Sam Fuqua | Biology | Interview |
| White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | An interview with Dr. Gene Whitney about his work in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Dr. Whitney is a geologist and focuses on energy and other earth science issues (rescheduled from February 28). | 3/7/06 | Daniel Costello | Science and Public policy | Interview |
| The Colony by John Tayman | In the 19th century the government of Hawaii began exiling people suspected of leprosry to a colony on the desolate island of Molokai. The program continued well into the twentieth century even after doctors realized that leprosy or Hansen's disease, alth | 3/14/06 | Ewen Callaway | | Interview |
| Temple Grandin on Autism, Education & Animals | Temple Grandin-author, autism educator and animal behavior expert. | 3/21/06 | Shelley Schlender | | Interview |
| Cafe Scientifique | Cafe Scientifique story and BBC's Science In Action | 3/28/06 | Ewen Callaway | | Documentary |
| Conference on World Affairs: Fintan Steele | KGNU producer Ewen Callaway interviews Conference on World Affairs Panelist Fintan Steele. | 4/11/06 | Ewen Callaway | | Interview |
| Programming the Universe | | 5/1/06 | | | |
| Darwin--Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent | How a bumbling college student evolved into a real naturalist and scientist | 5/1/06 | Shelley Schlender | Evolution | Interview |
| Darwin's Transformation | The third installment in How On Earth's look at evolution; an interview with Lyanda Haupt author of Pilgrim of the Great Bird Continent | 5/2/06 | Shelley Schlender | Evolution | Interview |
| The Omnivore's Dilemma | Interview with writer Michael Pollan on his new book The Omnivore's Dilemma. | 5/30/06 | Ewen Callaway | Nutrition and Health | Interview |
| Fighting Expanding Deserts and Thawing Permafrost | Colorado shortgrass prairie experts are helping scientists in Mongolia fight the expanding Gobi Desert, and scientists in Boulder warn about thawing permafrost. | 6/6/06 | Shelley Schlender | Global Environmental Change | Documentary |
| David Ward on the Strawjet | Janaki LeFils interviews David Ward, inventor of the Strawjet. | 6/20/06 | Janaki LeFils | | Interview |
| Recovery from Schizophrenia | Judy Lubow interviews Richard Warner for the KGNU science show, How on Earth, about his upcoming July 11 talk at Boulder's Cafe Scientifique about how Recovery from Schizophrenia can be possible. | 6/13/06 | Judy Lubow | Community Health | Interview |
| Ball Aerospace Part 2: The Tour | A tour of some of the facilities at Ball Aerospace. | 5/23/06 | Daniel Costello | Astronomy | Interview |
| Ball Aerospace Part 1: Bill Townsend | Interview with Bill Townsend of Ball Aerospace. | 5/16/06 | Daniel Costello | Astronomy | Interview |
| Solar 2006 | Excerpts from speeches given at the Solar 2006 conference. | 7/11/06 | Daniel Costello | Energy and Energy Conservation | Speech |
| The Space Shield | Interview with Astronomer and CU Professor Webster Cash about the proposed Space Shield, used for finding new planets. | 7/18/06 | Sam Fuqua | Astronomy | Interview |
| The Essential Grizzly | Interview with Doug and Andrea Peacock about their book, The Essential Grizzly. | 7/25/06 | Daniel Costello | Wildlife Management and Conservation | Interview |
| 1390 Anniversary Show--AM Broadcasting | An interview about AM broadcasting. | 8/29/06 | Daniel Costello | Physics and Engineering | Interview |
| Dr. Tom Wigley: Geoengineering and Global Warming | Interview with Dr. Tom Wigley about his three recently published papers. | 9/19/06 | Daniel Costello | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| The Rough Guide to Climate Change | Interview about the book, The Rough Guide to Climate Change. | 10/10/06 | Daniel Costello | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Flock of Dodos | Interview with Randy Olson about his film, Flock of Dodos: the Evolution/Intelligent Design Circus | 10/13/06 | Daniel Costello | Evolution | Interview |
