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Yogurt Fuel
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The byproducts of Greek yogurt could be turned into jet fuel.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ole Kaven + Julie Greene: Earthquakes and Solar Cooking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
While the earth probably won’t shake the next time you turn on your gas stovetop, keep in mind it comes at a cost. This week on Sea Change Radio, w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Carolan: "No One Eats Alone"
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Carolan
Food. It is as necessary as air and water. But the systems around food production and distribution have created a good deal of distance between our...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 9: Your Chocolate is Probably African
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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There is no chocolate industry without Africa. African cocoa is bountiful and painful, cyclical and dynamic. In this episode, we get two snapshots ...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 42:08
Food Waste Pioneers: David Rodriguez + Jonathan Bloom
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rodriguez
Five years ago, when we first started covering the food waste issue, America was throwing away enough food to fill the Rose Bowl every day. And, un...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
56: Anna Lappé & Jess McIntosh; Plus "Vote!" OpEd by Katie Goodman
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anna Lappé
James Beard Leadership Award winner Anna Lappé has spent most of her career as a sustainable food advocate. We talk big food and marketing to kids-...

Bought by Public Radio for All, KUT, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Gary Nabhan: Seeds of Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gary Nabhan
The next time you are putting a slice of tomato on your sandwich, ask yourself where it came from. Not which area of the country, but which seed st...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 4
Fisheries Recovery
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new report finds that global fisheries could boost both sustainability and annual catch.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bread Mold Battery
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Could fungi be a key to safer and longer lasting lithium ion batteries?

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Disease Fighting Beer Hops
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists are isolating and synthesizing the chemical compounds that make hops bitter, and studying their medicinal properties.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WLPR , and KENW


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wine’s Fruity “Nose”
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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You can thank fruit flies for your favorite wine’s fruity “nose”.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KSFR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
Cutting Edge: Knives + Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Simha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from a craftsman who makes razor-sharp kitchen knives, and with a progressive political talk show host who r...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Historic Campus Beer
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In 2011, archaeologists discovered evidence of a brewpub on the campus of America’s second-oldest college. These days, students at William and Mary...

Bought by KENW, WKCC, KPVL, WABE, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 5
Coffee, Tea & Climate Change
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Coffee, tea, and cocoa are just some of the crops that could be affected by rising carbon dioxide levels and temperatures brought on by climate cha...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
Mission High and Bi-Rite Market partner in a neighborhood divided
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
Fructose & Hunger
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Chemical structure of fructose., Credit: (That kiwi guy/Wikipedia)
Does the sugar fructose fool us into eating more calories than we need?

Bought by WXDU and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Yaupon Tea
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Yaupon tea is brewed from the leaves of Ilex vomitaria., Credit: Mary Vaux Wolcott
Can you get a caffeine fix without growing your carbon footprint?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wine's Fruity Nose - Thanksgiving 2014
From: Susanne Bard
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You can thank fruit flies for your favorite wine’s fruity “nose”.

Bought by WVTF, WKSU, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lactose Intolerance Genetics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: The practice of cheesemaking goes back many centuries in various cultures around the world. (A page from the 14th century Medieval handbook Taccuino Sanitatis from the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome, Italy)
Central Europeans developed a dairying culture at least 4,000 years before they evolved the ability to digest milk.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, WLIW, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Franciscans love to garden, but a backyard is hard to come by if you live in an apartment. And the 36 city-operated community gardens have wait...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
Olive Oil vs. Pollution
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Olive oil may help protect the cardiovascular system against the ill-effects of air pollution in cities.

  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00