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Alan Stern and the Rise of Pluto
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015., Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI
Humankind’s arrival at Pluto is barely two months away. The science and images have already started to flow from New Horizons, according to the mis...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Countdown to LightSail: An Update
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: LightSail voyages across the cosmos., Credit: The Planetary Society
The road to space has been a rocky one for most spacecraft, and LightSail is no different. Challenges remain even with the May 20th launch of a tes...

Bought by KMUD, KWMR, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Rob Manning and Getting Down To Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: A six-meter Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD) is spin tested in a JPL clean room., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Landing on Mars is hard, and the bigger you are, the harder it gets. Rob Manning returns to tell us about one of NASA’s best hopes for getting much...

Bought by KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides on LauncherOne and the Return of SpaceShipTwo
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Elected officials hear about Virgin Galactic's LauncherOne rocket and WhiteKnightTwo air launch vehicle., Credit: Virgin Galactic
6,000 job-seekers came to the new Long Beach, California home of Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne rocket on a recent morning. We sit down with CEO Geo...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Learning from the Uncivilized
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:13
The Get Better Show (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Aarthi Narayanan is studying the power of curcumin, made from turmeric roots, in stopping the spread of potentially deadly viruses. She grew up in ...

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WCPN, and WLIW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Breaking the Fever
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With Ophelia Dahl just back from Liberia and Sierra Leone, Jeffrey Sachs, the economist and poverty guru, and Dr. Jim Cunningham, the virus detecti...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Earth 2.0
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With hundreds of Earth-like planets discovered over the past few years, it’s fair to say we’re on the verge of finding alien life. Two new programs...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Control: The Stanford Prison Experiment
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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In this special episode, Drs. Philip Zimbardo and Christina Maslach tell the story of what ended up being one of the most infamous psychology studi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Radio Catskill, WRPI, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 56:03
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 5: Dropping Like Flies
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Every year for the past few years, tens of thousand of flytraps have gone missing – from the wild, from gardens, from nurseries. And, really, nobod...

Bought by KALH, 90.5 WESA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 3
Two Guys on Your Head: Attractiveness and Opportunity
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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When it comes to what society finds attractive many factors play a role. Evolutionarily speaking we tend to be attracted to symmetry, and markers t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
Bat-Eared Foxes Share Parental Duties - TEAMWORK!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Bat-eared foxes
Bat-Eared Foxes have a unique method of raising their pups - teamwork...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
Experimental #45 - Video Gamers Playing for Science!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Screen shot from the FoldIt protein folding "game"
Far from being a waste of time, computer games have become a cutting-edge scientific tool. Scientists have enlisted the help of gamers to solve pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Experimental #46 - Frogs that can SEE out of their BUTTS!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Tadpole with ectopic eye in tail under microscope
Scientists at Tufts University graft an eye onto the tail of a tadpole and discover that without any direct connection to the brain, the tadpoles c...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:11
Experimental #47 - Disease Sniffing Super Dogs Sniff out C. diff!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Cliff the C. diff sniffing dog
Think you only look bad when you’re sick? Well it turns out you stink too. That distinctive sick smell, however, could just save your life. Medical...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
Experimental #48 - Infecting Patients with Parasites to Treat Disease
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Parasitic worm eggs of species Trichuris trichiura and Trichuris vulpis
Take 2 parasite worm pills and call me in the morning - Parasites are a new treatment being prescribed for a number of conditions like inflammatory...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
Experimental #50 - RePOOPulate: Fecal Transplants without the GROSS POO!
From: Scott Unger
Series: Experimental Podcast
Caption: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe standing by the robo-gut that creates RePOOPulate
Interview of Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe: Creating fecal transplants without the poop, Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe at the University of Guelph designed RePOOPu...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 08:34
Upstream
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Atlantic salmon numbers are dropping all over the world. In the US, they can only be found in seven rivers. All of them are in Maine.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for June 29th - July 5th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 29th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the man with the nerd knowledge, opens with the...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for June 29th - July 5th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 29th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the man with the nerd knowledge, opens with the...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Moorings and Traps
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Making a living is a struggle this year for Maine lobster fishermen - due in part to strong conservation regulations.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Case for Coffee
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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If you're a coffee drinker, a new study should give you an added pick-me-up. Plus, some advice for strengthening willpower. And, how memory trainin...

Bought by WJCT and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Writers on a New England Stage - Ben Mezrich
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
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Author Ben Mezrich reads from his latest book - "Sex on teh Moon" and discusses with host Virginia Prescott his controversial style of writing as w...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 46:59
Sound & Vision: Why Deaf People See Differently
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The secret behind Gallaudet's circular classrooms lies in something called "visual attention.", Credit: Gallaudet University
Deaf people don't see better... they see differently.

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 4
Bats in Peril: White-nose Syndrome
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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