Recorded 3/9/2025. The UMSL Radio studio is still out of commission, but we still have a great March episode for you! Jeremy and Kiley are joined by Michelle Laporte, biology professor from St. Louis Community College for an episode all about disease. In the news the three discuss a revitalizing T cells to fight cancer, curing peanut allergies with spit, and guardian dogs help to ward off coyotes for ranchers. Topic of the show covers what is a disease, how diseases are classified, diseases across history, how disease is transmitted, how to protect yourself from disease, public perception of disease, misconceptions, and the idea of a panacea. Music used for this episode from Kevin Macleod.

Recorded 2/16/2026. On this episode of the podcast, the radio studio is down, but the show must go on! Jeremy is joined by Dr. Sandra Langeslag to talk the science of love and attraction. For news, the two discuss an origami science project with applications to storm shelters, tracking microplastics in the human body, and hypotheses for why kissing exists in the news. Topic of the show covers what is love, types of loves, parasocial relationships, love at first sight, AI relationships, heartbreak, and what the media messes up when reporting on love. Music for this episode from Kevin Macleod.

Recorded 1/13/2026. On this Winter Break episode of the podcast, Jeremy and Kiley are joined by 1st year grad students Sarah Jackson and Michael Hayes to do an episode all about the science of happiness. Topics include misconceptions on happiness, biases and annoying features of the mind that cause unhappiness, how to overcome these biases, things that actually make us happy, and how to make a plan to implement happiness techniques.