All Pieces for PRX

 
How the World Came Together to Avoid Ozone Disaster
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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In 1985, the British Antarctic Survey discovered something that shocked scientists around the world: the ozone layer had a hole in it. And the hole...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 3
Space May Wreak Havoc on Your Body
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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Going to Mars is hot right now, just ask Matt Damon. But would you go if you knew your bones would turn into something called “pee brittle”? Forme...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, Radio Newark, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 4
700 Fathoms Under the Sea
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Something unusual happens about a half mile under the sea. Ocean physics create a special zone where sound travels for hundreds, even thousands of ...

Bought by KALW, KUER, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 3
Sidedoor from the Smithsonian: Shake it Up
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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For the next few episodes, we’re featuring the Smithsonian’s new series, Sidedoor, about where science, art, history, and humanity unexpectedly ove...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 24:45
Sidedoor from the Smithsonian: Butting Heads
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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For the next few episodes, we're featuring the Smithsonian's new series, Sidedoor, about where science, art, history, humanity and where they unexp...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 19:19
  • Purchases: 1
Sidedoor from the Smithsonian: Masters of Disguise
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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For the next few episodes, we're featuring the Smithsonian's new series, Sidedoor, about where science, art, history, humanity and where they unexp...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 19:10
In Search of Planet 9
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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An Orbital Path episode all about... an orbital path! Planet 9's, to be exact. The replacement for Pluto as our solar system's ninth planet is out ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 16:23
  • Purchases: 3
Dance: It's Only Human
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Dancing is something we see in almost every human culture. Yet we are the only animals that make such synchronized movements together to music. Why...

Bought by WDBM and Radio Newark


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 2
Black Hole Breakthroughs
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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Scientific discovery can happen in two ways: "Eureka!" moments of sudden understanding, where researchers glean unexpected insight into new phenome...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, Radio Newark, KUAF Public Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 13:11
  • Purchases: 5
The Words are a Jumble
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Vissarion Shebalin was not a great composer. But his music could unlock an important truth about how the brain processes music and language.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 10:45
  • Purchases: 1
Done in the Sun
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
Caption: A coronal mass ejection, Credit: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/sdo/potw603-brief-outburst/index.html">NASA</a>
The sun can seem like a friendly celestial body, keeping us warm and happy. But just as sun decided when life on Earth could begin, it will also de...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, Radio Newark, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 6
The Art and Science of Polynesian Wayfinding
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Ancient navigators traveled across the Pacific without the aid of maps or instruments. We hear from navigators in New Zealand, Hawai'i and North Am...

Bought by Radio Newark and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 11:21
  • Purchases: 2
Remaking the Science Fair
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Schools are remaking science fairs to include more actual science and less papier-mâché volcanos.

Bought by Radio Newark, WOUB, KUER, and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 4
Howdy, Neighbor
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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When Proxima b’s discovery appeared in Nature on August 24, the media breathlessly announced a new Earth-like planet just 4.2 light years away from...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, Radio Newark, KUER, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 12:03
  • Purchases: 9
A Tale of Two Asteroids
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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The asteroid belt is portrayed in movies as a crowded place with massive rocks bouncing each other like pool balls, capable of sending a mile-wide ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, WDBM, Radio Newark, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 15:28
  • Purchases: 7
Peeing in Your Pants... In Your 30s
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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Some studies suggest that one out of 10 women in her 30s is peeing herself. Others say the numbers could be much much higher. But it’s tough to tal...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2016
  • Length: 09:40
The Ghost in the MP3
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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What's lost when a song is compressed into an MP3? To the untrained ear, perhaps nothing. But to one composer, these "lost sounds" are a source for...

Bought by KALW, Radio Newark, WOUB, and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 4
Chasing An Eclipse
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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Michael Kentrianakis loves eclipses and has seen them from all over the world. Host Michelle Thaller and Mike talk about the stages of the eclipse ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Radio Catskill, KISU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 17:38
  • Purchases: 4
A World Without Boundaries
From: PRX
Series: Orbital Path
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From space, the view of earth has no boundaries for countries, no barriers to achievement. Michelle Thaller speaks with Aprille Ericcson, a senior ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KICI Iowa City, KUAF Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, and KUER


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 18:49
  • Purchases: 5
Trace Elements: The Musical
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Trace Elements hosts/producers Cristina Quinn and Alison Bruzek
Our fifth special episode with Cristina Quinn and Alison Bruzek of Trace Elements. Birds of a feather may flock together -- but it turns out birds ...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1

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