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New Systems Thinking
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: new systems thinking offers alternatives to failing structures and behaviors. As food, energy and water are the thr...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 05:07
Skeptic Check: Identifying UAPs
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Identifying UAPs, Credit: Seth Shostak
The Pentagon’s report on UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) said nothing about the possibility that some might be alien spacecraft. Nonetheless, ...

Bought by KTXK, CHSR-FM 97.9, WUFT, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
And the Sun Stood Still
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A radical idea finally sees the light of day.

Bought by KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 31
Janna Malamud Smith: "Why Mothers Worry About Their Children"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome jo...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Doug Chabot on Mountain and Snow Safety
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week’s guest is Doug Chabot, Director of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. With winter fast approaching, we talk with Doug about ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Backwash
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're defining "backwash" as the movement of water for filtration, for desalination, and for clearing of debris and ...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:58
Suitable For Life?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Life nearby? We’ve not yet found any on our favorite planet, Mars. But even if Mars is sterile, could we ever change that by terraforming it? Or se...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KTXK, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, KZUM and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Dimming the Sun
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Dimming the Sun, Credit: Seth Shostak
Does geoengineering offer a Plan B if nations at the U.N. climate meeting can't reduce carbon emissions? The Glasgow meeting has been called “the l...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Skeptic Check: Brain Gain
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Brain Gain, Credit: Seth Shostak
Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help – smart drugs, neurofeedback exercises, and specially-designed vi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Sustainable Development in a Post-Covid World
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How are cities from Pittsburgh to Bogotá using sustainable development goals to guide pandemic recovery and increase health and equity?

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Radical Cosmology
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Radical Cosmology, Credit: Seth Shostak
400 years ago, some ideas about the cosmos were too scandalous to mention. When the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno suggested the existence of plan...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZUM, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Climate Change In Greater Yellowstone With Cathy Whitlock And Steven Hostetler
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guests are Dr. Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor of Paleoecology at Montana State University, and Dr. Steven Hostetler, Hydrologist at the ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Kimi Barrett Explains The Wildland Urban Interface
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guest is Dr. Kimiko Barrett of Headwaters Economics. Kimi is the Lead Wildfire and Natural Hazard Researcher at Headwaters where she also l...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Saltwater Irrigation
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Scientists at the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) are working on halophytic (salt-loving) plants, including Salicornia bigelovii samphire (pictured). It is hope that salt-tolerant agricultural ingredients will become staples of a glo, Credit: ICBA
Sea level rise and coastal inundation are changing the agricultural landscape around the world. Fortunately, saltwater irrigation has been studied ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 05:24
Conrad Anker Sees the Climate Changing
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today’s conversation is with Conrad Anker, legendary mountaineer and leader in the outdoor community. He's climbed some of the hardest routes on th...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Home Invasions
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Home Invasions, Credit: Seth Shostak
As we struggle to control a viral invader that moves silently across the globe and into its victims, we are also besieged by other invasions. Murde...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Dr. Frank Vertosick: "Evolutionary Intelligence"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this program we visit concepts of evolution and intelligence, some of which were raised after our series on near term human extinction. What is...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
A Pigeon and a Pine
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The scientific name of the band-tailed pigeon is no longer Columba fasciata, but is Patagioenas fasciata. That’s too bad because I was hoping to st...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 04:59
Solidago Missourinsis- Goldenrod
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I grew up in Kentucky where the state flower is goldenrod. The particular species that has that honor is Solidago gigantea. I wonder how it was cho...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:21
Flora and Fauna Report
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Here are some morning glory photos. Above is Ipomoea ternifolia var. leptotoma and the photo below is of some floral chaos featuring the red flower...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:04
AI: Where Does It End?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: AI: Where Does It End, Credit: Seth Shostak
The benefits of artificial intelligence are manifest and manifold, but can we recognize the drawbacks … and avoid them in time? In this episode, ...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMUN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Douglas Starr– "Blood: A History"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Blood, an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce Human blood has been compared historically and sociologically to a river that defines human societ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Skeptic Check: Science Denial
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Science Denial, Credit: Seth Shostak
Climate change isn’t happening. Vaccines make you sick. When it comes to threats to public or environmental health, a surprisingly large fraction...

Bought by WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Spilhaus World Ocean Map
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Image The Spilhaus Projection World Ocean Map. A world ocean map based on the Spilhaus projection. The Spilhaus map projection was developed in 1942 by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus. Centered in Antarctica, the world oceans come together to form a singular, conn, Credit: Photo credit: StoryMaps ArcGIS
Visualization is a powerful tool for understanding beyond data, opening our minds and enabling transformative change through a new way of seeing. T...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 05:16
Hydrospace
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we are discussing hydrology, the "hydrospatial" perspective, and the importance of multi-dimensional analyses and vi...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 04:47

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