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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 Lisa Show - Am I Addicted to My Phone?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Managing our consumption when left to our own devices is a struggle. How to break that oh-so-addictive cycle.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Hybrid Cars Impact & Vehicle Emissions
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
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Hybrid cars and vehicle emissions

  • Added: Jan 31, 2023
  • Length: 07:47
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
Through the Universe: The Sun
From: Simply Timeless Radio
Series: Simply Timeless (Subscribable)
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We begin our summer season with a journey across the Milky Way. Put on your sunglasses as we travel nearly 93 million miles to our first stop - The...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2021
  • Length: 01:50:40
GN_4.28_Robin Hood Shopping
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Pay up! A team of social scientists in France and Spain develops an algorithm that helps save you money while redistributing wealth.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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
At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Dr. Samuel Harrington, MD, is the author of At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life. He argues the case for taking a clear-eyed yet compa...

Bought by WETS and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Written World
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Martin Puchner
Think about the many stories you’ve heard or read over the years. Some of those stories may have had a major impact on your life, or maybe even the...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Girls Who Code
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Reshma Saujani
The world of technology is male driven. Very few women are represented in leadership roles. For decades now, there’s been a major gender diversity ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Making it Work
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Will Lucas is an entrepreneur, businessman, podcast host, and commissioner serving on the University of Toledo's Board of Trustees, the Ohio Casino...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 06:40
  • 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
Season 2: Jessica Robinson Intro: Bonfires on the Move#45
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season Two: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: Jessica Robinson
Bonfires on the Move! Technology solving mobility issues! Meet the new host of Bonfires on the Move, Jessica Robinson. Jessica and Romy discuss...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 30:53
Ideas Books: John Fialka - Car Wars
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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Interview with Award-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka about his latest book, Car Wars. The resurgence of the electric car in...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
01-11: Bread and Roses: Time Poverty, Super-Wealth and the Politics of Happiness , 4/6/2016
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: John de Graaf, Credit: democracymeetup.com
At the same time the Great Recession has inflicted enormous pain and suffering, it has also caused people to take a deeper look at what’s really im...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
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
Splitting Fares App in Detroit#23
From: Romy Kochan
Series: Season One: Bonfires of Social Enterprise
Caption: The SPLT Fares Team, Credit: SPLT
The Bonfires of Social Enterprise with Romy Gingras of Gingras Global visits Ford Field in Detroit, the home of mentorship technology program, Tech...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:44
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
Show #12: Txt the v0t3
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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Barack Obama plans to send his VP choice via text message to supporters. But is it possible to text something meaningful? Kat and Kaitie seek to a...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
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