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AMOS 23-170: The Invisible World of Manuscripts, 8/25/2023

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

The Invisible World of Manuscripts

AMOS 23.29: Ancient Roman Parasites, 2/9/2023

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Ancient Roman Parasites

Early Spring

From: Science Update
Series: Science Update

Spring is arriving early to North American wildlife refuges because of climate change.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, KENW, WTIP and more

Small Town Archaeology

From: Science Update

A town square offers a trove of archaeological discoveries.

Chinese Ensembles (10 minute version)

From: MoraQuest
Series: Passage to the Middle Kingdom

About 2,500 years ago, the body of a Chinese nobleman was placed in a tomb with items he cherished most: furnishings, bronze vessels, weapons and s...

Bought by KBYI

TPV04 My Throwback - Murder 1 At Latitude 82.91 Degrees North

From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes

Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions

GetPublished! Radio co-host and sci-fi author Thomas Page gives us an oddball history lesson about fateful explorers in the Arctic.

Dialects & Society

From: Susanne Bard

While the media affect our vocabulary, our accents are a product of our community.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR

Giant Armadillos

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: An extinct glyptodont., Credit: Carl Buell

DNA evidence reveals that the enormous armored glyptodont, an extinct South American mammal, was a close cousin to modern armadillos.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR

Historical Speech Acoustics

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: Pericles' Funeral Oration., Credit: Philipp von Foltz/1852

How did historical leaders once address crowds of thousands, unaided by modern amplification

Bought by KENW and WLPR

Burn your bridges

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM

NanoArchaeology

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: A 17 cm carved stone figurine shown inside the SEM chamber ready for non-destructive imaging and analysis, Credit: (Timothy Rose/Smithsonian)

Modern technology reveals ancient techniques used in the production of purloined antiquities.

Bought by KMXT

Lactose Intolerance Genetics

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: The practice of cheesemaking goes back many centuries in various cultures around the world. (A page from the 14th century Medieval handbook Taccuino Sanitatis from the Biblioteca Casanatense in Rome, Italy)

Central Europeans developed a dairying culture at least 4,000 years before they evolved the ability to digest milk.

Bought by KMXT

Superspreaders

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: Mary Mallon, aka "Typhoid Mary, Credit: From the The New York American newspaper, dated June 20, 1909.

Learning about the immune system from people who catch germs but don’t get sick.

Bought by KMXT

Been there done that

From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions

XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Transgenerational Obesity

From: Susanne Bard

Did now-banned pesticides contribute to the obesity epidemic?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WLPR , KMXT, and WXDU

On speaking vs writing

From: Veronica Simmonds

What is the nature of speech? Why did we start writing stuff down? And which of these lasts longer?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Ancient Cancer

From: Susanne Bard

Caption: Lesions indicating cancer in the skeleton’s bone., Credit: (© Trustees of the British Museum

Scientists uncover a case of human cancer as old as the Pharaohs.

Liner Notes: Pannonica de Koenigswarter

From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes

Known as "Nica" or "The Baroness" Pannonica de Koenigswarter was a jazz patron who supported artists such as Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, bo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Forever Jung! Rediscover Carl Jung: Simple Rediscovery #500

From: Teosson Wells

Throughout the ages, humankind has gazed deeply within, searching for answers to the certain eternal questions: Who am I? Where do I belong? How do...

Engineering Gotham From Below

From: Bishop Sand

Caption: This is a look up from the 86th Street Station construction site.

The New York City Subway is a complex system that keeps NYC running and it is still being built. Hear the reasons for the initial construction, the...

Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and PRX Remix

Billie Holiday

From: KUT
Series: KUTX Liner Notes

Billie Holiday once said, "No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." As we look back on her life a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUPR low power FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix