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HOUR ONE: "The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe" - Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke recor...
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
Jefferson Cowie’s book Freedom’s Dominion gives the history of white Americans fighting for the freedom to dominate others and won the Pulitzer Pri...
- Added: Jun 14, 2024
- Length: 53:25
HOUR ONE: "Avian obsessions" - It’s summer and the birds are singing. Building nests, eating worms. Watching them makes a lot of people happy – but...
- Added: May 31, 2024
- Length: 01:59:01
Historian and writer Betsy Gaines Quammen discusses "True West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America."
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: May 30, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...
- Added: Apr 26, 2024
- Length: 01:58:59
The town of Brunswick, Maine is set to remove 2/3 of the trees on Maine Street because it is too expensive to work around them as they install new ...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 01:49
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: How Earth keeps time" - No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing do...
- Added: Apr 19, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Total eclipse and other wonders" - Millions of people are traveling to see the total solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the exact nature of the u...
- Added: Apr 05, 2024
- Length: 01:59:02
Upon the passing of Dr Peter Higgs, a Sonnet to explain how the Higgs boson comes into our lives.
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 01, 2024
- Length: :49
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?" - Could psychedelics change the way we approach death and dying? We'll explore th...
- Added: Feb 16, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 01:59:01
Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political upheaval, poets have been ...
Bought by WRKF, Boise State Public Radio, KUOW, WKSU, and KECG
- Added: Jan 18, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
HOUR ONE: "Docupoetry" - Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political u...
- Added: Jan 12, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
Poetry Month and Einstein creating E=mc squared
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jan 05, 2024
- Length: :55
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time" - When you’re on the clock, the hours disappear. Time scarcity is making us and the planet sick. But the...
- Added: Jan 05, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...
- Added: Dec 22, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
This holiday season on World Ocean Radio we return with a special reading of "Christmas at Sea", an evocative poem by Robert Louis Stevenson writte...
- Added: Dec 20, 2023
- Length: 04:03
HOUR ONE: "Off The Map" - Remember what maps were like when you were a kid? Well, Google Maps now makes finding everything from an obscure coffees...
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...
- Added: Nov 24, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Some science fiction authors have an almost uncanny ability to see what’s coming down the road. Jess talks with Chuck Wendig, whose writing is both...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Whose Land Is It?" - Owning land is a big part of the American dream. But there’s a problem with that: That land is often stolen. So who...
- Added: Nov 10, 2023
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Against Capitalism" - Congress has passed a Republican resolution "denouncing socialism." But what does that even mean? This hour, a soc...
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," dominated the global box office. This hour, a literary ta...
- Added: Oct 06, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Reframing The Portrait" - Have you ever stood in front of a portrait at a museum and wondered what was that person thinking? Portraits h...
- Added: Sep 22, 2023
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking David Foster Wallace" - David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. But 15 years after his ...
- Added: Sep 15, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00