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Top 10 Podcasts

1. EconTalk
2. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
3. Disciplined Investors
4. Shrink Rap Radio
5. Skeptoid
6. Philosopher's Zone / All In The Mind
7. Maximize Your Potential
8. Brain Science
9. IT Conversations
10. AstronomyCast

Entrepreneurs

Killer Startups

Think Big

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

Kick Starter

Space Hangouts

Frazer Cain started his Universe Today website after his daughter ask "Dad, what is the biggest star"?

RIP Alan Saunders

What a shock to hear about the death of Alan Sauders, host of the Philosopher's Zone.  He was working on his radio show, got sick, went to the hospital and died the next day.

Udacity

EconTalk this week had a guest interview with Luigi Zingales on the topic of Capitalism and Crony Capitalism.

A really interesting project was causually mentioned called Udacity.  What an incredible concept of free educational courses online.

Chemicals

Brain Science Podcast describes the chemical neurotransmitters and how they send signals.  A neurotransmitter is a chemical substance released by a neuron and received by another neuron.

Acetylcholine was the first transmitter to be studied.

Cortisol and Oxytocin

GABA, Glycine and Glutamate