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Caption: 500 Episodes, Credit: World Ocean Radio
This week marks the 500th episode of World Ocean Radio! For more than 10 years, World Ocean Radio has been engaging in dialogue about ocean issues,...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: Yale Climate Connections 2018 Report, Credit: Yale Climate Connections
A recent report from the Yale Program on Climate Change, measuring public awareness and political views on issues related to climate, shows that op...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 05:19
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The word 'indigenous' is used a lot these days, especially in terms of territorial rights to land and of invasive species of flora and fauna. In th...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 04:30
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How do you teach ethics to engineering students? Guests Dr. Beccy Hambright and Richard Burgess talk about their experience tackling that question...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2019
  • Length: 48:02
  • Purchases: 1
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"The ocean is largely unexplored." So states the seventh and final Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us better und...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Coastal Port, Barcelona, Spain , Credit: Photo by Tobias A. Müller on Unsplash
"The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected." So states the sixth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us b...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
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"The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth." So states the second principle of the ocean literacy curriculum, a series of fundame...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 05:04
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In the late 60s, one man imagined creating a place that would radically undermine the societal values of his time—an alternative space that subvert...

Bought by KZYX and KVNF


  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 58:11
  • Purchases: 2
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How should we reconcile conflicts between the state’s responsibility to properly educate minors and the parents’ rights to influence their children...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, WLPR , KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
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Is a university a research institute with students, or and educational institution with research around the edges – or something in between?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WLPR , KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
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What values are implicit in the American college admissions process?

Bought by KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
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Are there questions that science is powerless to answer?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Dr. Brian Keating
Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill outlines laws that are intended to protect Nature and its resources--water, fresh air, food,...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: “Silent Evolution.” Installation at MUSA (Museo Subacuático de Arte, Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Mexico.) The sculptural works of Jason deCaires Taylor serve as artificial reefs, providing habitat for fish and other ocean species. For more information visit his, Credit: Jason deCaires Taylor
In this week’s episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss the work of artist Jason deCaires Taylor, creator of underwater sculpture museums that explo...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:52
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This week we continue the Earth Optimism Series, a 24-episode project in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's Ocean Portal, to celebrate ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 05:16
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Does affirmative action undermine the achievements of those who are supposed to benefit from it?

Bought by KRZA, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSKQ, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Are we overestimating artificial intelligence?

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:19
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This episode of Culture Click covers the Warrior Debate: Should the university regulate free speech? The debate will have two participants one on e...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 25:32
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In this third of four episodes dedicated to outlining the complexities contained in the United Nations World Ocean Assessment, host Peter Neill exp...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
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In this second of four episodes dedicated to outlining the complexities contained in the United Nations World Ocean Assessment, host Peter Neill ex...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Maritime Museum on the Hong Kong waterfront.
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
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The Arctic conversation concludes this week with "An Arctic Vision." In this episode, host Peter Neill focuses on the indigenous Arctic community a...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
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Segment 1: Pam Shriver/tennis Segment 2: Dr. Damon Raskin/male menopause Segment 3: Susan Silver/comedy writer Segment 4: Tim Levy/Google Segme...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 54:00