| Boulder's Climate Action Plan | Interview with Boulder Mayor Mark Ruzzin about Boulder's climate action plan. | 10/17/06 | Judy Lubow | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Longmont's Great Pumpkin | Feature on Longmont's giant pumpkin. | 10/23/06 | Shelley Schlender | | Short Feature |
| The Catastrophic Retreat of the Columbia Glacier | Glaciologist Tad Pfeffer discusses his research on the Columbia Glacier in Alaska. | 11/7/06 | Daniel Costello | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Wendell Berry | Feature on Wendell Berry, Agrarian Thinker, followed by excerpts from a speech he gave at the Land Institute. | 11/14/06 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Short Feature |
| Chamberlin Observatory and Dark Skies | Tour of Chamberlin Observatory and an interview with Dr. Robert Stencel about dark skies. | 11/28/06 | Daniel Costello | Astronomy | Interview |
| Robert Zubrin: Let's Go to Mars! | Interview with Robert Zubrin of the Mars Society, an organization that advocates for a manned mission to Mars. | 12/12/06 | Sam Fuqua | Astronomy | Interview |
| Home Energy Audits | How to save energy at home through a professional home energy audit. | 1/16/07 | Shelley Schlender | Energy and Energy Conservation | Short Feature |
| The National Grasslands | Two interviews about our least known public lands, the National Grasslands. | 1/23/07 | Daniel Costello | Land Managment and Conservation | Interview |
| Dr. Don Brownlee: NASA's Stardust Mission | Interview about NASA's stardust mission. | 2/6/07 | Daniel Costello | Astronomy | Interview |
| Biodiesel from Algae | Manufacturing fuel from algae. | 2/20/07 | Shelley Schlender | Energy and Energy Conservation | Short Feature |
| Jill Fredston: Snowstruck | Interview with avalanche expert Jill Fredston. | 3/6/07 | Daniel Costello | Science and Public policy | Interview |
| Carbon Tracker | Interview with NOAA scientist Peter Tonz about a new model for tracking carbon in the environment. | 3/27/07 | Len Houle | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Derby | | 3/18/03 | | | |
| Feeding the Fire -- Mark Eberhart | HEADLINES: Estrogens Destroy Fish Populations; Scientists Track Mutations in a Deadly Hospital Infection. MAIN FEATURE: How using the laws of energy can solve our energy addiction | 5/22/07 | Shelley Schlender | Energy and Energy Conservation | Interview |
| Scientists Say Walk . . . Slowly | HEADLINES: Rocks in Space Differ from Rocks on Earth; Effects of Marijuana on Developing Brain MAIN FEATURE: Walking Slowly (CU Scientists Rodger Kram and Ray Browning) It's Good for You to Walk at a Comfortable Pace | 5/29/07 | Shelley Schlender | Health and Medical Research | Interview |
| Earthworms | HEADLINE: Upright Walking HEADLINE: Earth Crust & Water HEADLINE: Logging Destroys Tropical Forests MAIN FEATURE: How Worms Make Good Soil | 6/12/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Colorado's Ancient Astronomers | HEADLINE: Voluntary Donations Feel Good HEADLINE: Ancient Seas on Mars HEADLINE: Pluto Gets Demoted ... Again. MAIN FEATURE: Ancient Rock Art . . . by CELTIC Explorers? | 6/19/07 | Shelley Schlender | Astronomy | Interview |
| Music and Health | HEADLINES: Tropical Forests Win at Carbon Sequestration; Ancient Virus Influences Human HIV; Giant Penguin Fossils in Peru; MAIN FEATURE: Music and Health in America | 6/26/07 | Shelley Schlender | Community Health | Interview |
| Food Fight: A Citizen's Guide to the Farm Bill | Live Interview with Dan Imhoff, author of Food Fight | 7/3/07 | Shelley Schlender | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Turning Denver Trash into Energy | HEADLINE: Sea Anenome Genome HEADLINE: Men and Women Equally Gabby MAIN FEATURE: Turning Denver Trash into Energy | 7/10/07 | Susan Kathleen Moran | Energy and Energy Conservation | Interview |
| Biodiesel from Pond Scum | | 7/17/07 | To Be Announced | Energy and Energy Conservation | Interview |
