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Kate Sweeny: Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Kate Sweeny: Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Season 2014 Episode 16
1:13
Kate Sweeny: 30 Seconds on Belly Dancing

Kate Sweeny: 30 Seconds on Belly Dancing

Season 2014 Episode 17
0:43
Kate Sweeny: Becoming Another Person

Kate Sweeny: Becoming Another Person

Season 2014 Episode 18
0:59
Bill Nye: 30 Seconds on Tying Bow Ties

Bill Nye: 30 Seconds on Tying Bow Ties

Season 2014 Episode 19
0:46
Bill Nye: The Bow Tie Guy

Bill Nye: The Bow Tie Guy

Season 2014 Episode 20
1:33
Bill Nye: Change The World

Bill Nye: Change The World

Season 2014 Episode 21
4:08
Bill Nye: Dancing With The Science Guy

Bill Nye: Dancing With The Science Guy

Season 2014 Episode 22
2:39
Bill Nye: A Whale of a Joke

Bill Nye: A Whale of a Joke

Season 2014 Episode 23
0:46
Bill Nye: I Took Astronomy From Carl Sagan

Bill Nye: I Took Astronomy From Carl Sagan

Season 2014 Episode 24
2:00
Geoff Tabin: Getting Sight Back

Geoff Tabin: Getting Sight Back

Season 2014 Episode 25
3:19
Geoff Tabin: 30 Seconds on Cataracts

Geoff Tabin: 30 Seconds on Cataracts

Season 2014 Episode 26
0:45
Geoff Tabin: Wheeeeeeee!

Geoff Tabin: Wheeeeeeee!

Season 2014 Episode 27
2:40
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Kate Sweeny: Shake Off Your Anxiety

Season 2014 Episode 15

Kate Sweeny is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California Riverside. She studies threat management in everyday life – how we wait for potentially bad news. By night and on the weekends, Kate pursues her passion for belly dancing. She’s been “shaking it” now for more than a decade.

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