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That frog is not frenetic; it floats and is diamagnetic. This is Episode 79 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinati...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 06:09
Caption: Alexander Kime
We invited Brooklyn-based restaurateur Andrew Tarlow in to chat with Chicago-based entrepreneur Ed Marszewski. Alex Kime edited this piece.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 17:31
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On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you The Winona Municipal Band and its 2016 season. You will hear selections such as Ballad and Dance from...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 50:47
Caption: Jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley
Tuba, banjo, flute and even bagpipes have all found their places in jazz over the years. How good they sound might surprise you.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Caption: Frank Zappa
His music was an amalgam of classical music, jazz, R&B, doowop, poetry and—sometimes—just plain noise. And Frank Zappa the man was even more compli...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, WCPN, KMUN, WVPE and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Caption: Avant garde jazz icon Sun Ra helped light the fuse for Chicago's rich experimental music scene.
Long before New York became America's jazz capital, Chicago jazz reigned supreme. This hour, we continue our tour of America's great jazz cities wi...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Raven Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KBBI Alaska, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 32
Caption: A mid 20th century hearing aid from CHF’s collections.
Part three in our series, The Stages of Life, spotlighting the chemistry found in childhood, adulthood, and old age. First, a look at how brain con...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 18:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cartoon from an AIDS comic book. , Credit: the National Museum of Health & Medicine.
Join us for the second installment of The Stages of Life, spotlighting the chemistry found in childhood, adulthood, and old age. We start by lookin...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Children have been coloring in with crayons for almost 100 years. , Credit: Sruthi Pinnamaneni.
This episode kicks off a three-part series, The Stages of Life, spotlighting the chemistry found in childhood, adulthood, and old age. First, a loo...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 17:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The midnight sun., Credit: Louisa Jonas
We wrap up the three-part series A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. Today, how popular insomnia trea...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 15:42
Caption: What's hidden in your lunch?, Credit: Flickr user ilovememphis.
We continue the three-part series A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. In this episode, a look at the ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:38
Caption: When it comes to kids and adults, the debate over fluoridated water has waged for decades., Credit: Flickr user sean dreilinger.
Today we begin the three-part series: A Day in the Life, spotlighting the common chemistry of morning, noon, and night. First, a look at what's lur...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:21

  • Added: Sep 23, 2008
  • Length: 14:17