UnDisciplined

Utah Public Radio

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.

  1. SEP 26

    UnDisciplined: The new Disney reality — everyone (rich) is a VIP

    Historically, an “everyone is a VIP” philosophy made good business sense for Disney amusement parks. But now Disney is embracing tiered services. Daniel Currell explains why and what’s to come.

    26 min

  2. SEP 18

    UnDisciplined: The Patterns of Life, Part 2

    Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories—even when those life forms have evolved on much different paths for hundreds of millions of years. And when they show up, as it turns out, we often perceive them as beautiful. So, the question is: Why?

    26 min

  3. SEP 16

    UnDisciplined: The Patterns of Life, Part 1

    Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories. And when they show up, we often perceive them as beautiful. Why?

    26 min

  4. SEP 4

    UnDisciplined: Under the sea

    Deep in the ocean, jellyfish, shrimp, fireworms and other creatures use multi–colored lights for defense, luring food, attracting mates, and communication. In their new book, Steven Haddock and Sönke Johnsen explore the nature of underwater light—investigating the varieties of transparency, pigmentation, iridescence, bioluminescence, and fluorescence found in the watery beyond.

    26 min

  5. AUG 29

    UnDisciplined: What do budget cuts mean for NASA's future?

    The Trump administration is seeking an across-the-board 20% cut to NASA's total funding, and nearly all of that reduction is concentrated in science mission directorate.

    26 min

  6. MAY 29

    UnDisciplined: The art and science of political speech

    Emerging research suggests that human attention spans are getting shorter. That’s a problem for people who want to make change in a world in which the issues we’re facing are growing ever more complicated. So now, perhaps more than ever, it’s important to understand the art and science of giving a good speech — and few people in Canada do that better than David Shepherd. But Shepherd says none of this came naturally to him.

    26 min

  7. MAY 22

    UnDisciplined: How a tragedy at a fundamentalist commune affected one Biblical scholar

    Dan McClellan loves the Bible. He doesn’t always love what it says. But he works hard not to try to mold it into something that he wants it to be — to meet it, he says, on its own terms.

    26 min

  8. MAY 15

    UnDisciplined: Does the Bible really say it is the Word of God?

    Just about 60% of Americans say they identify as Christian. And just about 20% of Americans say they have read the entire Bible.

    27 min
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About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    Utah Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    308
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    UnDisciplined