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    Radios Changed the World

    November 20, 2024  •  EPISODE 240

    What’s the difference between AM and FM? Who invented the first radio, and what was featured on the very first radio broadcast? Join Roger Billings on Science LIVE as he delves into the fascinating history of radio and uncovers the science behind frequencies and radio waves.

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    225 Comments

    1. Uzair Martinez

      It’s crazy how one invention can change the world

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    2. Jazelyn MacMullen

      Radios have so many different uses!

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    3. Nevaeh Maxie

      I didn’t know radios where so awesome.

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    4. Jayden Bowles

      Radios are and were always so helpful.

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    5. Laci

      i love radios because they play music haha! 😀

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    6. jade champlain

      It’s crazy to see how much the world has evolved!

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    7. niki

      The difference of AM and FM now makes sense !

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    8. Spencer Palchanis

      I didn’t know how cool radios were.

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    9. Kierra Hodges

      Radios are so cool

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    10. Lloyd Wilson

      I didn’t realize how important radios were in the past.
      The razor radio is cool.

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    11. Jameson Stroud

      was Thomas Edisson only known from the lightbulb?

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    12. autumn cloud

      i love radios!!

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    13. Kevin Wilson

      I never knew how we made radio waves it was pretty cool learning how that works.

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    14. Brilee patterson

      Wow I really loved learning about the process of the radio turning into what it is now,

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    15. Jaylen Yates

      I now know why we have AM and FM

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    16. Josie Yates

      Radios are cool

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    17. Sophie Nelson

      I never knew what FM and AM was and the difference, now I do!! Thank you!

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    18. Yocabed kaleb

      I had no idea radios are this importent. I just thought it was just an old thing at my grandmas house.

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    19. mackenzie

      now I understand why there is a FM and an AM

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    20. Deion S

      I love music!

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    21. Bailey

      I learned that a voice broadcast over the radio travels at 700 miles per hour.

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    22. Tyler Rideout

      radios are so cool

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    23. Vivienna C

      It was so interesting to learn how the frequency works for the radio.

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    24. Lavienna C

      We didn’t know what AM and FM are before. We were only used to the streaming concept. This was very helpful.

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    25. Simone tarantelli

      R51💕

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    26. Skylar Cooper

      i’ve always been interested in radios and how they work.

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    27. Eduardo

      I love r51 and science live

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    28. alivia

      This episode was really cool, I learned a lot about radios. I never knew the difference between AM and FM before.

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    29. Ruqaia Majidsemin

      I never knew radios had so many uses!

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    30. Elias Barretto

      Radios were the only thing that could let people learn the news in 1960

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    31. Benaiah Kaleb

      I didn’t know radios had this much of an impact.

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    32. Edan Langston

      My daddy does HAM radio and I talk with him on it

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    33. Jonathan Nesmith

      I love to use radio to listen to music

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    34. Renee tarantelli

      Omg that’s so cool

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    35. Logan Phillips

      We listen to the radio in our car every day and I never thought about how it was created until now.

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    36. Mana Sattathip

      I didn’t know that radios have waves like light. It’s so cool to know how they work.

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    37. Campbell Dean

      When was the very first radio made.

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    38. Rho Zapf

      Radio’s are so 😎 🤟📻

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    39. Lillian Barkan

      Radios are in like every car but they are so technical to make the story behind the radio crazy I can’t even begin to say how much of a journey the radio has and how much the radio has evolved there are so many jobs because of the radio that was made.

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    40. Jackson B.

      It is crazy how much of a change the radio has brought to the world.

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    41. Teagan Oliver

      So crazy we don’t use radios as much as we used to!

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    42. Caiden Hiner

      I had no clue radios can do that much.

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    43. Madisyn Padilla

      Radios are so important and amazing

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    44. Calogero

      Who knew radios had so many uses!

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    45. James Wood

      Cool to see how frequency works with radios.

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    46. Julian

      Radios are cool, I didn’t know you could even be on the radio, I thought it was music only!

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    47. harleigh

      radios are so interesting!

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    48. julius young

      how did he know changing the length of the sound waves would make the sound

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    49. Jade

      Radios are so cool

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    50. Abigail McGrath

      Being on a radio is really cool, I’m glad it helped your speech impediment and I’m glad your here speaking today.

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    51. Grace

      Super cool I think it is very interesting to learn about radios

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    52. Isabella Nesmith

      Radios are Awesome!

