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LOVE THY NATURE -- Sylvie Rokab Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Sylvie Rokab, San Francisco, CA 4/14/15, Credit: Andrea Chase

Sylvie Rokab talks unexpected relatives, the hidden dangers of city life, and dancing with Liam Neeson.

Added: Apr 16, 2015
Length: 20:50

Trauma Glossolalia: Synesthesia and Sound

From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students

Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

Added: Apr 10, 2015
Length: 10:09

Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 6 - Postcards From The Edge

From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music

The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...

Added: Jul 08, 2014
Length: 30:01

Cicada Confidential

From: Louisa Jonas

From the red eyes of a periodical cicada looking out: a bug's first person rendition from emergence til death.

Bought by KSJD, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTIP, Radio Newark, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more

Added: Jun 19, 2013
Length: 07:42
Purchases: 8

In Preparation for Sleep

From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio

Daily routines can become monotonous, but when dealing with mental illness these tasks can feel insurmountable. Student producer Alanna Duncan take...

Added: Dec 17, 2012
Length: 02:19

Almost Awake

From: Sanjena Sathian

Peter Morgan can decide what he wants to do in his dreams. A research psychiatrist at Yale University, Dr. Morgan studies and practices lucid dream...

Added: Nov 14, 2012
Length: 11:56

Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 3

From: Charles McGuigan

Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan

Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

Added: Oct 24, 2012
Length: 27:13

The Cell's Mystery

From: Sara Robberson

Caption: Dr. Inoue and his "Shinya Scope". , Credit: Photo by Chris Inoue

Dividing cells are what make up all life. The idea of cell division was first published in 1855, but for nearly a century scientists debated, “How?...

Bought by Listenwise and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jun 11, 2012
Length: 07:33
Purchases: 2

Clever Apes: Nature and human nature

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Megan Bang helped incorporate systems-level thinking into the design of an early education classroom., Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)

We go back to one of the first lessons kids learn about science, and what it says about how human minds develop. As children discover the natural w...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, PRX Remix, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Apr 05, 2012
Length: 08:16
Purchases: 5

Clever Apes: First memories

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Our childhood memories may not always be reliable, but they have a lot to teach us about how we think, learn, and build an identity. In this episod...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KSJD, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTJU, KISU and more

Added: Dec 14, 2011
Length: 08:22
Purchases: 11

Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/03/11

From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions

THIRD OF NINE ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9

Added: Dec 01, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Euthanasia

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift

A Vet describes a euthanasia and we wonder how we should consider human euthanasia.

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Jul 08, 2011
Length: 09:11
Purchases: 1

Ice Drip

From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses

the sound of ice dripping

Bought by PRX to iTunes

Added: Jul 19, 2010
Length: 02:20
Purchases: 1

Something Left To Give

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW

Added: Jan 10, 2010
Length: 07:03
Purchases: 4

Seeing the Small

From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing

Caption: Rob Olson and Heidi Sosik developed an automated underwater microscopic camera that takes photographs of phytoplankton in the ocean., Credit: Tom Kleindinst, WHOI

Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in th...

Added: Jun 11, 2009
Length: 10:02

This Beautiful Carcass

From: Joan Schuman

On a desolate beach in Northern California's Humboldt County, a marine biologist and a citizen scientist troll for bird carcasses, inadvertently fi...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix