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When Dave Mruz was three, his parents bought him a subscription to Donald Duck comics. Years later, he learned those same comics had been created b...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 18:58
Organizing radio programs for the annals, hopefully not for that other similar word. Veteran Harold Mabern plays a standard on piano with sideman s...
Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WVBI-LP and more
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 02:00:00
- Purchases: 7
We explore the extremes of the human voice with essayist Elena Passarello, winner of New Orleans’ annual “Stella!” scream competition, in which par...
- Added: Jun 15, 2017
- Length: 29:30
Diamonds are brought to Earth by asteroids. They are also created on our planet by impacting celestial objects.
Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, and KENW
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 5
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, a few miles from Muir Woods, lies Muir Beach. The beautiful and peaceful waterfront is a favorite...
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 06:13
100-second module, part of our weekday readings for MAY.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
President Obama had some inspiring words for women in this year's State of the Union Speech. But we've heard good words before. Can he turn rhetor...
- Added: Jan 30, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
Includes a few demo recordings, a musical pair from 1974, and a thematic set of Beatles/solo music in which the only two Beatles on record are Paul...
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 54:02
- Purchases: 2
ELT 4 includes a "Songs Within Songs" set (songs with references to other Beatles songs in the lyrics,) plus a two-fer from a John Lennon collectio...
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
ELT 3 includes a Beatles "Home"-themed set, and Ringo Starr discussing songs from his 2010 album "Y Not."
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 54:02
- Purchases: 3
This show includes a sampling of the Beatles' work with Eric Clapton, and a few songs from 2010 remasters from John and Paul.
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 4
Our debut show includes a Beatles/solo Peace music set, we'll get Anthologized, and hear a Beatles cover from the Smithereens.
Bought by KRPS, WFSU, KUT, KGLT, and North Country Public Radio
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 54:06
- Purchases: 5
Oil spills and how getting your hair cut could help to clean them up.
- Added: May 20, 2010
- Length: 10:12
Inside every kid is a scientist just waiting to get out and play.
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Apr 30, 2010
- Length: 13:05
- Purchases: 1
In honor of National Poetry Month, Distillations looks at Lord Byron and his classic Don Juan. Also, opium and The Age of Wonder.
- Added: Apr 09, 2010
- Length: 11:41
What do Isaac Newton, yeast, and Harold Urey have in common?
- Added: Apr 07, 2010
- Length: 12:28
In this episode, host Meir Rinde and guest co-host Gigi Naglak give us a tour of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new exhibit Marvels and Ciphers.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Apr 05, 2010
- Length: 10:30
- Purchases: 1
Reduce, reuse, recycle! This episode focuses on waste that has become a product of its own. Enter Jell-O and Vaseline.
- Added: Mar 12, 2010
- Length: 11:29
Get the skinny on trans fats and learn why a popular crash diet is not likely to help you shed pounds.
- Added: Feb 18, 2010
- Length: 12:15
The nose and its powers. In this episode, learn about how your body's scent can act like a fingerprint and how an iPhone app combines scent and song.
- Added: Feb 15, 2010
- Length: 12:00
We learn about solar power, the history of light bulbs, and seasonal affective disorder.
- Added: Feb 08, 2010
- Length: 11:57
Every decade or so someone proposes resurrecting Zeppelins -- it happens so often the tendency has been given a name: Helium Headiness.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:19
The waterless urinal is less a technological object that a political one.
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:31
Natural chemical processes kick into high gear in the autumn; turning leaves, ripening vegetables, and the fermentation of apples into cider.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 11:42
- Purchases: 1
