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Lisa Reihana On Reversing The Colonial Gaze
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Lisa Reihana's Emissaries in the New Zealand Pavilion.
Today, we take you to the Arsenale, historic shipyard and main venue for the 57th Venice Art Biennale. In the New Zealand pavilion, we hear artist ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 15:18
Food Sleuth Radio, Abby Youngblood Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that consumer demand for organic food continues to grow, despite the struggle of U.S. farmers to keep up with demand? Do you understan...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
75: How To Redesign Your Life-Suz Somersall, founder of KiraKira
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Suz Somersall, founder KiraKira
Suz Somersall wanted to be an engineer when she grew up but was so uninspired by the classes, she turned to an art degree instead. It wasn’t until ...

Bought by KKRN, KCSB-FM, KWIT, KKRN, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
ORLAN on Art Tech
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Today, we take you to Paris for a studio visit with French artist ORLAN. Surrounded by her books, sculptures, paintings and photographs, we talk ab...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 08:40
20 Years on Mars with Matt Golombek
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Matt Golombek and Mars rovers, Credit: NASA/JPL
When the Pathfinder lander reached Mars 20 years ago it began a Martian renaissance that has never paused. JPL scientist Matt Golombek was the mis...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
66: How To End Structural Racism in America - Laura Weidman Powers, Code2040
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Laura Weidman Powers
Bringing more people of color into tech may be the next civil rights movement. Laura Weidman Powers, co-founder and CEO of Code2040, talks with Inf...

Bought by WCPN, KUT, KSJD, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
NASA Leaders on Getting Humans to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan leads a discussion at the 2017 Humans To Mars Summit with NASA Associate Administrators (l to r) Thomas Zurbuchen, William Gerstenmaier and Stephen Jurczyk, Credit: Christina Korp @Buzzs_xtina
The human journey to the Red Planet is long and hard, but Mat’s conversation with three NASA Associate Administrators at the Humans to Mars Summit ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WTJU, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Career Advice from Amy Odell, editor of Cosmopolitan.com
From: Coffee Break w/NYWICI
Series: Coffee Break w/NYWICI
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On this episode, Amy Odell, the editor of Cosmopolitan.com and director of Editorial Strategy for RedbookMag.com, chats with Julie about how to fin...

  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:36
The Great American Eclipse Crossroads: SIU Carbondale
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren’s poster for SIU Carbondale’s Eclipse Celebration, Credit: Tyler Nordgren/SIU Carbondale
Our ongoing coverage of preparation for the Great American Eclipse takes us to Southern Illinois University Carbondale where a huge celebration is ...

Bought by KISU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WTJU, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Alex Corbitt on EdTech NOW
From: Lee Schneider
Series: EdTech NOW
Caption: EdTech NOW Produced by Red Cup
Alex Corbitt interviewed on EdTech Now, a ten-minute podcast about education technology and how it's used in the classroom.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 10:31
Food Sleuth Radio, Will Allen, Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Do you know the real cost of cheap food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Will Alle...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Big Bang in a Little Room
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Black Hole Echos, Credit: Scientific America
At some point in our lives, most of us will begin to question how our universe began. Depending on whom you ask, you’re going to get a variety of r...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oliver Sacks, Jacques Cousteau, and George Washington Carver
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Peanuts, Atlantis, and Colorblindness. It's our latest episode in The Experimenters miniseries featuring icons of science and innovation. Oliver Sa...

Bought by KVSC, KFCF FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 20:44
  • Purchases: 4
64: Deb Liu of Facebook is Developing More Women in Tech; Dr. Shruti Naik of The Rockefeller University is Keeping More Women in Science
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Shruti Naik
Deb Liu is VP of Platform and Marketplace at Facebook. As one of few female executives in technology, she is working to address the challenges that...

Bought by KUT, KUAF Public Radio, WLPR , WRGY, KUNM and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
WorldCanvass: Our Lives Online (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass participants explore the power of social media, discuss the societal and economic importance of internet access, help us understand bi...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:48
WorldCanvass: Our Lives Online (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass participants explore the power of social media, discuss the societal and economic importance of internet access, help us understand bi...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 25:17
WorldCanvass: Our Lives Online (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass participants explore the power of social media, discuss the societal and economic importance of internet access, help us understand bi...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:13
Marvelous Martian MAVEN
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of MAVEN orbiting Mars, Credit: Lockheed Martin
MAVEN, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbiter, has gone a long way toward solving the mystery of the Red Planet’s missing water and air...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KMUD, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
54: Margarita Quihuis, Stanford Peace Innovation Lab
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Margarita Quihuis
Using behavior design techniques and persuasive technology (like the kind that keeps you scrolling through your social feed), Margarita Quihuis and...

Bought by Public Radio for All, KSJD, KUT, WRIR, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Food Sleuth Radio, Sheldon Krimsky Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that despite what you might have heard repeated in the media, genetically engineered foods have not been studied extensively, nor ind...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
52: Roz Hudnell of Intel on Gender & Racial Diversity in Tech; Amy Whitaker, Author of "Art Thinking"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Roz Hudnell, Intel
Meet one woman leading the charge to quite literally change the face of technology--by bringing in more women and people of color to the industry, ...

Bought by KCSB-FM, KSJD, KWMR, WRIR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Jonathan Cedar, Co-Founder, Biolite
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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Biolite is a company that produces clean, portable stoves for cooking off the grid in developing countries as well as for camping. The stove reduce...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
Scott Harrison, Founder, charity: water
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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charity: water provides clean water to communities in developing countries. Scott launched charity: water in 2006 after raising $15,000 from his fr...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 32:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Percy Schmeiser Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Canadian canola farmer, Percy Schmeiser, was sued by Monsanto when his farm was contaminated with Monsanto’s GMO canola seed? Joi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
46: Reshma Saujani of "Girls Who Code" and Jen Harris, co-author of "War By Other Means"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Harris
"Women come to Washington to do something, men come to be someone." --Jennifer Harris, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author...

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5