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Seeking and Blundering – The Discovery of Penicillin
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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This episode of the FEHLER podcast is an exploration of mistakes in science and their connection to art. Listen for more!

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
S1 E1 Recognition
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Ben Lerman, an emergency medicine physician, describes how his ability to empathize with his patients deteriorated throughout his medical training,...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:31
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 25
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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“Between A Rock And A Holy Place” Ryan Haupt had a lot of questions about his faith. When he started looking for answers, he unearthed them in une...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Drowned at Sea
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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This week, we look at how a religious cult of number worshipers on the Italian coast gave rise to modern science, mathematics, philosophy, and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of Pokemon Go and the Unrelenting Rampage of Cuteness and Community That's Taking Over St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack finds the city of St. Cloud inund...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
195-Flat Earth Society Reincarnation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Flat Earth Society is being replaced by Climate Change Deniers.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
State of Jefferson
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
Caption: Seal of the State of Jefferson, Credit: wikipedia.com
"Keep It California" and the people who want to live in the "State of Jefferson" battled it out at the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meetin...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:21:46
164-Big Threat or Not
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A damaging asteroid impact on planet Earth is an extremely unlikely but possible event.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
122-This Comet Will Never Return
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A comet will pass our way once and then, perhaps a countless number of human lifetimes from now, become a comet in another solar system.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Two Guys on Your Head: Why Being Put On Hold is So Frustrating
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Horrible music, incredible wait times and an inscrutable labyrinth of phone prompts: We've all experienced the frustrations of being on hold. Even ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
The Beat: Julia Oxenreider - "False Hope"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:40
The Beat: Julie Hart - "Physics For Poets"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Julie Hart grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She went to Carlton College, and has been pursuing her education ever since...to the ends of the earth....

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
The Beat: James Henderson - "Entropy"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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James C. Henderson is a graduate of Metropolitan State University's Creative Writing program, and Hamline University's MFA program. He lives in New...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Singing - "Compulsively Breaking Into Song, Almost Never."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
The Beat: Aaron Wenger - "Fireflies Et al."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Aaron Wenger is a retired educator. He is an engineer that became an educator. He is KAXE's staff physicist, and a poet. A daily reminder that, in...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
Welcome to the Star Party
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the past decade, dark sky festivals have become attractions in parks across the U.S. 

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 6
The Twin Paradox
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Step into the weird world of relativity as we walk through the Twin Paradox with help from some great physics teachers.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 2
Chili peppers and motivation
From: Christopher Moyer
Series: PsychRadio
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Why some people willingly eat painful food.

Bought by Raven Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 3
Intelligent Design?
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Unconventional Wisdom
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Fred Flaxman destroys the theory in only two minutes using his usual tongue-in-cheek approach.

  • Added: Jan 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:03
Rusty Nail
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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What happens when we see things that aren't 'really' there?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Digital Photographs
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Commentary on digital photograph storage

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:10
Ask Einstein
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Talking about thinking about talking to Einstein.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:36