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Nature and Science Podcast

by Don Murphy

Our podcast explores nature and science by following the personal journeys of individuals who have dedicated their lives to nature and science.   We talk with theoretical physicists, park rangers, conservation biologists and anyone who loves nature and science. 

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The Power Of The Human-Animal Bond

Send us Fan Mail " ...all of us are related and we all owe it to each other to be responsible and maintain that relationship between humans, animals, and the world that

Nov 6
49 min

Your Doctor Says You're Obese, Your Mirror Says Nonsense. What Does Science Say?

Send us Fan Mail For over six decades, conventional medical advice has treated weight management as a simple accounting problem: calories in versus calories out. Yet tra

Oct 19
1 h 00 min

The Thanksgiving Table Physics of Persuasion | Dr. JonRobert Tartaglione

Send us Fan Mail With the holidays approaching, millions of families are preparing to gather around the Thanksgiving table—and inevitably fall into the same political, s

Oct 12
57 min

The Bridge From Science to God: Mathematics, Faith, and the Search for Meaning

Send us Fan Mail Summary / Description What if modern scientific discovery hasn't pushed us away from God, but has actually brought us closer than we realize? Can t

Oct 5
1 h 04 min

Edges of the Mind: Science, Humanity, and Schizophrenia

Send us Fan Mail About the Episode For more than fifty years, Dr. David Pickar has stood at the absolute forefront of psychiatric research and neuroscientific discovery

Sep 28
1 h 06 min

Volcanoes, Plate Tectonics, and Deep Time with Dr. Jo

Send us Fan Mail “Pretty landscapes become spectacular when you know what you’re looking at. I’ve spent my career visiting volcanoes—first drawn by their natural beauty,

Sep 21
48 min

Rewards and Dangers of Cave Diving Exploration

Send us Fan Mail Originally Published Under: Life Is A Story We Tell Ourselves 2023 **Cave Diving Journey and Techniques** CAVE DIVING JOURNEY AND TECHNIQUES Brian Sta

Sep 14
38 min

Welcome to The Nature and Science Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What does a 46-million-year-old blood-engorged mosquito tell us about deep time? How do planetary forces inside giant magma chambers shape the future of

Sep 10
1 min

Unravelling The Secret Of Life With Ancient Biomolecules

Send us Fan Mail  Originally Published Under: Life Is A Story We Tell Ourselves “When I first saw the fossil of a blood-engorged mosquito, it was one of the most interes

Sep 9
59 min

Are We Conscious Of The Life We Should Live

Send us Fan Mail We like to believe that we navigate our lives as fully conscious, rational architects of our own destinies. But how much of the life you are living righ

Sep 2
56 min

Looking Back at AI Scaling with Anthropic Co-Founder Jared Kaplan

Send us Fan Mail "An archival 2023 interview with Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan discussing scaling laws, large language models, and the trajectory of artificial inte

Jul 23
12 min

Looking Back at AI Scaling with Anthropic Co-Founder Jared Kaplan

Send us Fan Mail "An archival 2023 interview with Anthropic co-founder Jared Kaplan discussing scaling laws, large language models, and the trajectory of artificial inte

Jul 23
12 min

Is The Earth Losing Its Balance?

Send us Fan Mail Is The Earth Losing Its Balance and beginning to turn against us? Author Dominic Nessi explores that terrifying possibility in The Source, a gripping n

Jul 21
33 min

The Progenitor Field - A Pre Big Bang SciFI Novel

Send us Fan Mail Host and Executive Producer of the podcast will discuss his latest science fiction novel, The Progenitor Field.   The novel tells the story of the exper

Jun 5
20 min

DC Golf Course Restoration Threatens Affordable Access

Send us Fan Mail Michael Williams joins us to discuss the proposed restoration of the golf courses in DC including Langston Golf Course and East Potomac.  We will explor

Mar 28
47 min

The First Women Lifeguards: How Perseverance and Skill Overcame Obstacles

Send us Fan Mail “Debbie Friedman adds a bouyant new element to history, introducing the strong and brave women who battled ocean waves and stinging sexism to become the

Feb 19
53 min

Sustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table

Send us Fan Mail Sustainable Farming Brings Healthy Food To Your Table is what this podcast is all about. Shawn and Lindsay and their three children work to provide you

Feb 18
1 h 00 min

One Ranger's Quest To Save His Beloved Desert

Send us Fan Mail This is the story of how a young man fell in love with the beauty and mystery of the desert and translated that love into a career as ranger protecting

Feb 7
26 min

Cured vs. Healed: A Doctor's Near-Death Journey to a New Kind of Medicine

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to my third memoir about my unusual trajectory in the world of medicine. In my first memoir, “Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert,” I share

Jan 29
50 min

Two Time Loser To Revolution: The Birth of Ky’Orda

Send us Fan Mail Hello everyone, I'm your host of Nature and Science Podcast, Don Murphy.  In the episode I am interviewed by our producer, Anna Murphy to discuss,

Nov 15 2025
17 min

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