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Small earthquakes really don't do much for stress release - but they do facilitate healthy discussions about preparedness. Dr. Lori Dengler share...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Wherever vacation time takes us, Dr. Lori Dengler encourages researching and exploring regional geology.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Still from "The Rest I Make Up"
Today, we invite three women writers to talk about Cuba as a character in newly released films. Our portal to the Cuban psyche is the 35th Miami Fi...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:38
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This time, we profile Eddie Boyd, who recorded the only national chart hit for Chicago's J.O.B. label, this week in 1952.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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This time, we profile Sleepy John Estes, who ran into a little difficulty making his way to a recording session in New York City, this week in 1938.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
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Kamaishi junior high students saved themselves and many others during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Geologist Lori Dengler highlights t...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Communication is key. This segment of Shaky Ground celebrates the good work of Radio Bio Bio during a massive Chilean earthquake.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Elliott Friedman, The Exodus & Wayne Potter and Pam Brown
Biblical scholar, Richard Friedman, makes the case for an historical exodus and its influence on humanity.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Feb 10, 2018
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
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On this episode of Art beat we talk to the director of the Frozen River Film Festival Crystal Hegge. She tells about some of the films being played...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 16:08
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A discussion of the important the heritage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
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Marine Protected Areas conserve the diversity and abundance of marine life, the habitats they depend on and the integrity of marine ecosystems. Cal...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
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New year, new Engineering Word Of The Day. Or in this case, new acronym of the day, standing for "new product development". This is Episode 50 of E...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Grow, make, and eat your own dogfood -- I mean products. Episode 47 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
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This is not normal. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Unless Congress acts to save the DACA program, the last permit will expire on March 5, 2020. This week on Life of the Law… we share Luis’s story an...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:45
Caption: Pavel Jany, Credit: Andrea Canter
Pavel Jany (Yanny) is known as one of the Twin Cities’ leading jazz guitarists. His most recent recorded project is called Acoustic Condition. On t...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Pavel Jany, Credit: Andrea Canter
Pavel Jany (Yanny) is known as one of the Twin Cities’ leading jazz guitarists. His most recent recorded project is called Acoustic Condition, and ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: H. Chris Ransford
Mathematician and Physicist, Chris Ransford, elevates the debate regarding infinity, the universe, godhood, and irreducible mathematics.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Thomasville sophomore Denise Dominguez takes AP music theory, one of the hardest AP classes., Credit: Jess Clark, WUNC
Not every student has equal access to AP classes, especially in rural districts. We take a loot at how Thomasville City Schools, a small district i...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
Caption: Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra, Credit: Steve Rouch
The Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra has 25 mandolins and plays a combination of specially composed mandolin music and tunes everybody has heard. Lon H...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:59
Caption: Roman Montero
Biblical Scholar shows that the early Christians were communists.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Nevada voters approved Ballot Question 2 last November by a 54 to 46 percent margin, and according to the initiative, the Nevada Department of Taxa...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 08:47
Caption: Michael Galinsky, San Francisco, CA 6/8/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michael Galinsky talks triggers, the power of belief, and why art always prefigures science.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2017
  • Length: 27:14