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Puzzling The Children's Hour
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The world's most syndicated daily puzzle author, David L. Hoyt puzzles our Kids Crew, and we learn about the Doomsday Seed Vault

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WCNY and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Wild Wolves
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Mexican Grey Wolf, Credit: USFWS
The kids learn about re-wilding wolves in North America from a documentary filmmaker, a biologist leading wolf recovery, and a zookeeper who breeds...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WXPR, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
135: Meet the Climate Activist Leading the Charge for Children's Health - Heather McTeer Toney
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Heather McTeer Toney
Meet Heather McTeer Toney.. the National Field Director at Moms Clean Air Force, which fights for climate safety to protect our children's health. ...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCSB-FM, WNIN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Planet Chapter 1: Land
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chris Gough, scientist and professor at VCU.
It is the most expansive war in human history, and it is occurring on every continent. Unlike all previous wars, this one is truly a world war beca...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 27:37
World in Progress 07/25/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Taking up the challenge - How can we be better prepared for disasters like floods fueled by climate change? We hear fr...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
Summer Birds
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Kids explore birdwatching and learn about summer birds.

Bought by KSTK, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 7
Food Sleuth Radio, Katherine Pryor Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that reading to children can educate, inspire and promote scientific literacy? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, M...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 05, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wilderness Kids
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: South Valley Academy 8th Graders & Teacher Jen Chavez Miller, Credit: Katie Stone
Albuquerque 8th graders get a life changing wilderness education, and Kids Crewmember Julia interviews author Kwame Alexander

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, and WCNY


  • Added: May 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Spectrum 05/14/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Does AI know my child better than I? An alarming amount of children suffer from depression and anxiety. One principle reas...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kids Learn About State Legislatures
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: The Wild Friends of New Mexico, Credit: Wild Friends of New Mexico
The Children's Hour kids explore how state legislatures work, and how kids can participate

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, and WCNY


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 51:21
  • Purchases: 4
AMOS 19.023: Matters of the Heart, 1/31/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Matters of the Heart

  • Added: Dec 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
A Lungful of Diesel Exhaust is No Way to Start the School Day
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Our aging US fleet of diesel school buses exposes kids to toxic fumes, inside and out. Twin Rivers Unified School District is one of the first in t...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WRGY


  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Dispossessed, Chapter 10; Wolftown, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jones Mountain cabin
It started with the red wolves at Alligator River, took me out to the Blue Ridge Mountains, then down to a tribal gathering of the Chickahominy in ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 26:43
Food Sleuth Radio, Gabriel Thompson Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that we depend on hundreds of thousands of Latino farm workers who perform skilled and strenuous labor under harsh conditions in the s...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 05/08/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On today’s show : can a robot really stop loneliness for sick kids? We talk to a researcher behind a novel blood test that detects the early signs ...

Bought by KRZA and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Dana Boyd Barr Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that chlorpyrifos, produced by Dow chemical, is the most widely used insecticide globally? Commonly known as Durzban, this particular...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Michelle Perro Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that today’s children are suffering from increasing rates of auto-immune illnesses, asthma, autism, ADHD, and digestive disorders? Jo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 17.130: Helping Kids Lose Weight, 6/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Helping Kids Lose Weight

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Kristin Schafer Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that children’s developing bodies are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of pesticide exposure – even at very low levels? ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Richard Louv Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that spending time in nature helps children and adults beat depression, reduce anxiety and symptoms of ADHD? Join Food Sleuth Radio ho...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Routt Reigart Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Today’s children grow up in an environment riddled with toxins. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her i...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Marmoset Baby Talk
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Predator & Prey Pupils
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Differences in animals’ pupil shapes distinguish predators from prey.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Lou Guillette , Jr. Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What might alligator health have to do with human health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Chief Chicken
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: Pathways to Sustainability
Caption: the chief chicken, Credit: shana weber
Young Elliot, a 7 year old from Hopewell NJ, shares with us what it means to be the Chief Chicken of his little backyard flock.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:56