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25 Years of Progress

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: A rainbow sculpture of a telephone symbolizing the helpline from the group Sappho for Equality before mobile phones were common., Credit: Sandip Roy

June has become Pride Month all over the world. In Kolkata this month groups are celebrating 25 years of Sappho for Equality, the city's oldest sup...

Point Puzzle 581

From: KPOV
Series: The Point Puzzle

Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #581 for air the week of June 24, 2024. We have the answer to last week's puzzle for Pride mont...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WUTC

When Fairyland Lost It's Magic

From: KALW

Polar ice caps are melting. Huge swathes of the world are sweltering under record high temperatures. But how do you talk about climate change to ch...

My Meeting with the Alewives

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

This week on World Ocean Radio we are hailing the alewife: a species of herring found in the west Atlantic where they thrive along shore and season...

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Point Puzzle 580

From: KPOV
Series: The Point Puzzle

Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #580 for air the week of June 17, 2024. We have the answer to last week's puzzle asking what fo...

Bought by WUTC and RadioStPete Florida

Despite the name, flushable wipes are not flushable

From: Possibly

Despite what the packaging says, flushable wipes should never be flushed down the toilet! They can cause blockages in the sewer system and create a...

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Are we close to 100% renewable energy?

From: Possibly

For decades now, people have been installing solar panels, wind turbines and more to transition our energy to renewable sources – but we wondered, ...

Camp or Cola?

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

India's cola wars have gotten more interesting with the entry of a new cola which is actually an old cola. Campa Cola was once a Coca Cola substitu...

What is World Ocean Day Meant to Do?

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

On June 8th each year we come together as a global community to celebrate World Ocean Day, a date set aside to recognize our relationship with the ...

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Father's Day -- Times Have Changed

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Back in the day Mom stayed home with kids, housework, and runny noses. Dad went to work, plopped down in the evening with the newspaper or TV and d...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Fountain of Passion

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Dhruva Jain, the vintage fountain pen collector at the Pen Mahotsav festival., Credit: Sandip Roy

Fountain pens might seem part of a vanishing world but a group of pen enthusiasts seen signs of hope in India. Sandip visits a Fountain Pen festiva...

Point Puzzle 578

From: KPOV
Series: The Point Puzzle

Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #578 for air the week of June 3, 2024. We have the answer to last week's puzzle about outdoor y...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WUTC

A Rescue Blueprint: How the Ocean Can Save Civilization pt 2 of 2

From: World Ocean Observatory

A call to action: In this two-episode arch we reintroduce listeners to RESCUE: a 33-part series outlining a plan for specific action and public par...

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Crypto Crime

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Some hailed it as a brave new financial revolution. But where there’s big money to be made, and made fast, there will also be people playing fast a...

Point Puzzle 577

From: KPOV
Series: The Point Puzzle

Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #577 for air the week of May 27, 2024. We have the answer to last week's puzzle about a compoun...

Bought by WUTC and RadioStPete Florida

Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?

From: Possibly

One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Raven Radio

Year of the Netizen

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: election posters in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy

There’s a new focus this election season in India, a new type of influencer, the ‘Netizen.’ But what does this really mean for the democratic process?

Bought by WXXI Rochester

Point Puzzle 576

From: KPOV
Series: The Point Puzzle

Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #576 for air the week of May 20, 2024. We have the answer to last week's puzzle about two Muppe...

Bought by WUTC and RadioStPete Florida

How can buses become a climate solution?

From: Possibly

The transportation sector is the biggest contributor to greenhouse gasses in the U.S., and cars make up most of those emissions. So how can public ...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana

World Ocean Radio: Looking East From West

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

After a recent visit to Japan, an island nation, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill ponders, what if, as in Japan, we applied values individually, ...

Bought by WETS

Happy Birthday Mr. Bond

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Ruskin Bond signing a book for a fan., Credit: Sandip Roy

An Indian institution turns 90 at the end of this week. It’s not a bricks and mortar institution. It’s one of India’s most prolific writers - Bond,...

Season 2 Is Coming!

From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix

Thank you to all of our listeners for a fantastic first season of This Is Science with Jess Phoenix! We are grateful for your support, and stay tun...

Point Puzzle 575

From: KPOV
Series: The Point Puzzle

Weekly logic, word, letter, or math puzzle. This is #575 for air the week of May 13, 2024. We have the answer to last week's mother's day puzzle wi...

Bought by WUTC and RadioStPete Florida

How will Providence make its buildings carbon neutral?

From: Possibly

Providence, Rhode Island has set the goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. And recently, the city government passed a new ordinance to help it meet...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WRFA-LP, and KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana

Bio-Regional Thinking and the Deep Sea

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Bio-regions on Earth are organized into types, then realms, and are further distinguished and mapped for planning, strategizing, developing, and as...

Bought by WETS

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