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Stop everything! We've hit a breakpoint, and things are gonna get dicey. This is Episode 65 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on fav...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
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: Molly holds up the flowers she picked while reporting from the Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, Credit: Nathan Friend
Chocolate-dipped strawberries start Keano Martinez and Molly Anderson on a path to find out why local fruits and veggies taste better. Along the wa...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:43
Caption: Quick! Blow out the candles so we can cut the cake!, Credit: Nathan D. Friend
OUCH! Keano's mouth gets burned — by chocolate! Michelle Dutro and Keano Martinez first hear from Lizzie Kirchner's family who explains the process...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
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What's in a name? As Kat Beame find out, everything. She talks to Goodspaceguy Nelson, an eccentric candidate running for Congress from Washington....

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:19
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
Caption: One of E. J. Belloqc's Storyville portraits.
This is the premier story for Storyville, about Storyville. University of New Orleans' Robin Baudier looks back on this historic district, and what...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:52
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
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In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, Distillations produced a four-part series called Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how s...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 12:39
Caption: A perfectly pastoral farm. , Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user chefranden
We continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 15:18
Caption: Commuters taking the highway to downtown Austin., Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user Rutlo.
We continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 14:36
Caption: Philadelphia skyline., Credit:  Image courtesy of Flickr user Kevin Burkett.
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 14:35
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The tiny secret within Damascus steel

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
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The chemistry of fireworks

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
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A scientific take on the perfect egg

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:12
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Performance clothing explained.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
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Pressure cookers explained.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:59
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Secret and invisible inks, explained.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
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The sizzling science behind Pop Rocks

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:54
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A sad, melancholy element

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30