Constant Wonder
Stay in tune with our phenomenal world. Join us for explorations of science, art, history, and more. We're on a quest to find awe and wonder in all nature—human or wild, vast or small. Encounters that move us beyond words. Hosted by Marcus Smith, Constant Wonder is a production of BYUradio.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 190
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Inside Story of How an Orphaned Baby Orca Got Home
When a two-year-old baby orca lost her mother, rescuers in Washington State and Canada rallied to get her home to her grandmother and extended family. Nothing was easy about this rescue, but the resu…
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Wed 02 Mar 2022
Egyptomania and the Rosetta Stone
With a hint of magic and the lure of buried wisdom, Ancient Egypt has, like a mysterious and powerful magnet, for millennia pulled on the collective imagination of the West. But almost as gripping as…
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Wed 23 Feb 2022
Sea Connections Everywhere, with Craig Foster, Sy Montgomery, Helen Scales, and Luke Harris
Mollusks cultivate underwater gardens, cuttlefish become invisible, and tiny fish run spas for predators. Meanwhile, some ingenious humans work to protect the underwater world that most of us rarely …
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Wed 16 Feb 2022
When the Sky Dances
When a comet crashes into Jupiter, the first to see it are amateurs at the Vatican Observatory in Rome, who can't restrain themselves from shouting and dancing. Far to the north, an aurora hunter bac…
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Wed 09 Feb 2022
Cancer Survivorship
A cancer survivor dispels the myths and stigmas of cancer survivorship. Nancy Frates, co-creator of the ALS ice bucket challenge, explains how the movement took off.
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Wed 02 Feb 2022
1904 Olympic Marathon Mayhem
Why the mishaps of the 1904 Olympic Marathon almost led to the event being banned in all future Olympic Games. Also, how world's fairs have changed the world.
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Wed 26 Jan 2022
Nature Conspiracies
Trees conspire with each other to thwart seed predators. David Allen Sibley tries to answer essential birder questions: “What do birds do?” and “Why?”
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Tue 25 Jan 2022
Henry Ford’s Forgotten Utopia
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison dreamed of more than Model-Ts and lightbulbs.
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Mon 24 Jan 2022
Lifesaving Fear
The benefits and hazards of fear. And, how to die in space.
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Tue 18 Jan 2022
Freed Slaves Sue for Damages
How a formerly enslaved man in Kentucky worked with a former Confederate hero to win damages from a lynch mob, and how a formerly enslaved woman sued her former master, and won.
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Mon 17 Jan 2022
The Weird, Wonderful World of Scorpions
Scorpions hear through their feet, navigate by the stars, and cannibalize each other. And, milking deadly snakes to make lifesaving anti-venom.
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Wed 12 Jan 2022
Pho and Other Specialty Foods
The secrets to making excellent pho at home; cooking with Italian grannies; and an introduction to the world's only sourdough library.
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Tue 11 Jan 2022
Before We Swiped Right
A delightful history of using personal ads to find love. And, when did diamonds become a girl's best friend?
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Mon 10 Jan 2022
The Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean
The abyss of the deep sea is anything but lifeless!
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Tue 04 Jan 2022
Conning Their Way to Freedom
For two POWs in WWI, a con was the only way to secure their freedom. And, Gregor MacGregor fooled hundreds into believing in a nonexistent promised land.
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Mon 03 Jan 2022
Whitman, Alabama & America in Maps
Whitman's poetry sheds light on human connections and national identity. Maps help us view history differently.
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Wed 29 Dec 2021
How Mexican Food Conquered America
From "chili queens" to the founder of Taco Bell to the invention of Doritos, how America embraced Mexican food.
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Tue 28 Dec 2021
Despots of Ancient Egypt
Monuments and mummies alike provide insights to the distribution of power in ancient Egypt.
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Mon 27 Dec 2021
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