| Pikas and Global Warming | HEADLINES: Martian Groundwater, Immune Cells, Saturn's G Ring. MAIN FEATURE: PIKAS & GLOBAL WARMING--with biologists Chris Ray & Jeff Mitton, and naturalist Steve Jones. | 8/7/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Nuclear Power: Pro vs Con | Nuclear Power, with Paul Danish, who favors nuclear power, and with Dr. Helen Caldicott, who opposes it: | 7/24/07 | Claudia Cragg | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Wildfire and Residential Development | HEADLINES: Black-Footed Ferret, E-Coli Mutations, Laser Technology Speeds Up. MAIN STORY: Wildfire-Short Feature with Eric Philips & Dave Theobald (by Shelley Schlender), Charcoal Forest Children's Book Author Beth Peluso (by Karen van Vuuren), Tania S | 8/14/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Documentary |
| What's the Beef? | HEADLINES: Fairy Wrens, Mice Smell Carbon Dioxide, Forests and Grass vs. Biofuel Crops. MAIN STORY: WHAT'S THE BEEF? | 8/21/07 | Susan Kathleen Moran | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Physics of Biology-Background Noise Bill Bialek | HEADLINES: Fireproofing Homes, Empathy & Conflict, NASA Space Exhibit; MAIN FEATURE: Physics & Background Noise | 9/4/07 | Shelley Schlender | New Science Research | Interview |
| Physics of Biology-High Performance Life Bill Bialek | HEADLINES: Out-of-Body Experience; Fear & Brain; EcoArts Festival; MAIN FEATURE: Physics of Biology--Bill Bialek | 8/28/07 | Shelley Schlender | New Science Research | Interview |
| The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs | HEADLINES: Science of Myth-Busting, Neurons & Memory, Boulder Cafe Scientifique MAIN FEATURE: The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs (with Bill Bottke) | 9/11/07 | Shelley Schlender | Astronomy | Interview |
| Science of Myth Busting | Norbert Schwartz will discuss the science of myth-busting. | 9/25/07 | Shelley Schlender | New Science Research | Interview |
| Animal Vegetable Miracle | Interview with author Barbara Kingsolver | 10/16/07 | Ellen Mahoney | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Boulder's Coal Fired Power Plant | A Tour of the Valmont Power Plant | 9/25/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Documentary |
| IPCC Author Kevin Trenberth, NCAR | NCAR'S Kevin Trenberth discusses Climate Change | 9/18/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| World Without Us | Alan Weisman offers a new approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth, without us. | 10/23/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Cooling Global Warming with Clouds | HEADLINES: Biofuels Collaboration, Moon's Eccentric Orbit, Confronting Disaster Losses. MAIN FEATURE: Cooling Global Warming with Clouds | 11/20/07 | Judy Lubow | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Hollywood Science | HEADLINES: Salmon Farms Hurt Wild Salmon, Habitat Splits Harm Biodiversity, The "Pineapple Express." MAIN FEATURE: Hollywood Science, with Sydney Perkowitz, followed by a pick of favorite films by Science Show hosts. | 12/18/07 | Shelley Schlender | | Interview |
| Cement Plant Cleanup | HEADLINES: Greenland Ice Melting Faster (CIRES/CU Boulder's Konrad Steffen), Worms . . Heads or Tails, Boulder Cafe Scientifique--Deformed Frogs (CU's Pieter Johnson) MAIN FEATURE: CEMENT PLANT CLEANUP, Cemex, Lyons & Colorado Citizen's Campaign | 12/11/07 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Short Feature |
| CU Sound Lab . . . & Orion Nebula | HEADLINES: Memories and Feelings, Denver Cafe Scientifique--DNA From Crime Scene to Courtroom. SHORT FEATURE: CU Boulder Fisk Planetarium Sound Lab, INTERVIEW: CU Astronomer Steve Skinner on the Warm Glow in the Orion Nebula. | 12/3/07 | Shelley Schlender | Community Health Education | Short Feature |
| Clouds for Cooling Global Warming | HEADLINES: Yellowstone Caldera Expands, CU Boulder Colorado School of Mines and NREL Collaboration, Gestational Diabetes. MAIN FEATURE: Clouds for Cooling Global Warming, with NCAR Scientist John Latham. | 11/20/06 | Judy Lubow | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Cosmic Rays--Do they come from Black Holes? | HEADLINES: Deformed Frogs (CU's Pieter Johnson), Redheaded Neanderthals, Boulder Cafe Scientifique on Governor Ritter's Energy Plan, Denver Cafe Scientifique on Thinking Like a Computer. MAIN FEATURE: Do You Know Where Your Cosmic Rays Are Coming From? | 11/13/07 | Shelley Schlender | Astronomy | Interview |
