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Nature Boy: The Podcast

Nature Boy is a general science show hosted by four PhD graduate students studying plant biology at UC Riverside. Join Michael, Marschal, Jon, and Jess the first Sunday of each month as research from ... Read more

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Episode 33: Bioremediation

Episode 33: Bioremediation

Hey all! Jon here, your occasional co-host and creator of podcast descriptions, to let you know that I was not present f... Read more

10 Nov 2017

59mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 52: Obesity and Diabetes

Episode 52: Obesity and Diabetes

Michael and Marschal start out alone on this one, lamenting the loss of their good friend Jon. Somehow they manage to ca... Read more

14 Nov 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #3

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Episode 56: Paranormal Phenomena

Episode 56: Paranormal Phenomena

This episode was originally recorded in March, as individuals began taking the Coronavirus seriously. As such, a large p... Read more

1 May 2020

1hr 1min

Ranked #4

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Episode 36: Marijuana

Episode 36: Marijuana

Originally recorded January 7, 2018. Veteran fans may be aware that all hosts of the Nature Boy podcast are PhD students... Read more

26 Feb 2018

1hr

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Ranked #5

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Episode 50: The Microbiome

Episode 50: The Microbiome

With the recent increase in products promising probiotic benefits and awareness of the importance of human microbial int... Read more

5 Jun 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #6

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Episode 28: Death

Episode 28: Death

It has been said that the most important difference between a beast and human is the comprehension of one's own mortalit... Read more

10 May 2017

56mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 39: Flowers

Episode 39: Flowers

This episode represents one of the rare topics falling in line with your hosts' field of study. Flowers, they're pretty,... Read more

6 Jun 2018

1hr 5mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 35: Depression and Anxiety

Episode 35: Depression and Anxiety

This episode was originally recorded December 3, 2017. The Nature Boy podcast has been scientifically demonstrated to im... Read more

26 Feb 2018

1hr

Ranked #9

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Episode 49: Taste

Episode 49: Taste

As of this episode's posting, we have apparently lost last month's recording. If the episode (on pain) is found, it will... Read more

6 May 2019

1hr

Ranked #10

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Episode 47: Technology Addiction

Episode 47: Technology Addiction

Take your eyes off your phone or computer and listen to this podcast on your phone or computer! The Nature Boy crew is b... Read more

12 Feb 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 53: Diabetes and Obesity (Part 2)

Episode 53: Diabetes and Obesity (Part 2)

I did not have time to listen to this phat episode, but I can assure all you faithful readers of my captions that this o... Read more

12 Dec 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #12

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Episode 51: Therapy

Episode 51: Therapy

Jon is very busy with his fancy new teaching job, and unfortunately he is writing this with very little information. How... Read more

17 Oct 2019

50mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 48: Fermentation

Episode 48: Fermentation

Fermentation touches our lives in more ways than most acknowledge. Beer, bread and booze are the most familiar examples,... Read more

28 Mar 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #14

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Episode 44: Genetic Testing

Episode 44: Genetic Testing

With the current popularity of direct to consumer genetic testing, it was only a matter of time until the Nature Boy cre... Read more

25 Nov 2018

1hr 2mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 42: Seed Banks

Episode 42: Seed Banks

Bank on this episode being the brightest part of your week! The Nature Boy crew discusses those defenders of diversity, ... Read more

17 Sep 2018

1hr 2mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 27: Military Technology

Episode 27: Military Technology

Whoosh! Boom! Blam-Oh! The Nature Boy crew becomes death, the destroyer of worlds, to discuss military technology and th... Read more

13 Mar 2017

1hr 1min

Ranked #17

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Episode 46: Astrology (And the Return of Jon)

Episode 46: Astrology (And the Return of Jon)

What does the new year hold for you? Some turn to the stars for answers, so listen to the 4 biggest stars in podcasting ... Read more

22 Jan 2019

1hr

Ranked #18

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Episode 26: Trump, Government Research, and Science

Episode 26: Trump, Government Research, and Science

We are sincerely honored to have this week''s episode featured in the KCHUNG radio residency at the J. Paul Getty Museum... Read more

19 Feb 2017

53mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 43: Extinction

Episode 43: Extinction

When the human race ends, will it be with a whimper or a bang? This question as well as many others will not be discusse... Read more

9 Oct 2018

1hr 4mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 45: Fire Ecology

Episode 45: Fire Ecology

This episode, Nature Boy gets hot and heavy! Drawing our listeners like a moth to the flame, we really can not be matche... Read more

26 Dec 2018

1hr

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