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Spectrum 03/12/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: My computer and me - Addicted to your smartphone? Just wait 'til you hear about what's coming next. Come follow us throug...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
What is the Most Dangerous Thing You've Ever Done?
From: City High Radio
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Geronimo has read that teenagers make bad decisions because their brains aren't fully developed yet. He wonders if that's really true, so he decide...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 06:03
metaprogramming
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Programming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
90 Second Naturalist - February 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Spectrum 01/29/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: In the heart of winter (at least in the northern hemisphere), we take a look this week at what the cold does to our bodies....

Bought by WNMU-FM and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
43: Dog Love and an MRI
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Neuroscientists have found that dogs might actually love their people.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
Arcadia (Part Two) and The Unexpected Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The conclusion of Tom Stoppard's crash course in landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16
Arcadia (Part One)
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16
29: Social Conventions
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why do we do the things we do while in public? Simple actions like using the restroom or riding the bus get a lot more complicated when thinking ab...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:19
Noble Works
From: Giovana Romano Sanchez
Caption: Maggie and Noble
Maggie Bernard is a teenager with cerebral palsy. She overcame her disability with the help of her best friend. Now, he is the one who needs to be ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - January 2019 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, KCBX, and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who was Charles Darwin and what led him to describe what we now call the theory of evolution? These curious questions are ones that I have been fol...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
90 Second Naturalist - December 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 4
Tornado
From: Ibby Caputo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of a tornado, from three perspectives.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - November 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WLRN, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Ben Goldfarb - 388
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ben Goldfarb shares his enthusiasm for the largest rodent in North America via a discussion about his book, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Lives of ...

Bought by 'The Sea', Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Spectrum 10/16/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!! Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
90 Second Naturalist - October 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR, WLRN, and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 3
Spectrum 09/25/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Can an electronic dog nose perform better than the biological one? Also, why sweat smells, a dip into perfume and Cambodia's...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:58
National Writers Series: Mary Roach
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Science writer Mary Roach talks with author and actor Benjamin Busch.

Bought by WKAR, WCMU Michigan, WKAR, and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 4
90 Second Naturalist - September 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR, WLRN, and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - August 2018 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: The 90-Second Naturalist
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90-second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR and WLRN


  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 07/10/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: All bugs are just dust in the wind - An unbelievable collection of data gathered by the entomological society in Krefeld shows that ...

Bought by KVSC and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Engineers on Eyes
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What’s so great about the human eye? Can we build something just like it? When would we need to design something better? Sadhan joins the podcast a...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 19:47
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 07/03/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep - On this week's show: If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too?...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1

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