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China’s Great Green Wager
From: A World of Possibilities
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China today is the most polluted nation on earth. But it’s also on its way to becoming the most environmentally advanced. And it’s no coincidence. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
What's Your Poison?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What's Your Poison?, Credit: Seth Shostak
“Aspirin and Old Lace?” Okay, you’d need a bottle of pills in a cup of elderberry wine, but aspirin can be deadly – hear why dose is key in toxicol...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
TruthToTell June 13: ALL THAT WE SHARE: A Look at The Commons
From: Andy Driscoll
Series: TruthToTell
Caption: Walljasper
Perhaps Jay Walljasper’s recent book title is more definitive than some convoluted dissertation. It is, simply, All That We Share. And that is what...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 57:54
Skeptic Check, Beast Of
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check, Beast Of, Credit: Seth Shostak
Zombies, aliens, Bigfoot, oh my - we've covered - or rather uncovered - them all and more on Skeptic Check, our monthly look of critical thinking, ...

Bought by KZUM, KMUN, KREV-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Clever Apes: Godspeed, Tevatron
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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We remember the legacy of the Tevatron, the particle collider that was shut down in September of 2011.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
Rend Me Your Ears
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rend Me Your Ears, Credit: Seth Shostak
Our buzzing, humming, whirling, machine-driven world is a poster child for technological progress, and has driven one man to search for silence; we...

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
In an Era of Increased Transparency, A New Approach to Business Branding
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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As he retools Lipman, a New York advertising agency, Michael Mendenhall discusses a new approach to branding. He also talks about how companies' et...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 27:59
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Unknown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Into the Unknown, Credit: Seth Shostak
From voyages to the bottom of the sea, to the edges of space: join us on treks of modern exploration.

Bought by KSKQ and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Taboo Topics in the Health Care Reform Discussion
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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M. Gregg Bloche, author of The Hippocratic Myth, joins the show.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 2
Swarm in here... Or Is It Just Me?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Swarm in Here, Credit: Seth Shostak
Collective intelligence is what makes bees and ants so successful – find out how researchers are helping humans to get their collective act together.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Win-Win: How Businesses Can Use Technology to Profit from Global Health
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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David Aylward specializes in a new sector called mobile health, which uses cell phone and other communications technology to connect poor patients ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:41
Skeptic Check: Plotting Along
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Plotting Along, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why conspiracy theories persist – from 9-11 to UFOs to fluoride in our water.

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
Written in Code
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Written in Code, Credit: Seth Shostak
Genes aren’t worth much unless they’re turned on – find out what factors influence gene expression and how to unleash your inner-Einstein

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cyberwar Strategy: Defensive or Offensive?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Governments and corporations are under serious and growing threat from cyber attacks. Which do you favor: a strategy that seeks out hackers and pun...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Cell! Cell!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Cell! Cell!, Credit: Seth Shostak
The story of Henrietta Lacks who unwittingly donated her tissue to science in 1951 and whose cells still grow in laboratories around the world today.

Bought by KSKQ, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Breaking the Mold in Practice Design
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Jay Parkinson, co-founder of Hello Health and The Future Well, joins us today.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 16:35
Nurturing Creativity
From: A World of Possibilities
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Using a combination of new technologies and time-tested techniques, innovators can now build on one another’s insights to hasten the development of...

Bought by KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 5
Water the Chances
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Water the Chances, Credit: Seth Shostak
Getting the salt out: the most promising technologies for desalination… how astronauts filter “water-closet water” to drink… and, turning salt pond...

Bought by WVTF, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Global Voices Podcast 1 - Who do we believe online?
From: Global Voices Online
Series: Global Voices Podcast
Caption: Global Voices Podcast
The Global Voices Podcast 1. Tune in for a discussion about the Gay Girl in Damascus hoax; listen to sounds from Guinea Bissau; and talk to Firuzeh...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 26:26
  • Purchases: 1
Biomimicry
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Nautilus
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 3
Advancing Health IT in the U.S.
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Bought by Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 25:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Picture
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Big Picture, Credit: Ly Ly
How did life begin, what makes up the universe and the true nature of consciousness are some of the biggest puzzlers in science, but answers are in...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 27
The Liar Paradox
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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This paradox resists a solution and inspires major advances from Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Critical Health Policy for Reform and Innovation
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, joins us today.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 26:05

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