| Top Ten Science Stories 2007 | TOP TEN SCIENCE STORIES
1. International Panel on Climate Change
2. Climate Change Speeds Up
3. Mars Rovers
4. Earth like planets
5. Big supernova
6. Coal Plants
7. DNA mapping.
8. Cloning
9. Quantum Calculation
10. Fighting Global Warmin | 1/1/08 | Joel Parker | | Interview |
| World Without Us . . . Extended Show | HEADLINES: Gestational Diabetes, Alven Waves (CU & Boulder Astronomers), Yellowstone Caldera MAIN FEATURE: The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman | 11/27/07 | Shelley Schlender | | Interview |
| Engaging Girls in Computing | HEADLINES: La Nina Dries Colorado (CU/NOOA’s Klaus Wolter), Ethanol from Switchgrass (NREL), Audubon Bird Watch (Denver Audobon) MAIN FEATURE: The Great Research Challenge: Engaging Girls in Computer (CU’s Lecia Barker and ATLAS, Kevin Marlatt, Den | 1/8/08 | Shelley Schlender | Technology | Documentary |
| Chyrsalis | HEADLINES: MAIN FEATURE: Chrysalis | 1/15/08 | | | Interview |
| Mining Superfund Sites--Joe Ryan | MAIN FEATURE: Mining Superfund Sites (CU's Joe Ryan, Boulder Pacesetter Award Winner in Science) | 1/22/08 | | | |
| Douglas Duncan: How Students Learn & Eclipses | | 3/4/08 | Joel Parker | Astronomy | Interview |
| Your Inner Fish | A journey into the 3.5 billion year history of the human body | 3/11/08 | Shelley Schlender | | Interview |
| Accordions, Earth Hour and Denver's Greenprint Program | HEADLINES: CU Botanist Ned Friedman Finds Unique Flowering Plant; Motivation & Performance; 'Tis Happier to Give. SHORT FEATURE: The Science of Accordions, with Dan Tulenko, LONG FEATURE: Earth Hour, with Denver Greenprint's Michele Weingarden | 3/25/08 | Joel Parker | Energy and Energy Conservation | Interview |
| Accordions (Short Feature) | Longmont resident Dan Tulenko explains the "science" of accordion construction and repair. | 3/25/08 | Shelley Schlender | Music | Short Feature |
| April Fool's Day How on Earth 2008 | HEADLINES: 1. The Scientific Journal Wikipedia 2. Secret Ray Gun 3. Yoga Breathing Slows Global Warming. FEATURES 1. "Stool Transplant" cures Colitis 2. New Definition of Science 3. Professor Tom with "It's Getting Hot in Here!" | 4/1/08 | Shelley Schlender | New Science Research | Interview |
| World Made By Hand - James Howard Kunstler | The author of the non-fiction book, The Long Emergency, explores the aftermath of the "emergency" in his new fiction book, Word Made By Hand. | 3/26/08 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Rhino with the Glue On Shoes | True Stories of Zoo Vets and Wild Animal Vets | 7/8/08 | Shelley Schlender | Biology | Interview |
| Rhino with the Glue On Shoes | | 12/31/69 | | | |
| Stool Transplant for C Diff Colitis | An unusual inoculation that cures a deadly intestinal infection. | 5/20/08 | Sam Fuqua | Health and Medical Research | Interview |
| Feldenkrais Method of Body Awareness | A look at the science behind this body awareness method. | 7/29/08 | Shelley Schlender | Health and Medical Research | Interview |
| Standing in the Light - Pantheism & CSU Environmental School | | 8/4/09 | Shelley Schlender | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Mars Society | Joel Parker talks with Chris Carberry, Director of the Mars Society, about their upcoming convention at CU-Boulder. | 8/12/08 | Joel Parker | Astronomy | Interview |
