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Rogue Planets: Not All Exoplanets Orbit Stars
From: Tony Darnell
Series: Exoplanet Radio
Caption: Produced by Deep Astronomy
One of the most exciting recent discoveries in astronomy has been the existence of planets around other stars.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 13, 2023
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Top 4 Solutions to Global Warming
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jurriaan Kamp
Solutions journalism. I’d never come across that term before. That is, before I came into contact with Jurriaan Kamp, and his multitude of projects...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hearts in the Ice
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Citizen Scientists Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby , Credit: Hearts in the Ice
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to two women who are planning to embark on an unsupported exploration in the Arctic: 270 days...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Sentient Machine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Amir Husain
Artificial Intelligence will drastically change our lives. The technology is expected to advance cyber security, finance, energy, military applicat...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Oliver Sacks, Jacques Cousteau, and George Washington Carver
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Peanuts, Atlantis, and Colorblindness. It's our latest episode in The Experimenters miniseries featuring icons of science and innovation. Oliver Sa...

Bought by KVSC, KFCF FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 20:44
  • Purchases: 4
Living Purpose
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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Robert Parker realized that his destiny in life was to help others and make the world a better place. Now, as a cancer research scientist, he refle...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Girl Power -- Groks Science Show 2015-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rachel Swaby discusses women in science.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPVL, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Next Chapter - Program 78
From: Allen Hundley
Series: The Next Chapter
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Investigative reporter Judy Bachrach talks about her new book Glimpsing Heaven. Scientists may have underestimated green energy's potential for fi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 57:53
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


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Year of the Icy Worlds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini Saturn mission Project Scientist and host Mat Kaplan touch the plumes of Enceladus at JPL., Credit: Merc Boyan, The Planetary Society
Emily Lakdawalla coined the phrase, and it is exquisitely appropriate. We’ll visit the Jet Propulsion Lab on its Icy Worlds Day to learn more about...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFCF FM, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Nano-warriors: Pitting chemistry against cancer
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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Sometimes people find their passion early in life… and then don’t stray from the course. This story is about just such a person, and what her devo...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Edmonton Protocol
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Stem Cells - Self-help health care
Caption: Dr. Ray Rajotte, Scientific Director at the Alberta Diabetes Institute.
Edmonton, Alberta isn’t the place you’d necessarily expect to be making breakthrough medical advances. But that’s just what has been happening in t...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
What Triggers Type 1
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Stem Cells - Self-help health care
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The causes of Type 2 diabetes are well known (obesity, ingesting too many carbohydrates, a sedentary lifestyle). But what about Type 1 diabetes, th...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
DREAMer hackers code for immigration reform with FWD.us
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Sarahi Salamanca and her team are building a website that will aggregate videos to promote immigration reform, Credit: Audrey Dilling
We’re at the FWD.us “DREAMer Hackathon.” Twenty DREAMers and mentors from local tech companies, all in one big room, scrambling to write code that ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
237: Citizen Science
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Underwater Robotics Competition, Credit: Marine Advanced Technology (MATE)
"Citizen Science" is a relatively new term used to describe non-specialist research carried out by pioneering teams of private individuals, foundat...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:04
235: Blue Marble
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18