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ThatMQS - Here She Is...A Defensive End
From: David Gold
Series: That! Medical Quiz Show ®
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Join: Olivia, Alyse Eady @alyseeady , and Craig for a Challenge of medical proportions on That! Medical Quiz Show. Listen on Content Depot, Soundcl...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 30:02
Political Junkie 3-12-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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A big victory for the GOP in a special Florida congressional seat highlights this week's Political Junkie. Host Ken Rudin speaks with Adam Smith o...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WRKF


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Two Guys on Your Head: Personality Tests
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Opportunity Africa
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique we take you to the Frozen River Film Festival with a presentation by Opportunity Africa, founded by Heather Buessler. Oppor...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 1
Home Sweet Adventures
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Lynne & Tim Martin
In 2011, the Martin’s sold their home in Central California’s wine country, gave away the furniture, and stuffed their art, clothes and small treas...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2014
  • Length: 23:51
From Earth to the Edge of the Universe: A New Edition of "The Cosmos"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New 4th Edition of "The Cosmos", Credit: Cambridge University Press
Astronomers Jay Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko have just published the 4th edition of “The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millenium.” They join us fo...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSKQ, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Things to Come: Previewing 2014 Solar System Exploration With Emily Lakdawalla
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla
24 spacecraft are either busy exploring the solar system or speeding toward an exciting destination. The Planetary Society's Senior Editor takes u...

Bought by WMNF, KSKQ, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
The AGU Conference: A Big Week for Space Science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Chang'e 3 Lander on the Moon, Credit: CTV
The annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union revealed lots of science, some of it astounding. Emily Lakdawalla was there with Advocac...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Comet ISON's Spectacular Science Legacy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Karl Battams, Comet ISON Observer
Maybe it wasn’t “the comet of the century,” but ISON has left a scientific legacy that is beyond compare. That’s according to Karl Battams of NASA’...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, WESM 91.3 FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating Bruce Murray, The "Admiral of the Solar System"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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The life of explorer and teacher Dr. Bruce Murray was celebrated last November 10th at Caltech. This week we present a few excerpts from the tribu...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Optical SETI: In a Flash--We're Not Alone!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The All-Sky Optical Seti Instrument
A burst of laser light could let humanity know it is not alone in the universe. Harvard’s Paul Horowitz and Curtis Mead will give us an update on t...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Tom Lehrer at 85
From: Ellin Stein
Caption: Tom Lehrer
A rare recent interview with legendary musical satirist Tom Lehrer, who reveals how he came to write comedy classics such as The Vatican Rag, Poiso...

Bought by KUER and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 34: Calise Hawkins – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Calise Hawkins (right)
Bobby podcasts with stand-up comedian Calise Hawkins from a stoop just down the block from West 4th Street in Greenwich Villages. Recently featured...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 41:28
Chaotic Parliament
From: wendy hendrickson
Caption: A carriage passes by the front of the Austrian Parliament traveling along the Ringstrasse., Credit: Photo by: Wendy Hendrickson
Politics doesn't run smoothly when the language to be used is left as an option.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:25
Two Guys On Your Head: How Advertising Works
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke explain more about the ways advertising works, and why it’s important to understand the madness behind the “Mad...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys On Your Head: School and Boredom
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke talk about some of the historical and present day factors that contrib...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bleeding Edge: NIAC Selects 12 New and Exciting Projects
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: How do you design a spacecraft to carry hibernating astronauts?, Credit: NIAC
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program supports science and tech proposals that are way out there. Program Executive Jay Falker tells us abo...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Union Graze, Baltimore's Newest Farmer's Market
From: Mark Gunnery
Series: Sound Bites on Delmarva
Caption: Denzel Mitchell of Five Seeds Farm and Apiary
Sound Bites on Delmarva producer Mark Gunnery visits Baltimore's newest farmer's market, Union Graze, and catches up with a farmer, a farm intern, ...

Bought by WCSU-FM and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Josh Hanagarne -278
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Josh Hanagarne talks about and reads from 'The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the P...

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WCWP, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
An Interview with Sharma Shields
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Spokane author Sharma Shields tells the stories behind a few of the stories in her collection, 'Favorite Monster,' winner of an Autumn House Fictio...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: Prose Poet Louis Jenkins talks with Steve Downing and Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Poet Louis Jenkins
Duluth based prose poet Louis Jenkins is celebrated around the globe. Jenkins recently joined Heidi Holtan and Steve Downing to talk about his care...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 2
Dan Hicks
From: Brian Bahouth
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In this interview I chat with legendary singer-songwriter Dan Hicks about his time in the psychedelic rock band the Charlatans and his decades long...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 16:33
  • Purchases: 1
NYT best-selling author Mary Roach visits The Roadhouse
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dave Seaton chatted recently with the delightful Mary Roach, author of quirky science books like "Stiff," "Bonk," and "Packing for Mars." H...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 22:04
  • Purchases: 1
Tabled Fables 7 Jack and the Beanstalk
From: Amy Kraft
Series: Tabled Fables
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In this episode we discuss how Jack's conquest of the giant relates to 19th century English colonialism with the help of scholar Brian Szumsky. We ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 22:35

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