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What's the impact of buying flowers in the winter?
From: Possibly
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In the gray gloom of winter, I like to brighten up my house with a colorful bouquet of flowers. And I got to wondering, where do these pristine flo...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 21, 2022
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Lighthouse Art Center on their current Andy Warhol Exhibit, The importance of Art Education, and more with Curator Janeen Mason
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Lighthouse Art Center on their current Andy Warhol Exhibit, The importance of Art Education, and more with Curator Janeen Mason

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2022
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
Are some teas more environmentally-friendly than others?
From: Possibly
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It’s cold outside, so you might be reaching for a warm cup of tea more often. That has us here at Possibly wondering: are some teas more environmen...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Off Script: One Pharmacist's COVID Woes and Wins
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dr Kelly Kent with patients.
A pharmacist and co-owner of an independent pharmacy in Iowa shares what life is like nearly two years into the pandemic.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 17:28
Can we trust electric car batteries?
From: Possibly
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In recent episodes, we’ve talked a lot about electric cars, but we haven’t really spent time talking about what makes them work- the battery. What ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
680-Comets and Asteroids(454)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fragments of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite fall collected by NASA Ames and SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens in the evening of Tuesday April 24, 2012, two days after the fall. This was the second recovered find., Credit: NASA Ames/Eric James
If you set your mind to it, you can find and hold a sample of an asteroid, called a meteorite, which has landed on the Earth's surface. On the othe...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
What happened to acid rain?
From: Possibly
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When I was a kid, acid rain was a hot topic. Now, I never hear about it. So we wondered, why doesn’t acid rain make the headlines anymore?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
679-Hammer(453)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist's illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) which will crash into the asteroid Didymos., Credit: NASA/John Hopkins University/Cov
When Asteroid Hunters find a relatively large asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth, the challenge is to change its path to make it miss...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Harm Reduction’s Road From Fringe to Federal Drug Policy
From: Tradeoffs
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More people died from drug overdoses during the first year of the pandemic — over 100,000 — than in any previous year. In response, the Biden admin...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 23:30
How has climate change affected our winters?
From: Possibly
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Today we’re answering a question about the weather. How has climate change affected our winters? And what kind of weather can we expect in the future?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
678-Greg's Comet(425)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Lovejoy, Credit: NASA
Greg's comet comes into our neighborhood once per human lifetime and spends most of it's time in the lonely space high above or far below the rest ...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki Energy Healing & More with Jupiter Farms Massage
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki Energy Healing & More. How does it all work to benefit us, and what are some thoughts on choosing the best the...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2022
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 1
Medicare’s Unprecedented Alzheimer’s Drug Decision
From: Tradeoffs
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In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 22:47
677-30 Years of Fireballs(457)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: 30 years of fireballs, Credit: NASA
Fireballs are meteors which become brighter than the planet Venus and can sometimes be seen in the daytime. If you are lucky to see a fireball send...

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
How does plastic waste end up in the ocean?
From: Possibly
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Many of us have seen litter on the beach. And of course, there are those sad pictures of sea critters tangled up in plastic! Which made us wonder: ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 1
675-Nuking An Asteroid(447)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception, Credit: Dan Durda
Tonight, even though the chances are extremely slim, an asteroid hunter could find a sizable asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth. If w...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
Energy Sources for the Future with Magnetic Miles
From: Ken Grey
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Energy Sources for the Future with Magnetic Miles. Magnetic Miles COO John Pierson and Maximum Health Radio talk self-perpetuating magnetic energy,...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 27:04
674-Asteroid Homestead(446)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Mining, Credit: NASA
In the future one can envision a space mining family boarding a descendent of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle for a trip into low Earth orb...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Dec 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
673-Christmas Comet(437)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Halley's Comet, Credit: NASA
On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching asteroids in the constellation of Virgo, the Universe gave my Catalina Sky Survey team...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
How did Bhutan become carbon negative?
From: Possibly
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These days, it’s popular for countries to make pledges about when they’ll be carbon neutral. But there’s one country that’s already there. Actually...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
672-Meteor Whispers(427)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Fireball Exploding, Credit: NASA
Recent scientific studies have begun to shed light on the interesting mystery of how the small number of what we now call electrophonic meteors pro...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Do solar panels work in the winter when they’re covered with snow?
From: Possibly
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Today, we have a question from a listener. Margret Bulmer wonders whether solar panels still work in the winter when they’re covered with snow.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
671-Long Winter Nights(424)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Mt. Lemmon, AZ snow storm, Credit: A.D. Grauer
Long Winter nights with good seeing, from start to finish, are those on which the asteroid hunter makes new discoveries while being treated to view...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
How does climate change affect seafood?
From: Possibly
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A while ago, we had an episode about how climate change affects the crops we use for food. And that got us wondering - how do rising temperatures a...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
670-Laser Surfing(364)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Laser Sail, Credit: Project Breakthrough
Laser propelled ultra light space probes could be sent to explore nearby worlds.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Nov 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11

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