Sasha Pfeiffer

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350 appearances 23 recordings 3 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard 21 Aug

Sasha Pfeiffer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 5.

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Short Wave · This common garden plant summons wasps as bodyguards · 3 Jun 2026 podcast

So tell us more about this because, of course, the reason we wear DEET is to keep mosquitoes away.

So remind us, what is it that DEET does that repels mosquitoes?

This all seems so counterintuitive.

Yeah.

So how do you teach a mosquito?

All right, so I feel like I'm confused by this.

You put DEET on and it's going to attract a mosquito, even though we want DEET to repel mosquitoes.

So what does this tell us about DEET's use and effectiveness in the real world?

Everybody needs more fiber, right?

Does anybody get enough?

Not good.

Thank you.

Short Wave · Coffee is complex. Can science standardize it for the better? · 1 May 2026 podcast

Well, I, as I think you two know, I am married to a science teacher.

So I would say that my love of science is always pretty high.

He is.

I am not.

I try not to be dependent on it.

And I also honestly need so much sugar in it that I just figure why make that a habit.

I think I read a little bit about this.

This is kind of the makeup of their stingers and their claws and all that other terrifying weaponry that is built into their bodies.

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