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Blaser, a microbiologist and physician, discusses how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Guy McPherson
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, where he taught and conducted research for...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 59:37
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Radio Curious discusses human extinction with Dr. Guy McPherson, co-author of “Extinction Dialogs:  How to Live With Death in Mind” and Professor ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Caffeine Powder, or the purest form of caffeine, is a very lethal substance in small amounts. Many people do not know about the dangers of the prod...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
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The World Health Organization this week announced a horrendous fact: the number of Ebola cases in West Africa is doubling every 20 days. If this t...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 04:41
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Water Well Contamination in Colorado. Homeowners Wonder if Fracking Is To Blame. (2-part story; 5-6 minutes each)

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
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James Rolllins is the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. Known ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 19:57
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In this episode, Bo interviews Muhammad Syed, co-founder and director of operations for Ex-Muslims of North America, and Hiba Krisht, ex-Muslim blo...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Eric Schlosser, the investigative reporter of Fast Food Nation fame, has assembled what reads like a Letterman list of hair-raising nuclear bungles...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 23:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PTSD book cover, Credit: Lexington Books
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Laura Flanders of GRITtv
Why are so few people talking about the risky operation starting at the ruined Fukushima nuclear plant?

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Powers
Not long ago, we were told that North America had entered a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. Or, have we? If you’ve listened to ex...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's 40 year old study of psychiatric patients "plagerised" psychiatric diagnosis to see if they would be detected as fra...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a discussion with The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert about the impact of climate change on enviromental health, human health, and human ri...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
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Dr. Timothy Lineberry, Mayo Clinic psychiatrist & suicide expert for the Army, spoke recently with WTIP's Bob Carter about the alarming increase in...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 17:07
Caption: Golden Holocaust cover, Credit: jacket design by Jackie Drooker
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
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Just about everybody’s seen Jaws, the hit movie about a monster shark that snacks on captains and coeds. But have you ever wondered how many sharks...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Questions surface about brain harvesting in Maine.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., biologist, University of CA-Berkeley. Hayes is known for his groundbrea...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Can you imagine a world without tuna? No more, "Chicken of the Sea?" Believe it or not, most tuna species have been heavily fished, some almost to ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Is Maine immune to a deadly bat disease?

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 2
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Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Stanley holds the skull of an African rat he discovered. It's being cleaned by carrion beetles.
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer explores the dirty work of science, from flesh-eating beetles working at a museum to creepy crawlers that fin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An infected little brown bat., Credit: Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation
A fungal disease has been destroying bat colonies in the northeastern United States and is now spreading south and west across the country. What is...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1