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    53. Amelia Russell

      We use radios at my dad’s mill. Communication with radio is cool

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    54. Elisiyana Louis

      This episode was very enlightening, I really enjoyed learning about the different ways people can make radios!

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    55. Ally King

      Radios are so beneficial for the world. they make things a lot simpler.

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    56. Campbell Dean

      When was the very first radio invented?

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    57. Ronnie Horner

      This lesson was really cool. I liked learning about old radios!

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    58. Raelynn barnes

      I love music im so grateful for radios!

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    59. Madi

      The difference between Am and FM radios is AM varies the strength of the radio wave. FM varies the frequency of the radio wave.

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    60. Andrew

      Radios can do so much

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    61. sara

      it was cool learning about radios i love music!

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    62. mark

      Those old radios are cool.

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    63. Jack A

      This was a cool lesson. I like to repair old radios in my spare time.

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    64. E l l a R o s e

      I love the radio!!

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    65. Dane Taylor

      I like how the Ventioneering club taught us how to make a homopolar motor.

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    66. jacob

      what radio did you have on the desk

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    67. julia grace powell

      radios are awesome!!

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    68. Aden Neumyer

      I learned that radio’s give off high and low frequencies.

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    69. Yusuf Aboshihata

      awesome

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    70. Caiden Hiner

      I watched this last night and I forgot to leave a comment but I really like Learning about how radios changed the world.

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    71. Gracelyn Weitz

      great video

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    72. Laci

      they are so funny

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    73. Rebekah Wright

      they always manage to make me laugh

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    74. Connor S. Alif

      The battery motor that the Ventioneers did was amazing!

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    75. Onyx McKie

      My favorite part was the guy from Area 51. His voice was funny.

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    76. Alexander .K. Alif

      I love it very much

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    77. Layla

      Learning about radios was so cool.

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    78. Kayla

      Sound waves are so interesting! I love this episode!

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    79. Hailey Wallace

      maybe one day i can make a cool radio for my car!!

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    80. Max McCall

      What are the effects of radio waves on the human body can they even make contact with a human?

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    81. Eva

      This was an awesome episode! Thanks for sharing your secrets Dr B. haha

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    82. Sasha Golub

      Wow, this episode was so cool the story about the person that made the wireless radio is very interesting.

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    83. Phillip Golub

      I never knew that people used toilet paper rolls and wires to make radios.

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    84. Adelia Golub

      It is so crazy that you can make a battery motor out of a battery and some magnets and a copper wire. Can’t wait to try it!

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    85. James Hines

      its pretty cool how he was a radio announcer

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    86. James Allen Paul Hines

      cool how he was a radio announcer.

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    87. David Jacobs

      i know a lot about radios from learning about ww2

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    88. aleiah bowman

      that’s so cool! i didn’t know all that about radios!!

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    89. Jaden

      Radio waves…

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    90. Maximilian

      When the radio plays my favorite song…

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    91. Brieanna Wright

      WOW!

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    92. Kyle angus

      very cool

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    93. Michael Tymofy II

      this is so interesting

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    94. Maddison Tymofy

      wehave a crank radio

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    95. Harley Gonzales

      Radios are amazing

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    96. Sarah Bruce

      Love this episode.

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    97. Calvin Evans

      What makes a radio function

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    98. Calvin Evans

      How do we tune radios?

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    99. Calvin Evans

      The invention of the radio is so cool

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    100. Barrett Pirtle

      that’s cool! now I know how a radio works.

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    101. David Woods

      I’m 100% making a raideo

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    102. Aaliyah McLaughlin

      Radios are awesome Thank you for the amazing video!!!

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    103. Lydia hales

      I like this one! r51 mixed up Radios and Rodeos.

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    104. Gabrielle McClean

      I have an alarm clock with a built in radio you can also adjust the antenna and listen to a bunch of different radios stations! So I think that now that I have an in depth explination of how it works is neat!

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    105. Magnus Philgence

      If they make any future radio models I wonder what they’ll look like

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    106. Jessica Romero

      Radios are cool

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    107. Tino Salazar

      This is awesome!

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    108. Cain Green

      Totally cool!

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    109. Paige Pendergrass

      Very interesting! Great topic!

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    110. Gunnar Bendorf

      Love it!!!

