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The T-Rex Files
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The T-Rex Files, Credit: Seth Shostak
T-Rex is having an identity crisis. Rocking the world of paleontology is the claim that Rex was not one species, but actually three. It’s not the f...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 11/14/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The future of weather forecasting — and our listeners had some really interesting things to say about tattoos.

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Universe Purpose -- Groks Science Show 2023-11-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Philip Goff discussed his new book, Why? The Purpose of the Universe.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Neanderthal in the Family
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Neanderthal in the Family, Credit: Seth Shostak
Back off, you Neanderthal! It sounds as if you’ve just been dissed, but maybe you should take it as a compliment. Contrary to common cliches, our P...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Facing Death -- Groks Science Show 2023-11-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Brad Stuart discussed his new book, Facing Death.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Night Flight
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Night Flight, Credit: Seth Shostak
Owls are both the most accessible and elusive of birds. Every child can recognize one, but you’ll be lucky to spot an owl in a tree, even if you’re...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 10/31/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Three people. Ever. That's how many have been cured of HIV. We visited one of them to learn about the extraordinarily rare (...

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ourselves Equation -- Groks Science Show 2023-11-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
George Musser discussed his book, Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Unique Alpine Giants
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Cirsium scopulorum, or mountain thistle, was long thought to be the only species of thistle occurring in the alpine tundra. Molecular, morphologica...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 20:13
Earth Parallels -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Carroll discussed his book, Planet Earth, Past and Present.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Like Lightning
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Like Lightning, Credit: Seth Shostak
Every second, lightning strikes 50 to 100 times somewhere. It can wreak havoc by starting wildfires and sometimes killing people. But lightning als...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, KZUM and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Constant Wonder - Going Blind With Vigor and Aplomb
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When a congenital condition began to destroy Andrew Leland's eyesight, he decided that the result didn't have to be tragic.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Medical or recreational? States Debate where Psychedelics Belong
From: Tradeoffs
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A wave of new research is showing the promise of psychedelics to help with mental health conditions —- like depression and post traumatic stress di...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 16:39
231020: Community Resilience: Knowing Your Neighbor Could Save Your Life, 10/20/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Disasters caused by burning fossil fuels are becoming more frequent, and in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, federal and state re...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Sugar Unglued -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Richard Jacoby discussed his book, Un-Glued.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDX Worldround Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Dust To Eat
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess digs into the science of soils and farming in the century of climate change with Dr. Rick Cruse of Iowa State University.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:49
Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Poisonous snakes, lightning strikes, a rogue rock from space. There are plenty of scary things to fret about, but are we burning adrenaline on the...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Science unscripted - Birdsong and sexual harrassment
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's show, why are birds and the noise they make so good for us? Also, we learn why the response to sexual harrassment is so much differe...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Medical Art -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Allen Sussman discussed his book, Saving the Art of Medicine,

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Going Multicellular
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Multicellular, Credit: Seth Shostak
Imagine life without animals, trees, and fungi. The world would look very different. But while the first life was surely single-celled, we don’t kn...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, WMUU-LP, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Human Noise and the Desert Bighorn
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Increased visitation and recreation in the desert inevitably leads to more human-generated noise. We talk with Joel Berger, University Chair in Wi...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 20:50
Recovery After Fire
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Given the increasing temperatures and aridity, the fate of pinyon-juniper woodlands on the Colorado Plateau is uncertain. We talk with Rebecca Fin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 21:46
National Writers Series: Ed Yong
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Interlochen Public Radio's Ed Ronco talks with science journalist Ed Yong.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to stu...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:29
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 10/03/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Weekly roundup - Making sense of human sound

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2

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