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UnDisciplined

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Each week, UnDisciplined takes a fun, fascinating and accessible dive into the lives of researchers and explorers working across a wide variety of scientific fields.

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Utah Public Radio

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Science

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www.upr.org

Latest episode

Oct 15, 2026

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Episodes

UnDisciplined: The Ecologist And The Microbiologist 17.03.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about big animals like wolves, bears and lions — and really tiny life forms, like yeast.

UnDisciplined: Making A Scientific Match 10.03.2019

Every week on UnDisciplined, we put to researchers from completely different fields together and see what connections they can make.

UnDisciplined: February Science News Roundup 01.03.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're gathering up a motley gang of science geeks to talk about some of the biggest stories in science over the past few weeks.

UnDisciplined: The Computer Scientist And The Information Systems Specialist 22.02.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about the ways computers help people do things better.

UnDisciplined: The Occupational Therapist And The Evolutionary Biologist 15.02.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about stress, but from two very different scientific points of view.

UnDisciplined: Consumer Genomics And Getting 'Good To Go' 08.02.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about the intersection of science and personal decision-making — and, of course, we're looking at it from two very different perspectives.

UnDisciplined: The Atmospheric Scientist And The Environmental Economist 01.02.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about climate, but at two very different scales.

UnDisciplined: January Science News Roundup 27.01.2019

In UnDisciplined's first ever monthly science news roundup, we're joined by three researchers, plus a fellow science enthusiast, to take a look at recent science news through a bunch of different perspectives.

UnDisciplined: The Demographic Sociologist And The Social Psychologist 20.01.2019

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about why we don't do the things we know we should do. Why, for instance, don't we get as much sleep as we're supposed to? And why do we often withhold information from our doctors?

UnDisciplined: The Cultural Anthropologist And The Population Health Analyst 11.01.2019

We're talking about the ways warfare can build bonds in tribal societies, and how air pollution can have devastating effects in our modern world.

UnDisciplined: An Almost-Year In Review 07.01.2019

2018 is going to be remembered as a huge year in science.

UnDisciplined: The Molecular Geneticist And The Entomological Ecologist 29.12.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're joined by a scientist who helped create a transgenic mouse that can help us understand the human relationship with a vital molecule. We'll also chat with a researcher who just announced the discovery of nearly 50 new species right here in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

UnDisciplined: The Space Geologist And The Neuroscientist 24.12.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking to a researcher whose work is going to change the way you think about the red planet. Then, we're going to talk to a scientist who is changing the way we think about how to diagnose and treat neurodegenerative diseases.

UnDisciplined: The Anthropological Archaeologist And The Quantitative Ecologist 14.12.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we talked to a researcher whose discoveries have changed the way we understand the history of tobacco in North America. Then we chatted with a scientist who is trying to change the way we think about cryptocurrencies.

UnDisciplined: The Evolutionary Anatomist And The Geomorphologist 12.12.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we unpack two studies that are changing conventional wisdom.

UnDisciplined: The Nanotechnologist And The Environmental Social Scientist 30.11.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about really small things, like cell cultures and their effect on research, and really big things, like our planet's climate and its effect on human movement.

UnDisciplined: The Biomedical Engineer And The Quantitative Analyst 25.11.2018

What do Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson have to do with ending crime waves and curing blindness? We'll find out this week when we're joined by guests Elizabeth Vargis and Sherry Towers.

UnDisciplined: The Microbiologist And The Human Ecologist 16.11.2018

Each week on UnDisciplined, we bring two researchers together to talk about their recent work.

UnDisciplined: The Inorganic Chemist And The Wildland Ecologist 09.11.2018

Paul Rogers is racing to save a one-tree forest. Lisa Berreau is trying to prove that carbon monoxide can be good for us. Like we do every week, we'll try to draw connections between these two very different areas of work.

UnDisciplined: The Psychiatrist And The Oncologist 08.11.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about how evolving research impacts health recommendations.

UnDisciplined: Fisetin, Fungus and Frogs 26.10.2018

This week on UnDiscipined, we're talking about extending life — how nature does it and how humans might do it. Grace DiRenzo investigates the way animals evolve to beat deadly natural chemicals. Laura Niedernhofer studies natural chemicals that might help us prevent aging and put off death. Together, we'll talk about Fisetin, frogs, fungus, zombies and immortality.

UnDisciplined: The Transportation Economist And The Insect Ecologist 21.10.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about the way people and animals move from place to place. Rick Geddes studies economic solutions for reducing traffic. Lori Spears is an entomologist who helps develop ways to keep non-native insects out of North America.

UnDisciplined: The Wetland Ecologist And The Forest Biotechnologist 13.10.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about how genes impact plant growth, but from two very different perspectives.

UnDisciplined: The Political Scientist And The Photovoltaic Engineer 05.10.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about the way newspapers impact the way people think, and the ways pollution impacts solar energy.

UnDisciplined: The Entomologist And The Landscape Ecologist 03.10.2018

This week on UnDisciplined, we're talking about measuring wildlife — but at two very different scales.

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