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2023-04-28 Lights, Camera, Inaction: Where is Climate’s Starring Role?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
230428: Lights, Camera, Inaction: Where is Climate’s Starring Role?, 4/28/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
2021-12-31 Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Naomi Oreskes: The Schneider Award
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Each year, Climate One gives an award to a natural or social scientist for excellence in science communication. This year’s recipient of the Stephe...

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, WLPR , KGUA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
A Video Game for Designing Robots, with Dan White
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Screenshot of the game RoboCo., Credit: Filament Games
Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament G...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 51:41
Teach 3D Printing, with David Seto and Michael Welch
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Two books on 3D Printing by David Seto and Michael Welch.
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 49:38
Wave Function
From: Ears Adrift
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Ears Adrift explores quantum technology with interviews from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's top scientists.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 13:27
Yale President Peter Salovey One Minute Talking About the Emotion Roadmap
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: People believe they can get better
Peter is one of the key pioneers in emotional intelligence known for the ability model of emotional intelligence. The abilities include identifying...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: :49
Teach the Geek to Speak
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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As a biomedical engineer in orthobiologics, Neil Thompson still had to do a lot of public speaking. He was a self-professed awful public speaker, ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 31:48
Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?
From: Bishop Sand
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Taxonomists are scientists (usually in museums) who classify life. They're field has open boundaries which creates tension for the Taxonomists and ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:08:52
Science Storytelling
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Marshall Escamilla is part of a team of podcasters who create Tumble, a science podcast for kids and their families. With a background in music and...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 39:29
  • Purchases: 1
Autism in the Engineering Classroom
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode is full of origami cranes, and it is inspired by “the birds activity” from past podcast guest Ellen Browne, which Melanie describes at the end of this episode; it is also inspired by the colored puzzle pieces historically us, Credit: Pios Labs
In the big push for more engineers today, can we get them from autistic students? Research has shown that college students with autism spectrum dis...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2017
  • Length: 40:45
  • Purchases: 2
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: :30
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WLPR , KRZA, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Meet Fredrik, Founder of ShowerBeer!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Meet the Founder of Shower Beer, Beer Specifically Created for the Shower.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
Hackademics 1
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 42:40
Lethal Doses (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table - One fathe...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: :29
Lethal Doses (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table - One fathe...

Bought by WCNY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
Lethal Doses (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The author of Dreamland on the opioid crisis rocking America - A new study shows that opioid addiction may begin on the operating table

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WJCT, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Motor Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 15:54
Faster, more efficient... guaranteed
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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If you dip your toe into the running world, you'll notice a variety of claims about efficiency and speed from coaches and athletes. Surprisingly, w...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:39
Running With Springs
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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Running hasn't always been popular and neither has its research. A small group of biomechanists rethought the way we use our bodies to run and it's...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 3
Claude Monet and the Science of Style
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
Caption: Poppies, Credit: Claude Monet
Mark Rollins explores the ways that our brains encounter and interpret art.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voices in the Dark: the people who hear voices
From: Mosaic
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What’s it like to hear voices? Are they hallucinations or a normal human experience?

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 52:22
Two Guys on Your Head: Writer's Block
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it? When...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:19