Please Explain (The Leonard Lopate Show)
WNYC
In Please Explain, we set aside time every Friday afternoon to get to the bottom of one complex issue. Ever wonder how New York City's water system works? Or how the US became so polarized politically? We'll back up and review the basic facts and principles of complicated issues across a broad range of topics — history, politics, science, you name it.
Radio: WQXR American Standards
Categories: Society & Culture
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For this week’s Please Explain, we’re following dogs as they sniff their way through the world with their incredible sense of smell. Alexandra Horowitz, who teaches canine cognition and creative nonfiction at Barnard College and runs the Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab, explores the abilities of a dog’s nose, how it’s evolved, how it’s being put to use and how we can improve our own sense of smell. Her latest book is Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell.
Note: Jonathan Capehart guest-hosted this segment of "The Leonard Lopate Show."
Previous episodes
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126 - How To Sniff Like A DogFri, 08 Dec 2017
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125 - What's Your Cat Really Thinking?Fri, 01 Dec 2017
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124 - We Get Fired Up Over PeppersFri, 17 Nov 2017
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123 - Why Vinegar Deserves More Credit As An IngredientFri, 10 Nov 2017
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122 - The Secrets Behind Succulent SaucesFri, 03 Nov 2017
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121 - How To Go VeganFri, 27 Oct 2017
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120 - How To Succeed Even If You're An IntrovertFri, 20 Oct 2017
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119 - How Addiction WorksFri, 13 Oct 2017
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118 - How The First Amendment WorksFri, 06 Oct 2017
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117 - What Happens When We Sleep?Fri, 29 Sep 2017
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116 - What Happens When A Dog Drinks Water?Fri, 22 Sep 2017
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115 - What's The Future Of DACA?Fri, 15 Sep 2017
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114 - How Legal Pot Could Be MonopolizedFri, 08 Sep 2017
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113 - Protecting Yourself Against Identity TheftFri, 25 Aug 2017
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112 - Why We Love To RunFri, 18 Aug 2017
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111 - All The Light We Cannot SeeFri, 11 Aug 2017
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110 - Why Coral Is Dying Around The WorldFri, 04 Aug 2017
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109 - Become A Food Preserving Pro!Fri, 28 Jul 2017
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108 - Don't Bug Out! The Secret World Of InsectsFri, 21 Jul 2017
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107 - How To Cut The Clutter And Get OrganizedFri, 14 Jul 2017
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106 - What's Your Cat Thinking About?Fri, 07 Jul 2017
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105 - The Yucky Stuff You've Always Wondered AboutFri, 30 Jun 2017
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104 - Protecting Yourself From Ticks and Lyme DiseaseFri, 23 Jun 2017
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103 - The Shocking Truth About LightningFri, 16 Jun 2017
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102 - The Science Of SuccessFri, 09 Jun 2017
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101 - How Climate Change Will Alter TidesFri, 02 Jun 2017
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100 - How Daydreaming Can Help You FocusFri, 19 May 2017
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99 - The Buzz Around Honey And BeekeepingFri, 12 May 2017
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98 - Exploring Spanish CuisineFri, 28 Apr 2017
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97 - The Secrets Of Pie MakingFri, 21 Apr 2017
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96 - Making Cents Of America's Tax CodeFri, 14 Apr 2017
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95 - Understanding Psychosomatic IllnessFri, 07 Apr 2017
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94 - How To Navigate the Open SeasFri, 24 Mar 2017
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93 - Spring is Coming. So Are Allergies.Fri, 17 Mar 2017
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92 - What's At Stake With Clean Water Regulation Rollbacks?Fri, 10 Mar 2017
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91 - Pulling the Curtain Back on NASAFri, 03 Mar 2017
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90 - Understanding CRISPR, the Sci-Fi-Esque Gene Editing ToolFri, 24 Feb 2017
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89 - Why Can't You Just Stop?Fri, 17 Feb 2017
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88 - Demystifying That Four-Letter Word (Hint: It Starts with L)Fri, 10 Feb 2017
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87 - How You Can Have a Say, In Politics and Your CommunityFri, 03 Feb 2017
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86 - Listening to Body LanguageFri, 27 Jan 2017
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85 - Oh, the Things Our Bodies Would SayFri, 13 Jan 2017
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84 - Why Fat Is So MisunderstoodFri, 06 Jan 2017
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83 - Finding Light on the Darkest Day: The Winter Solstice & YuletideFri, 23 Dec 2016
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82 - A Deep Dive into AquariumsFri, 16 Dec 2016
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81 - What's Keeping You Up at Night?Fri, 09 Dec 2016
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80 - Behold the Wonders of ButterFri, 02 Dec 2016
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79 - Have a Seat: The History of ChairsFri, 18 Nov 2016
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78 - How the Electric Guitar Revolutionized MusicFri, 11 Nov 2016
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77 - The Science of CheeseFri, 04 Nov 2016
