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Episode 8: Stuttering, Dancing, and Detours
From: Faye Reiff-Pasarew
Series: The Art Of Medicine Podcast
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Using creative adaptation to overcome the bugs in our systems

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 24:35
Though This Be Madness, Yet There is Method In't
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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During the first generation of American psychiatry, no figure was cited as an authority on insanity and mental functioning more frequently than Wil...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 18:11
Author Charles Mann and Life in the New World
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,” science writer Mann describes what some of the North and South American nations looked ...

Bought by WTJU, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Teeth Beneath Your Feet: Oddities in Urban Archaeology
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: URS Corporation archaeologists excavate at a site beside I-95 in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia., Credit: Mariel Carr
Where can you find a teacup, the molar of a goat, and an arrowhead all in one place? At an urban archaeology site, that’s where.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 36:50
  • Purchases: 1
Intoxication & Civilization: Beer's Ancient Past
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Solid Comfort, 1906., Credit: Library of Congress
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 1
Alchemy's Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: An Alchemist in his Studio, Thomas Wijck. , Credit: CHF Collections
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:34
  • 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
Control: The Stanford Prison Experiment
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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In this special episode, Drs. Philip Zimbardo and Christina Maslach tell the story of what ended up being one of the most infamous psychology studi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Radio Catskill, WRPI, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 56:03
  • Purchases: 5
The River in the Atlantic Ocean
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Gulf Stream was essential to the early exploration of the New World and continues to influence our climate, weather, environment, and shipping ...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, KVSC, WEZU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
12: Playground Sounds (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The sounds of childhood: jokes and playground songs.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
11: Microphone Museum (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
Archaeology of Ancient Culture
From: WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
Series: Living Lab on The Point
Caption: Helen & Klytaimestra, Credit: Glynnis Fawkes
Did ancient women view virgin sacrifices as belittling or empowering? What did ancient music sound like? An emerging field of archaeology attempts ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 49:31
The Mikie Show #68, Paul
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for episode sixty-eight, an enlightening conversation with Paul Carrick Ph.D., teacher of philosophy at Gettysburg College. He’s also a bio...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
10 Years A Roving-Salley Rayl on the Mars Exploration Rovers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Endurance Crater
What a long, wonderful trip it has been for Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rovers. Planetary Society reporter Salley Rayl has been wr...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WCNY and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Marlene Zuk on "Paleofantasy," her new book about what evolution really tells us
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson talked recently with Dr. Marlene Zuk, professor of ecology, evolution & behavior at the U of Minn., about her recent book, "Pal...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 23:07
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Donald Davis Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Bigger doesn’t always mean better. Case in point: fruits and vegetables. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
The Girls of Atomic City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Denise Kiernan
In her new book, journalist Denise Kiernan shares the never before told story of the young women who played a crucial role in one of the most signi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Not Just for the Birds
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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New research shows one key to curtailing West Nile disease may lie in increasing the diversity of birds.

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 4
Shipwreck hunters find remains of the Henry B. Smith nearly 100 years after disappearing on Lake Superior
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Cloquet shipwreck hunter Jerry Eliason who, with a team of friends and family, located what they believe t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 19:18
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: "Agassiz, Inc."
From: WFHB
Series: The Custom House
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This week, Doug speaks with biographer Christoph Irmscher about the legacy of Louis Agassiz, one of the most influential men in the development of ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Return to Sender -- Groks Science Show 2013-06-05
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ken Weiss discussed the controversy surrounding the Yanomami blood samples.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Are you an environmentalist or do you work for a living?
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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We revisit one of our first interviews with environmental historian Richard White. He addresses the (mis)perceptions of the natural world, the ambi...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 23:59
Crime, Punishment, and the Search for Justice
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about ideas and innovations in investigations and imprisonment, the search for justice, and the unexpected intersection of crime and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
Paleofantasies -- Groks Science Show 2013-04-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
'Based on a true story' isn't a phrase that only applies to books and movies. It also applies to our conceptions of the past. We're constantly co...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 2