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Yule Like This
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Yule Like This, Credit: Seth Shostak
Fir tree needles embedded in carpet are a holiday headache. Why not opt for a genetically-modified, needle-retaining tree instead? Also, science ...

Bought by KUHF, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WRKF, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 21
Reina del Taco: A New Kind of Mother Goose
From: Andrea Betanzos
Caption: Tim turning into Reina del Taco. October 2019. Martha's Vineyard, Credit: Andrea Betanzos
Next for WCAI’s Ways of Life series, a story about searching for just the right way to be in the world. Which isn’t always easy. Andrea Betanzos ha...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Garth Stein
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Garth Stein talks with Sarah Bearup-Neal.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 19, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Benjamin Busch
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author, actor and veteran Benjamin Busch talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 2
Nobel Efforts
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nobel Efforts, Credit: Seth Shostak
For two Swiss astronomers, it’s “Stockholm, here we come.” Their first-ever discovery of a planet orbiting another star has been awarded the most ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WLPR , WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Talk Berkeley to me
From: Berkeleyside Podcast
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"Outta pocket." "Bootsy." "On mamas." The East Bay has always been a laboratory for creative slang. Berkeley High School in particular is known for...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 19:51
'Kansas Poets Laureate: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with part two of a former Kansas Poets Laureate reading, sponsored by the Kansas Area Watershed C...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
1932: Television Comedy with Greg Daniels & Alan Yang, 8/8/2019
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week, Emmy-award winning writers Greg Daniels and Alan Yang look back on their respective journeys writing some of television’s greatest comed...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
At the Root
From: Elliott Rose
Series: Works of Love
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What happens when you live life as a tumbleweed? Beholden to no one but yourself? What happens when an estranged parent tries to bring you back i...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 17:37
Free Range Dinosaurs
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Free Range Dinosaurs, Credit: Seth Shostak
Dinosaurs are once again stomping their way across the silver screen. But these colossal beasts stole the show long before CGI brought them roarin...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WMRA, Gallatin Valley Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Hawkingravity
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Hawkingravity, Credit: Seth Shostak
Stephen Hawking felt gravity’s pull. His quest to understand this feeble force spanned his career, and he was the first to realize that black hole...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
High Moon
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: High Moon, Credit: Seth Shostak
“The moon or bust” is now officially bust. No private company was able to meet the Lunar X Prize challenge and arrange a launch by the 2018 deadli...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBBI Alaska, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
We Are VR
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: We Are VR, Credit: Seth Shostak
Will virtual reality make you a better person? Seth puts on a VR headset for an immersive experience of a man who’s evicted from his apartment. F...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WPCA-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Love, I'm Done With You
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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An alternative take on Valentine's Day.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2019
  • Length: 54:03
Jazzical
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Jazz standards adapted from classical music.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:01
Meet Your Robot Barista
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Meet Your Robot Barista, Credit: Seth Shostak
We sip lattes in a robot café and contemplate the future of work. Our mechanical barista is just a start as robots and A.I. train to do a variety o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Cakewalk
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A vivid portrait of a brilliant, troubled author.

Bought by KKRN, WOUB, KUNM, WNJR, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 13
Marvin's Room
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A family crisis leads to a reluctant reunion.

Bought by KCHW, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 16
Poet and Guggenheim Fellow Charles Harper Webb
From: New Letters on the Air
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Guggenheim Fellow Charles Harper Webb reads from his collection of essays, A MILLION MFAS ARE NOT ENOUGH and shares poetry from his earlier books, ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
StoryCorps: Ana Smith-Daley, Roy Daley and Lucy Figueroa
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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50 years after arriving in the United States from Honduras, Roy Daley sat down with his daughter Lucy and wife Ana to reminisce about his first Tha...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Bacteria to the Future
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bacteria to the Future, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why did the chicken take antibiotics? To fatten it up and prevent bacterial infection. But farms have become superbug factories, threatening our l...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, KFOI Radio, Royalton Community Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Rerouting... Rerouting
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rerouting... Rerouting, Credit: Seth Shostak
With GPS, we can navigate unfamiliar cities. Without GPS, we might not find our way home. Scientists say that our reliance on dashboard devices is...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KCSB-FM, WUFT and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
THE OATH -- Ike Barinholtz Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ike Barinholtz, San Francisco, CA 9/27/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ike Barinholtz talks savagery, gestalt therapy, and art in difficult times.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 11:58
See Pop Wagner Twice Saturday October 20
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Pop Wagner’s been a folk music entertainer in the Twin Cities for at least a generation. On Sat Oct 20, he’ll take his general program to the Inver...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Wonder Women
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Wonder Women, Credit: Seth Shostak
Science is supposed to be merit-based and objective. And yet the data say otherwise. A new study reveals widespread harassment of women of color i...

Bought by WMUU-LP, High Plains Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 23

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