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A Woman's Life is a Human Life
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Felicia Kornbluh
Some now refer to a post-Roe reality. What they’re saying is the battle for reproductive rights has shifted back to individual states. Déjà vu. Al...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
End Kids Cancer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frank Kalman w/daughter Cali
Nearly 30-years ago the Committee on Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children released a new study. Not surprising, they found an abundance ...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Our 2023 resolutions
From: Possibly
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As we head into a new year, our Possibly team decided to think about all of our episodes and how they might inspire our resolutions for 2023. Here'...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Should I wrap my presents in fabric or paper?
From: Possibly
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Today, we have a question from a listener named Susan. She wants to know about gift wrapping: “Is it better for the environment to wrap Christmas g...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
Solve Climate Change Now
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Don Maruska
The mere mention of climate change can cause an unpleasant, visceral reaction. It’s a subject that we’ve avoided and denied for decades. Understand...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Poison Life No Other
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mat Simon, Credit: Wired magazine
Our world is surrounded by microplastic pollution. It’s in the air we breathe. It’s in the food we eat. Our homes are among the most polluted place...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How did Rhode Island get the first offshore wind farm in the country?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re traveling to Block Island, the vacation spot off the southern coast of Rhode Island. Block Island is also famous for its offshore wind...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
When did we start recycling?
From: Possibly
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We get a lot of questions about recycling, asking what to do with aluminum cans, glass, paper, or even plastic. All this has me wondering- when did...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on the Planet
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michael Webster
When it comes to climate change, it’s easy to feel like a deer caught in the headlights. Temperatures are rising to unsustainable levels. Larger an...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Do I need to rake my lawn?
From: Possibly
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I have two huge trees in my yard and they dump a lot of leaves. Sometimes I wonder, what would happen if I just let those piles of leaves stay on ...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 2
Space Oddities: Episode 1-Moon Dust In Your Lungs, Stars In Your Eyes
From: Joe Cuhaj
Series: Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space
Caption: Terry Slezak accidentally came in contact with moon dust during the Apollo 11 quarantine period., Credit: NASA
Episode 1 of Space Oddities discusses NASA's plans to keep the Earth from being contaminated with lunar germs during the Apollo missions. Unfortuna...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 1
Does cloud computing use a lot of energy?
From: Possibly
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These days, I can log on to my phone and pull up a file that’s stored thousands of miles away. It’s pretty awesome. But does access to all of this ...

Bought by KMXT, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
Lesson 7: Do It Again
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 5: How Memphis Beat the Odds to Stop a Pipeline
Caption: Amanda Garcia, Clyde Robinson, Justin J. Pearson and George Nolan celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the pipeline's cancellation
The pipeline fight comes to a surprising end. But with so many environmental injustices remaining in Memphis, the work is far from over. MCAP will ...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 31:05
Lesson 6: Hold On
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 5: How Memphis Beat the Odds to Stop a Pipeline
Caption: Scottie Fitzgerald at the National Civil Rights Museum
Though the pipeline’s construction seems inevitable, MCAP’s relentless activism has begun attracting the attention of national figures, who help en...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:47
Lesson 3: Dig In
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 5: How Memphis Beat the Odds to Stop a Pipeline
Caption: Producers interview Sarah Houston, Executive Director of Protect Our Aquifer (on left)
Pipeline activists dig in and discover that the Byhalia crude oil pipeline also threatens a precious 'diamond in the rough' - the Memphis Sands aq...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 30:26
Lesson 2: Raise a Ruckus
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 5: How Memphis Beat the Odds to Stop a Pipeline
Caption: White's Chapel church in Boxtown
"We took, basically, a point of least resistance." It was a throwaway line by an out-of-town pipeline representative trying to explain the company'...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 35:55
Lesson 4: Call 'Em Out
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 5: How Memphis Beat the Odds to Stop a Pipeline
Caption: MLK50 reporter Carrington Tatum
Reporter Carrington Tatum arrives in Memphis and begins reporting on the Byhalia pipeline. Meanwhile, MCAP realizes that calling out politicians wo...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:59
What's the environmental impact of oyster farms?
From: Possibly
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I’ve been eating a lot of raw oysters lately. They taste so fresh and clean, and I can get them from local farms here in Rhode Island. But I’ve bee...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Meet the town in Japan that's committed to zero waste
From: Possibly
Caption: The Zero Waste Center in Kamikatsu
Do you ever go to recycle your takeout container or water bottle, see all those different categories, and get so confused you just end up throwing ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioFreePalmer, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Raj Patel, Credit: TheStar.com
The network of systems that make up our bodies – respiratory, digestive and nervous system to name a few - is seen by conventional medicine as self...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ultimate Mark: "I Just Love Playing Too Much!"
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: My Body Odyssey
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In My Body Odyssey’s (MBO) first episode, we meet Ultimate Mark – uber-competitive weekend warrior in Ultimate Disc: “If it hurts me but helps the ...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 18:49
What's the environmental impact of living our lives online?
From: Possibly
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Since the pandemic started, we’ve learned how to move our classes, meetings, and even parties online. It’s definitely convenient, but I’ve been won...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 3
Does my charger still use power when it's not connected to a phone?
From: Possibly
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Today, we have a question from Michael in Charlestown, Rhode Island. He wants to know: does a charger still use some power when it's plugged into a...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
Supreme Court Decisions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Bill Halal
Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court as left a majority of American’s wondering if the country is headed in the wrong direction. Many feel th...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can you put your recycling and trash in one bin?
From: Possibly
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Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some p...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1

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