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WMC Live #118: Gloria Steinem, Mona Eltahawy, Janita. (Original Airdate 3/21/2015)
From: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
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Robin takes on "I'm no racist" racists. Guests: Singer-songwriter Janita discusses her new, breakthrough album—with a WMCLive world premiere of her...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 55:16
Power to the People
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Power to the People
Nikola Tesla gave energy to the masses, but the next generation might electrify their lives with hydrogen-powered cars, nuclear fusion, and orbitin...

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, WBWC , RadioFreePalmer, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
WMC Live #117: Nan Orrock, Charon Asetoyer, Hasna Maznavi. (Original Airdate 3/14/2015)
From: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
Series: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
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Robin on Hillary's email, and on young women joining ISIL. Guests: GA State Sen. Nan Orrock on politics at the state level; Charon Asetoyer exposes...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 56:08
Mars-Struck
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Mars-Struck, Credit: Seth Shostak
The private company Mars One says it will land humans on Mars by 2026, but is offering passengers only one-way tickets. Meet a young woman who is r...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KREV-LP, KSKQ, WRGY, KRPS and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
WMC Live #116: Lesley Gore, Kathleen Hanna, Ann Hornaday, Carol McCabe Booker. (Original Airdate 2/28/2015)
From: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
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Robin sees through the Walmart raise. Guests: Carol McCabe Booker on black press pioneer Alice Dunnigan, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday o...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 55:10
WMC Live #115: Lydia Cacho, Bridgett Davis, Julie Zeilinger, Pippa Biddle (Original Airdate 2/21/2015)
From: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
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Robin on Strauss-Kahn's pimping trial in France—and U.S. weather. Guests: Nigerian-American novelist Bridgett Davis; Millennials critique voluntour...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 56:11
WMC Live #114: Sharon Isbin, Rossana D'Antonio, Hadiza Bala Usman. (Original Airdate 2/14/2015)
From: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
Series: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
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Robin on #BlackGirlsMatter, Vatican “women’s week,” and Obama’s religion flap. New study connecting domestic violence and mass shootings. Guests: c...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 56:11
Sesquicentennial Science
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sesquicentennial Science, Credit: Seth Shostak
We travel to the University of Notre Dame to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its College of Science, and learn how the modern hunt for planets a...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSKQ, KRPS and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Digging Our Past
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Digging Our Past
Digging Our Past. We hear about two projects that use the tools of modern chemistry and anthropology to deepen our understanding of a dark chapter...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WYAP, KRPS, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
WMC Live #111: Melissa Mark-Viverito, Jessica Neuwirth, Lael Echo-Hawk. (Original Airdate 1/24/2015)
From: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
Series: WMC Live with Robin Morgan
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Guests: Lael Echo-Hawk on reforming Native tribal councils; NY City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito on being a “first”; Jessica Neuwirth’s ne...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 55:55
Skeptic Check: Mummy Dearest
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Mummy Dearest, Credit: Seth Shostak
Shh …mummy’s the word! We don’t want to provoke the curse of King Tut. We’ll unravel secrets about the famous Egyptian pharaoh, dispel myths abou...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, WRGY, KRPS and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Big Questions Somewhat Answered
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Big Questions Somewhat Answered, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why are we here? What happened after the Big Bang? What is dark matter? Will dark energy tear the universe apart? Each of these big puzzlers is...

Bought by KREV-LP, KSKQ, KRPS, WYAP, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Will Rogers
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
Caption: Will Rogers
This show examines the life and times of Will Rogers who said, "I never met a man I didn't like"

  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:38:06
Meet Your Replacements
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Meet Your Replacements, Credit: Seth Shostak
There’s no one like you. At least, not yet. But will the future have androids able to do just about everything, computers hooked directly into yo...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KREV-LP, KRPS, KSKQ, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Skeptic Check: Got a Sweet Truth?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Got a Sweet Truth, Credit: Seth Shostak
The sweet stuff is getting sour press. Some researchers say sugar is toxic. But should cupcakes be regulated like alcohol?

Bought by KRPS, RadioFreePalmer, WRIR, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Spotify
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The 400th episode of rock school airs with the history of Spotify, how is pays and how it could be the future of music. Many known musicians believ...

Bought by KSKQ, KSRQ, and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Long Live Longevity
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Long Live Longevity, Credit: Seth Shostak
The science of sticking around: The latest in aging studies, why there's a silver lining for the silver-haired set (older people are happier), and ...

Bought by KSKQ, KKWE Niijii Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
This Land is Island
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: This Land is Island, Credit: Seth Shostak
There are many kinds of islands. There’s your iconic sandy speck of land topped with a palm tree, but there’s also our home planet – an island in ...

Bought by WVTF, KRPS, CHSR-FM 97.9, KREV-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Light, the Universe, and Everything
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Light, the Universe, and Everything, Credit: Seth Shostak
Universe, cosmology, technology, invention, Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, time

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KSKQ, WRGY, KREV-LP, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 5
Blame it on Bacterio
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Blame it on Bacterio, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think small! Microbes are tinier than the dot at the end of this sentence, yet they can make humans sicker than dogs, dogs sicker than humans, jum...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
¡A.I. CARAMBA!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: A.I. Caramba!, Credit: Seth Shostak
When the IBM computer, Watson, snatched the “Jeopardy” title from humans, that raised the question: could artificial intelligence ever beat humans ...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 1
Sounds Abound
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sounds Abound, Credit: Seth Shostak
The world abounds in sound. Now we know what the fuss is about. With computers we can analyze the song of birds (they give each other nicknames) ...

Bought by Gallatin Valley Community Radio, KRPS, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7