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    111. Daniel Cuter

      That’s so cool I didn’t know this about radios

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    112. Tyler Whitsel

      radios are amazing

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    113. Bradley

      Who named radio, radio

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    114. Aidan Griser

      its interesting that the first radio discussion was a fail and that instead was used for music

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    115. Theodore Dall

      Interesting!

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    116. Caleb Felker

      What a humourous video! I loved it!

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    117. victoria

      I love everything. And everything is so cool.

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    118. victoria

      I love everything and everything is so cool

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    119. Atlas

      I like radio

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    120. Hannah

      It’s a very important episode for me!

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    121. Makayla cook

      this is a really cool video as someone who owns radios and such.

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    122. Payton Reynolds

      Cool Information

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    123. Becker Eisele

      Great episode

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    124. Lela Eisele

      This was an awesome episode!

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    125. Will Ferguson

      I listen to the radio alot

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    126. Ashton coleman

      I had no idea why they were called AM and FM. Never really stopped to think about it.

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    127. Raven

      I never knew how cool radios were!

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    128. Azlynn

      You did this on my birthday lol

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    129. Merik

      wow that was so cool

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    130. Diego N

      how fast do these frequency waves go?

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    131. Henry

      It’s really cool that you can make a mini radio out of wire, charcoal, etc.

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    132. Catelyn Barton

      Thank goodness for radios haha!!

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    133. Sage Davis

      this video was good. always wondered how radios worked.

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    134. kylah Mazeika-Lebel

      This was an awsome video I love how radios communicate through frequency

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    135. Avner Golub

      This is awesome!

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    136. Mercede

      I really liked this one!

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    137. Varvara

      Great! Thanks!

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    138. Kennedy

      The battery and wire were interesting, and r51 was good.

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    139. Levi Parypa

      Great episode! I loved the story of the first radio broadcast show by Reginald Fessenden.

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    140. camden a

      this story about how the radio was started is awesome. it is really cool that someone thought about making sound go from one place to another and figured out how to actually make it happen!

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    141. trevor fishack

      radios really have changed over time

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    142. Kayla Rowbotham

      I like radios.

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    143. Sophia Garcia

      Why can Storm radios work when there is no electricity but regular radio stations and phones dont work?

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    144. Amayah Bethea

      I always enjoy learning something new each Wednesday.

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    145. Leeland Whitehouse

      I GOT MY GRANDADS OLD RADIO WITH THE ANTANAS ITS SO COOL AND GREAT LESSON TODAY

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    146. Anassa

      Are there any other types of radios?

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    147. Zach Hamp

      That was neat.

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    148. Mila

      How do radios waves know where to travel?
      I love listening to music so I am glad radios were made.

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    149. Lauren

      So interesting

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    150. Malaysia

      Do radio waves travel through space?

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    151. Elena

      Can you do a video on the jellyfish that never dies of old age?
      Thank you for considering my time.
      -Elena

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    152. MaryGrace

      Now I’m going to go around anyone who challenges me on the radio and they say something wrong I’m going to say nope that’s wrong Science Live said…. Thanks Everyone At Science Live keep up the good work.

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    153. Russell Mattsson

      Russell Mattsson. my mom is a paranormal investigator they use radio in fast sweeps forward and backwards to try and see if they can get communication..

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    154. Christian M.S Ross

      Radio is amazing ngl

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    155. Llondon Bates

      R-51 is Way too funny!! 🤣🤣😭😭

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    156. Leo sczuroski

      Did radios lead to the telephone?

      Leo Sczuroski
      RI

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    157. Carmela Myers

      love this so much!

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    158. Nylah McMillan

      I never would have thought that Dr. B would be on the radio back then. So Cool!

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    159. Kevin Crane

      It is cool how far radios have changed over the years and how much they have improved

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    160. dylan

      Fascinating idea on how newspapers was the radio a century ago.

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    161. Aaron Crane

      wow

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    162. Brianna Smith

      Thank you for the hard work you guys put into teaching us in these lives.

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    163. Mattox Goodman

      It would be so cool to make my own radio!

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    164. Isra-Lana Alsanabani

      Very informing!!!

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    165. Hunter Snapp

      What a simple technique that is really amazing!

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    166. Tehillah Turner

      Radios play all my favorite music.

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    167. karsyn mitchell

      great video on how to make a radio!

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    168. Sade

      This is so cool I would love to learn more about these things!

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    169. Mateo A

      I wonder what we would hear if we made a radio

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    170. Mateo A

      Radios are so cool

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    171. Hudson Bingham

      This is cool.

