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Top of Mind - Who Owns Our Cultural Heritage? — Museums, Repatriation, and Appropriation
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Who should decide how stories and artifacts of a cultural heritage are shared? What's the difference between appropriation and appreciation?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 5
Constant Wonder - Body, Soul & Memory: What would you do with a lock of George Washington's hair?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Clippings of Washington's hair were, for some, like a "selfie." For others, they were used to claim racial superiority.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Float Like a Butterfly, Major Taylor
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The man who changed the course of boxing history.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Pho-nomenal!
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An exploration of delectable foods and the people who make them: pho, Italian grandmothers' pasta, and preserved sourdough.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, KSTK and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Thomas in his lab., Credit: Public Domain
Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris remember their mentor, Dr. Vivien Thomas, a surgical researcher who developed groundbreaking medical techniques.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Locking Letters, The Tolkien Heir, Crabs and Coral Reefs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Before we had encrypted emails and security envelopes, people would protect their correspondence with fancy folding. Topic 2: How have J.R...

Bought by KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 51:39
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Griot: Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis and Ernest Jarvis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Charles Drew, pictured in a lab at Howard University in 1942, was known as the father of blood banking for pioneering the way we store and transport blood today., Credit: Dr. Charlene Jarvis
In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Founding Fathers, Smokejumpers, Generalists
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Founding Fathers, Topic 2: Smokejumpers, Topic 3: Generalists

Bought by KSTK, KOWS, WYAP, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 51:41
  • Purchases: 4
The Paranormal Cafe with Brian Haughton
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: The Paranormal Cafe
Caption: Brian Haughton's 'Haunted Spaces, Sacred Places, Credit: mysteriouspeople.com
Brian Haughton is an archeologist, researcher, and author on the subjects of supernatural folklore and ancient sacred places. When I contacted Bria...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 57:21
March on Washington 2020, Animal Captivity Photography, Throat Singing
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Voices from the March on Washington 2020; Topic 2 - Photographer’s Intimate Portraits of 10,000 Species and Counting; Topic 3 - The Scien...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 51:22
Proving Einstein Right, Saving Coral Reefs, and Healthy Whining
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Proving Einstein Right: Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe. Topic 2: Scientists Lured Fish Back to Dying Coral Re...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 52:13
Collecting Scientific History, Fighting Dirty Money, Choice Overload
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Collecting scientific artifacts. Topic 2: How to fight dirty money. Topic 3: Are more choices better or worse?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 49:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Poison Squad and the Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety. Topic 2: The neuroscientist who lost her mind.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 49:05
The Myth of the Hero: A Conversation with Bernie Taylor
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Bernie Taylor
Bernie Taylor, naturalist and author discusses this myth and how it shapes religion and science.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
Losing the Nobel Prize: A Conversation with Brian Keating
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Brian Keating
Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Experimental City
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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A domed city of the future right here in Minnesota? It almost happened. On this episode of Art Beat we talk with filmmaker Chad Freidrichs, directo...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 32:47
Butter vs. Margarine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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One of America's most bizarre food battles

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
What We Talk about When We Talk about Two Bears High-Fiving
From: The Organist
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Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test has become ubiquitous in pop-culture as shorthand for both psychiatry and the subconscious. The first biography of...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 1
NUTS! -- Penny Lane Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Penny Lane, San Francisco, CA 7/9/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Penny Lane talks conspiracies, manipulation, and the nature of reality.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 21:43
Historian Richard Rhodes, author of “John James Audubon: The Making of an American”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Audubon is best known for his 435 paintings of American birds. He came here as a young man in the early 1800s from France with a talent for self-ta...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
Science and the Supernatural in the 17th Century
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Once upon a time science and the supernatural were not so far apart.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:42:26
Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Lucille Horn and Barbara Horn
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lucille (L) and Barbara Horn (R)
Lucille Horn, 95, tells her daughter, Barbara, about the baby incubator exhibit at Coney Island that saved her life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 3
Old Brains, New Brains: The Human Mind, Past and Present
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Brain illustration , Credit: The Popular Science Monthly, 1894
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 43:39