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Power Poses: Are They Ultimately Good or Bad?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law Episode #62: No Lawyers Allowed
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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At disciplinary hearings in prison, inmates are not guaranteed the right to an attorney. In fact, they aren’t allowed to have one at all.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 21:22
How your DNA controls your life
From: terry mechan
Series: Interesting interview Clips
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Split into three clips for your own programme schedules If you think you are in charge of your Life; forget it You are controlled by 3 billion che...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 13:51
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change: It's Not Just The Sun
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer on how scientists know that climate change is not just due to the Sun.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
152-Big and Bad
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In the space of a couple of days the Catalina Sky Survey found 3 potentially dangerous asteroids.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Divorcing Like Grown-ups! / On the Trail of Ebola / Changing Culture of Hospitals / Fashion's True Original / Over-The-Counter Medication Dangers
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Laura Wasser/divorce Segment 2: David Quammen/Ebola Segment 3: Jeanne Morris/patient centered care, Segment 4: Betty Halbreich/life i...

  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
Houma Tribe Fights for their Existence 5 Years After BP
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reporter Anna Simonton takes us down to Southern Louisiana, where the Houma people have been battling BP--and the entire oil industry--for decades,...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #52: Birth Rights
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Pregnant with options. There’s the stroller, the crib and the adorable baby clothes. And, for more than 50,000 women each year birthing plans also ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 14:17
  • Purchases: 1
Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Crisco and chicken nuggets, Credit: CHF collections and Evan Amos, Wikimedia Commons.
Have you ever wondered how chicken nuggets are made? Or what propylene glycol monostearate, monocalcium phosphate, or other listed ingredients are ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WTJU, RadioFreePalmer, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 3: Dr. Daniel Twogood/Chronic Pain Gone 90 Days - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
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"Stop drinking milk!" Bobby speaks with Dr. Daniel Twogood, a D.C. from California who wrote a new book entitled "Chronic Pain Gone 90 Days". Dr. D...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 51:51
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "Y" a book of poems by Leslie Adrienne Miller
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Y" by Leslie Adrienne Miller
Leslie Adrienne Miller is author of six collections of poetry including "Y," "The Resurrection Trade" and "Eat Quite Everything You See" from Grayw...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "The Last Hunter: An American Family Album." a memoir from Will Weaver
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "The Last Hunter: An American Family Album." by Will Weaver
Will Weaver is a highly successful writer who has published mainly in the area of young-adult fiction. Here though we have an adult non-fiction mem...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Good Seed Bad Seed: Miguel Santistevan Sustanable Agriculture and Water Issues
From: sarah parker
Series: Good Seed Bad Seed
Caption: Miguel Santistevan in the Field, Credit: Kindle Project
Nuevo Mexicano Miguel Santistevan is an artist farmer resercher, who at his Taos farm integrates sustanibility practices from multicultural and pra...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The 1992 LA Rebellion: Twenty Years Later
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Cutting Edge looks at the causes and aftermath of the 1992 L.A. rebellion.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:13
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
From: War News Radio
Caption: Protesters demonstrating against the military’s don’t ask don’t tell policy on Capitol Hill. , Credit: Photo courtesy of the AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
SRP: Responses to Obama's Sudan Plan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear Sudanese opinions on US President Barack Obama's new policy towards Sudan.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:36
Young Cherokees ride to remember
From: Jordan Nelson
Caption: The 2009 "Remember the Removal" Cherokee riders, Credit: Remember the Removal, Cherokee Nation
This year, a group of young Cherokees set out on a journey to remember, on bicycle. It took them nearly 1,000 miles away from home--and back again...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Science?
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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This is a short piece on whether or not creationism should be taught in science classes.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Ken McCoy Entertainment Report
From: Ken McCoy
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Hot Updates: BET HIP HOP Awards, Oscars,Country Music Awards,etc

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:50
State of Iraq 2008
From: War News Radio
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News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Best of Fall '07
From: War News Radio
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News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2008
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Getting the Scoop
From: War News Radio
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News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
What's for Dinner?
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2