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The Life of Whalers in the 19th Century
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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adio Curious discusses the history of whale hunting with Michael Dyer, senior historian at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachus...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
290-Screaming Aten
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An interesting object is spotted streaking across the night sky at the rate of 17 full moon diameters per day.

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
266-Colliding Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Collisions between planets, planetesimals, asteroids, and comets have produced the place where we live and breathe.

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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
251-Fresh Lunar Craters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

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


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
246-Anatomy of an Extinction Crater
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By drilling into a crater rim, researchers hope to discover how the Earth and it's life forms recovered from an asteroid impact.

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Unspun Honors Black History with Educator and Poet, Pamela Spoto
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Pamela Spoto
Unspun takes a look at Black History and current Civil Rights and equality issues in America with Pamela Spoto, local educator, activist and host o...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:56
227-Planet 9
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The search for the theoretical "Planet 9" has begun.

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


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
226-Cosmic Campground
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Todd Rundgren - The Moral Imperative for Music Education
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Todd Rundgren shares his thoughts on his own music educational experience as well as the strong need to bring back a dynamic music educational prog...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
42-Astronauts Reveal Sobering Data On Asteroid Impacts
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On Earth Day, Astronauts revealed that the Earth is struck by small asteroids more often than previously thought. They propose to build and launch...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WKCC and more


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Federalizing Floods
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with sociologist Karen O’Neill about the federal government’s move into flood control in 1917 – as landowners along the Mis...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 4
A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: DR. HELEN CALDICOTT
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Dr. Helen Caldicott describes how the nuclear disasters that began in Japan on March 11, 2011, with the massive 9.0 point earthquake and resulting ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Chatting AGAIN with the Central Minnesota Arts Board
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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It's the beginning of another fiscal year and the Central Minnesota Arts Board has been very, very busy. KVSC's Jeff Carmack sits down with CMAB E...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
Virtuoso Voices - Carol Wincenc (Baby Mozart)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Carol Wincenc, Credit: Cori Wells Braun
Call it precocious or simply amazing, Mozart wrote some remarkable music when he was 8-years old. Flutist Carol Wincenc says age is truly relative...

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :24
Virtuoso Voices - Herbert Blomstedt (8 vs. 9)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Herbert Blomstedt
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is subtitled the “Ode to Joy.” His Symphony No. 8 doesn’t have a subtitle or nickname, but conductor Herbert Blomstedt ...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Self-esteem, relationships and physical health
From: Christopher Moyer
Series: PsychRadio
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Keeping the doctor away, with a little help from our friends.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Virtuoso Voices - Leif Ove Andsnes (Grieg's Intimate Confessions)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Leif Ove Andsnes, Credit: Simon Fowler
One of composer Edvard Grieg's best known works is his Piano Concerto. While Grieg speaks on a mostly grand scale in the concerto, Leif Ove Andsne...

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: :22
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Revel Without a Cause)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
Bach's music for organ, harpsichord and violin is among the most frequently transcribed and re-adapted music of our time. On pianist Helene Grimau...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :27
Virtuoso Voices - Helene Grimaud (Invincible Sense)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Helene Grimaud
What are the secrets of Bach and his music's ability to reach a wide variety of musical tastes? He had all the skills, technique and other musical...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :23
Virtuoso Voices - Vadim Repin (Russian Violin Tradition)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Vadim Repin
Even though online access has brought different parts of the world closer together, there are still distinct continental approaches to playing spec...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2008
  • Length: :24
Wireless Research
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Scientist constructs remote wireless network for environmenal researchers.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
Ecological Footprint
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Studying cities ecological footprint in order to design more sustainable communities.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:09
European Clean Coal
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Swedish company designs clean coal powereed plant

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Electronic Newspapers
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
eNewspapers for On-Line News Reading

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 06:19
How To Sell A Novel - a 4-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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an award-winning author of 5 novels tells what it takes to sell one

  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:57