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92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned

From: Tradeoffs

As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

Wine And Health, Tony Edwards interview

From: Mark Lenzi

The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 262 The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW): Uncorking the truth about wine and health with Tony Edwards.

Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools

From: Tradeoffs

Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Sugar Sugar -- Groks Science Show 2024-02-07

From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show

Maria Dello discusses health issues arising from excessive sugar consumption.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and RadioFreePalmer

Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong

From: Tradeoffs

A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

Ozempic Hype Forces Employer Calls on Obesity Coverage

From: Tradeoffs

Employers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This we...

Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2

From: Tradeoffs

There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part Two

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

In this episode, the second in a two-part series, we talk to experts about what measures have been taken to address this health crisis, how people ...

The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part One

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

San Francisco saw more people die from drug overdoses than from COVID-19 over the last two years. We take a deep dive into the complex factors cont...

Go to ‘DEFCON-N95?’ This doctor says case rates should drive behavior

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

With Omicron cases surging, we speak with Dr. Kim Rhoads, who has been working on community-led responses since the beginning of the pandemic. She ...

SF is strengthening its buildings for the next big quake

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

While hundreds of soft-story buildings in San Francisco have been upgraded by their owners to survive a major quake, city officials said 700 such b...

Why didn’t Dawn land on dwarf planet Ceres?

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Dwarf planet Ceres is shown in these false-color renderings, which highlight differences in surface materials., Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

The ion engine-powered Dawn spacecraft will orbit Ceres for many years. Could it have touched down on the surface of the dwarf planet?

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, WJCU, KWMR and more

Confronting Suicide & Support for Reporters Covering Trauma

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with psychologist Dr. Ursula Whiteside about her efforts to stop suicide. We also talk about the pres...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Nose Dive -- Groks Science Show 2020-11-04

From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show

Harold McGee discussed his new book, Nose Dive.

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: The double helix of DNA is the main carrier of the information of life, but far from the only one, according to Paul Davies and other scientists., Credit: Public Domain

Physicist and author Paul Davies returns to talk about his new book that explores the defining role information plays in life on Earth and perhaps ...

Bought by KWMR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more

When Law Enforcement and Trauma Care Collide

From: Trevor Zavagno
Series: Radio Health Journal

Many patients arrive in the emergency room as a result of violence or car crashes—events in which police have an investigative interest. Sometimes,...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh

Insight on the Trending E-Cigarette That May Not Last

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Interviews with college students and medical professionals on the rise of e-cigs

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Dr. Anthony Ferrante, Physician Scientist At Columbia Institute of Human Nutrition

From: Louis Erlanger
Series: Scientists Are Human

Dr. Anthony Ferrante is a physician scientist at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, where he studies fat and its effects on the ...

Giving Venus the Love (and Science) She Deserves

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: A radar view of Venus reveals the surface of the cloud-shrouded planet., Credit: Mattias Malmer/NASA/JPL

We have so much to learn about Venus, says JPL scientist Sue Smrekar. What we learn will help us understand our own world and Mars. Sue joins us ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KDNK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more

C-HIT The WorkUp: Women and Depression Part 1

From: Lynne DeLucia

Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. It’s the leading cause of disability worldwide.

C-HIT The WorkUp: Women and Depression Part 2

From: Lynne DeLucia

Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. Poor and minority women are less likely to get help than affluent or white women.

It’s Asteroid Week with NASA’s Planetary Defense Officer

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Artist’s concept of asteroid passing Earth, Credit: ESA / P.Carril

The dinosaurs regret their lack of a space program. 200 million years later, humans are gearing up to defend themselves from a species-ending rock...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWMR, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRZA and more

Spectrum 03/20/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

Spectrum: It's electric! (& almost autonomous) Someone gives you €25 million. In exchange, you have to build an autonomous car – basically from...

Bought by KRJF-lp, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WYAP, WNMU-FM, and KMXT

It’s a Hard Rain on Titan

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Radar images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal many lakes on Titan's surface, some filled with liquid, and some appearing as empty depressions. The data were obtained by Cassini's radar instrument from 2004 to 2013., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASI / USGS

A computer model based on our best data about Saturn’s cloud-shrouded moon says that torrential liquid methane pounds the surface far more frequent...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA and more

Mysterious Tabby’s Star, With Tabby Herself

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Artist concept of uneven dust ring surrounding “Tabby’s Star” KIC 8462852, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

It may not host an alien “megastructure” but Tabby’s Star still guards many mysteries of science. Astronomer and astrophysicist Tabetha “Tabby” Boy...

Bought by KDNK, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more

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