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    172. Samuel Sedore

      Love the morris code Christmas show.

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    173. Lawrence Berdan

      It would be so cool to make a radio. I was curious about what AM radio was for. It’s always fuzzy when I turn it on the station.

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    174. Eileen

      What a great video

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    175. Cierra

      I want to make a radio! Thank you for these great videos.

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    176. Ella J

      Curious what stations I would get if we made a radio at home. Will have to try.
      Interesting episode. Thanks!

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    177. Rosie

      I have always wondered what FM and AM meant.

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    178. Ruth baldwin

      R-51 is so funny

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    179. Cassidy Arnett

      I always question when the radios where made

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    180. Layton Benson

      Can you guys make a history live.

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    181. Elijah Baldwin

      I Loved this episode

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    182. Lego kid

      Olivia’s message was good. It’s good that I do theater 🎭

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    183. Gloom

      Radio📻👍

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    184. Logan

      cool did not know that

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    185. Muhammad

      Wow this is so amazing to the point it literally blowed my mind

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    186. Gianna Pritchett

      Dr. Billings, you have a great radio voice!!

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    187. Lucy

      I learned that radios can be really simple or really complicated!

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    188. Libby

      Wow this episode was a really entertaining one!

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    189. Leon Cutler

      What about PM? (pulse modification)

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    190. Jade

      I really appreciate the work that yall do. There are many things that I wonder how they work, for exmaple, airplanes. But radios have always been one of them. Thank you for teaching us. One last thing, where cam I learn about the club was mentioned?

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    191. Jasmine May

      Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet seem like really cool and smart people.

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    192. Declan Hart

      How far into outer space can a radio wave travel?

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    193. NICOLE L. ROMAN ORTIZ

      Super entertaining and fun to watch, I loved every second of it!

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    194. Ryker mullican

      Super interesting!

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    195. Grape Fruit

      Tobias is so funny

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    196. Margaret Earley

      What an interesting video!

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    197. Josiah Alkire

      I have been to three rodeos in my fourteen years on this earth and all three were really cool. I love rodeos!

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    198. LaiLa

      As a current competitive dancer, what Olivia said is all very true! With any sport or art form you do, it’s so important to be consistent with rehearsals and making sure you are prepared for what is to come. With that being said, yes, studying is just as important, if anything its more important!

      The Razor Blade Radio is so crazy, I would never thought it was a radio

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    199. Bradley walker

      thank you for explaining everything to where I can understand it

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    200. brinley

      haha love this

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    201. Logan Rentner

      these are incredible

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    202. Ellie

      Now I can make a radio in case of an apocalypse! 🧟📻☢️ Yippee!!

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    203. Karis Martinez

      I love the reoccuring theme of ponies in this episode !

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    204. Gia Bormann

      The battery experiment was cool

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    205. Angelina

      Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet are so entertaining!

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    206. jaxxon

      i think what happend is that r51 is that r51 got confused between rodeo and radio because they sound almost the same

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    207. Caiden

      r51 is hilarious:)

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    208. miley edwards

      Gonna go make my own radio now HaHa!

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    209. Emilynn schamback

      The metals clingy allowed sound to travel through?

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    210. Conner Mast

      Now I wanna make a radio.

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    211. Shoshanna

      WOW!!!!!!

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    212. zoe

      omg r 51 is so goofy heeeehaaaaa

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    213. Jaliy

      I love how radios changed over time !

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    214. legos r fun

      haha awsom r51

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    215. Bethel

      I tried to ask a question but it wouldn’t let me. Isn’t gama rays bad?

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    216. Emmett

      woo hoo dr J AND B

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    217. zoe

      awesome ;]

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    218. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

      The story of the evolution of The Telegraph was cool.

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    219. Jayden Jackson

      How can I get more information about the ventionering club ?

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    220. Lego kid

      Nice video

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    221. Jordan Campbell

      Can you do a science live on psychology or biology Dr Billings?

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    222. Lego kid

      How come r51 got confused with radio and rodeo so funny 😂😆😄 here’s this pony pony and this pony pony ha ha ha ha ha ha

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    223. Josiah Alkire

      This is great, now I can make a radio! 📻📻📻

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    224. Kpop

      Thumbs up, that was great

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    225. Cecilia Cutshaver

      How do sound waves actually travel on the radio waves then turn back into sound once they reach where they’re going?

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