A deleted scene from our latest podcast.  We just couldn't figure out where to put this little bit of conversation.

This week, we examine our beginnings, take a tour of the animal kingdom, and ponder a world where frozen sperm can last for all eternity. Tune in to hear the ultimate origin story, on a station near you.   

 If you think you learned all there is to know from that junior high school filmstrip, think again.

Ready, get set, go! Let's compare a sperm whale plowing through the ocean to a human sperm plowing through a glass of water: The whale barely notices the water it's in; the sperm — oh, gee — it's got a problem. And a masterful solution.

What is there to do when you find yourself in front of a wall of insect chrysalides, waiting for a butterfly, transformed from a caterpillar, to emerge? Count and stare, of course.

Alzheimer's, the disease that creeps in and slowly erases what you know until, eventually, there's no more to erase is still largely a mystery. But this short animation by Po Chou Chi tries to make poetic sense of what it might feel like.

A glimpse of what life was like for the German POW's kept on American soil during WWII.

Inspired by our Sleep episode, producer Ellen Horne asks for some advice on how to help her little one settle down for the night. Take our informal sleep survey, and let us know if you've got some words of wisdom on how to drift off.

Blood transfusion technology has sparked controversy, fueled artistic imagination, and generated religious beliefs. And it's also offered good fodder for pop culture.

In honor of our Blood episode, we asked one of our favorite bands, Lucius, to cover a couple of blood-soaked tunes for us.