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Radical Curiosity: Exploring the Future of Aging with Dr. Ken Dychtwald

From: Paul VOGELZANG

Our guest on PRX Radio is Dr. Ken Dychtwald. Dr. Ken Dychtwald is a psychologist, gerontologist, and visionary who has been shaping conversations a...

Confronting Suicide & Support for Reporters Covering Trauma

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with psychologist Dr. Ursula Whiteside about her efforts to stop suicide. We also talk about the pres...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Declutter the Mind for Greater Peace - Episode 12

From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News

This is the second half of a Happy News feature on Decluttering for greater peace and happiness - focusing this time on the mind!

Episode 35: Getting Ahead of the Competition

From: Stanford Space Initiative's This Week In Space

This week in space, Blue Origin gets ahead of the competition by, well, not competing, nobody can find India's lunar lander, and we discuss how ast...

The Honorable Adam Schiff—Another Congressional Space Enthusiast

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: California Congressman Adam Schiff , Credit: Adam Schiff

They may disagree about nearly every other issue, but many Republican and Democratic congressional representatives find common ground where there i...

Bought by KDNK, WTJU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more

Californias Alternative Energy Plan in The Trump Era

From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch

California's AB 32 paved the way for a bold investment in alternative energy. SB 32 will up the ante, aiming to phase out fossil fuels by 2050. Wil...

Bought by KFOI Radio

Communicating Science Effectively

From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch

We hear from two experts in science communications, and talking about climate change. Edward Maibach is a widely recognized expert in public health...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1

Renewables and Solar are the Future

From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch

Featuring interviews with Stanford Professor, Mark Z. Jacobson about efforts to go 100% renewable by 2050, and CEO of NEXTracker, Daniel Shugar abo...

Bought by KZYX, KFOI Radio, Radio Catskill, and WGRN-LP 94.1

How Plants Adapt to Our Changing Climate

From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch

In this episode, Dr. Michael Loik, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSC discusses how plants adapt to changing climates, based on s...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1

Unconscious Addiction (feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

America is facing a opioids crisis of epic proportions. In the southeastern United States, there are more opioid prescriptions than there are peopl...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Carbon Eating Microbes Make Fish Food

From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch

Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1

Cooling the Planet with Ocean Currents

From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch

In this show we interview Dr. Alan Miller of "Cool it, Earth!", a company working to use ocean thermal energy technology (OTEC) to produce clean en...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1

Alan Stern and a Triumph at Pluto

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: New Horizons enhanced color image of Pluto, Credit: NASA/JHUAPL

Alan Stern of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond was in Pasadena for the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division f...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more

Imitations: On GMOs and Concrete

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Now that Stephen Colbert has put his alter ego to bed, some of you may be missing broadcasters pretending to be someone else. Well, apparently, Col...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio

A Small, Distant World: Kepler 138b

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: An artist’s conception of what Kepler 138b, its sister planets and its star might look like., Credit: Danielle Futselaar, SETI Institute

SETI Institute scientist Jason Rowe returns to tell us about the smallest exoplanet so far that has had its size and mass determined. Jason also ta...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KMUD, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more

Humans Orbiting Mars: Can It Be Done?

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: NASA's pathways to the Red Planet., Credit: NASA

A human mission to orbit Mars might be possible by 2033, and it might be accomplished at reasonable cost and with existing or nearly-ready technolo...

Bought by KWMR, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KFCF FM

The SpaceShipTwo and Antares Disasters: Special Coverage With John Logsdon

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: First powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, Credit: Virgin Galactic

It was a terrible, tragic week for commercial space development. Historian and space policy analyst John Logsdon helps up understand the greater m...

Bought by KMUD, WYAP, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio

Seth's Tool Shed

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

Bought by WRIR

The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars

From: [redacted] [redacted]

Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org

The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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