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Constant Wonder

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Today: #91 in Science on our combined chart.

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#64#76#87#99#110Chart rankOct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21#91
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Oct 21#91#70—#70
Oct 20#86#61—#66
Oct 19#91#62—#62
Oct 18#100#76—#61
Oct 17#94#63—#56
Oct 16#84#55—#51
Oct 15#74#51#45#45

Latest episodes

  • Gems from Constant Wonder: Lost and Found

    October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Hosts Marcus Smith and Tennery Taylor explore some of our favorite lost-and-found stories from previous episodes of Constant Wonder. Join Mensun Bound as he searches the Antarctic seabed for a ship frozen in time, experiencing the…

  • Why the World Throws Parties for the Dead

    October 7, 2026 · 53 min

    After the death of a close friend, Erica Buist found herself consumed by anxiety about dying. In this episode of Constant Wonder, she tells host Marcus Smith how she set out to face that fear by visiting death festivals around the world…

  • The Young Man and the Sea: A Scientist Ahead of His Time

    September 30, 2026 · 59 min

    George Forster didn't begin life as a revolutionary. He was an 18th-century botanist whose life ended in Paris during the Reign of Terror. In this episode, historian Andrea Wulf tells host Marcus Smith about how, as a teenager, Forster…

  • Climbing Giant Trees: How Time In The Canopy Inspires Awe

    September 22, 2026 · 55 min

    Tim Kovar leads climbing tours high up in the canopy of massive trees. In this episode of Constant Wonder, he tells host Marcus Smith about how he used to fell trees as an arborist. But now, he's traded in his chainsaw for ropes and…

  • 64 Butterflies: The Day Behind the Day

    September 16, 2026 · 59 min

    Lea Korsgaard felt a tug toward the natural world and followed it, setting out to find all 64 species of butterfly in her native Denmark. What began as an impulse became a consuming quest that transformed her understanding of nature…

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  • Family Secrets: Nazi Grandfather Actually Aided French Villagers

    September 9, 2026 · 54 min

    Karl Gönner was a Nazi, and his family didn't ask a lot of questions about that time in his life. In this episode of Constant Wonder, Gönner's grandson Burkhard Bilger speaks with co-host Tennery Taylor about his search for the full story…

  • Arguing With the Wind: A Spiritual Journey in Wilderness

    September 2, 2026 · 59 min

    As a teenager, Walt McLaughlin told his parents he'd been talking to God in the woods, and he ended up in a psychiatric ward on Thorazine. Years later a philosophy degree had done nothing to assuage his existential anxiety, so he…

  • Protecting Humans, Protecting Wildlife

    August 26, 2026 · 57 min

    What if protecting humans is the key to protecting wildlife? In this episode, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka tells host Marcus Smith how people living near African nature preserves can unknowingly pass illnesses to nearby mountain gorillas—and…

  • Floral Revolutionaries: Plants as Planet-Makers

    August 19, 2026 · 56 min

    Flowers, believe it or not, are nature's greatest revolutionaries. In this episode of Constant Wonder, biologist David George Haskell and host Marcus Smith discuss how flowers turned enemies into allies and used ultra-precise adaptations…

  • On the Spot (and Spot On!): Great Impromptu Performances on Vintage Typewriters

    August 12, 2026 · 31 min

    They are like street musicians, busking with words instead of instruments. Typewriter poets Kathleen Rooney and Allison Fragakis share with Constant Wonder's Tennery Taylor how they write poems-on-demand for complete strangers. Whether…

  • River Rising: Jeremy Jones, His Old Farmhouse, and Hurricane Helene

    August 5, 2026 · 55 min

    Jeremy Jones has loved exploring the Blue Ridge Mountains since childhood, and despite his world travels, his identity as a "mountain person" always brought him home. His family has lived in Henderson County for five generations—so when…

  • Shark Lover: Advocating for "Scary" Creatures

    July 29, 2026 · 51 min

    Snakes. Scorpions. Sharks. From a young age, Rachel Graham has always been interested in marginalized, "scary" animals. In this episode of Constant Wonder, she and host Marcus Smith discuss how she embarked on her quest to change people’s…

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About the show

Stay in tune with our phenomenal world. Join us for explorations of science, art, history, and more. We're on a quest to find awe and wonder in all nature—human or wild, vast or small. Encounters that move us beyond words. Hosted by Marcus Smith, Constant Wonder is a production of BYUradio.