| Mars Society Extended Feature | | 12/31/69 | | | |
| New Test | | 3/16/10 | | | |
| Butterfly Migration . . . and The Trashing of Margaret Mead | We’ll learn how butterflies use their antenna as a sort of clock, and we’ll hear why Margaret Mead may actually have been right | 4/20/10 | Leslie Dodson | | Interview |
| Eaarth by Bill McKibben | Interview - LIVE with Eearth author Bill McKibben | 4/27/10 | Dan Glick | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Personalized Medicine with Larry Gold - Part 1 | A look at the Gulf Coat oil spill with CU’s National Hazards Director Kathleen Tierney, and a special conference on the science of healthcare, with Biotech Pioneer Larry Gold. | 5/4/10 | Shelley Schlender | | Interview |
| Personalized Medicine with Larry Gold Part 2 | Part 2 of Discussion with Larry Gold on Personalized Medicine | 5/11/10 | | | |
| Evolution: It's Not Just For Geeks - James DeGregori | Extended version of interview. | 6/15/10 | Joel Parker | Evolution | Interview |
| Reporting and Communicating Science News - Jon Stewart | Interview with Jon Stewart, host of BBC's Science in Action. | 6/22/10 | Joel Parker | Science and Public policy | Interview |
| Rosetta flyby of Lutetia | Discussion of the Rosetta space mission and its recent flyby of the asteroid Lutetia. | 7/13/10 | Joel Parker | Astronomy | Interview |
| Greenland Ice Cores with Climate Scientist Jim White | An international drilling team involving CU-Boulder has hit bedrock 1.5 miles below the icy surface of Greenland, pulling up deep ice cores from the last interglacial period that should help climate scientists assess the risks of abrupt climate change on | 8/3/10 | Tom Yulsman | Climate Change | Interview |
| Oil Dispersants - Safe or Toxic? | CU scientists will study the safety of the oil dispersing chemicals being used to deal with British Petroleum's Gulf Oil Spill. And CU's Rob Knight will give us the latest news about gut microbes that might contribute to obesity and allergies. | 8/10/10 | Leslie Dodson | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Oil Dispersants - Safe or Toxic? | CU scientists will study the safety of the oil dispersing chemicals being used to deal with British Petroleum's Gulf Oil Spill. And CU's Rob Knight will give us the latest news about gut microbes that might contribute to obesity and allergies. | 8/10/10 | Leslie Dodson | Environmental Health | Interview |
| Gut Microbes and Health - Extended Interview with CU Microbial Ecologist Rob Knight | Extended interview with CU-Boulder Microbiome expert Rob Knight. | 8/10/10 | Shelley Schlender | Biology | Interview |
| Gut Microbes and Health - Extended Interview with CU Microbial Ecologist Rob Knight | Extended interview with CU-Boulder Microbiome expert Rob Knight. | 8/10/10 | Shelley Schlender | Biology | Interview |
| Extreme Weather - with Peter Stott | How much is climate change leading to more extreme weather events? | 8/17/10 | Tom Yulsman | Global Environmental Change | Interview |
| Oil Sands Pollution and The Radium Girls | New findings about oil extraction and pollution with US Geological Survey Scientist, Larry Barber. And The Radium Girls, with Eleanor Swanson and Clifford Stoll. | 8/31/10 | Shelley Schlender | Science and Public policy | Documentary |
