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Are Our Pets Making Us Sick (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-The number of human cases of Lyme disease is on the rise. -Are our pets making us sick? -The uses of Big Data in solving real world problems. And ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRDP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
Are Our Pets Making Us Sick?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The number of Lyme disease cases in humans is on the rise. -Work on a vaccine against Lyme disease. -Can our pets make us sick?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, WJCU, WUGA (part of GPB), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Dragons of Inaction (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We take the planet's pulse - and our own. What are the "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if we know they’re bad ...

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Ideas Books - Sean B Carroll: The Serengeti Rules
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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Biologist Sean B Carroll talks to Craig Barfoot about his latest book, The Serengeti Rules. We find out how wolves can change the physical shape of...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Allergy Season (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With spring come flowers, green grass, and new leaves on the trees. But those welcome sights also bring some not-so-welcome allergies. What causes ...

Bought by KENW, KRZA, and WABE


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
Printed Organs - Coming to a Body Near You (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Organ transplants may one day be replaced by a serum grown from the patient's own cells that repair the damaged organ. -Why do people have allergi...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Pulitzer 100: Stories in Science (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Ideas Books: Ernest Naylor, Moonstruck, How Lunar Cycles Affect Life
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Ernest Naylor, Moonstruck
Interview with biologist Ernest Naylor about his book, Moonstruck. Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has fea...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 1
Snot Otter (news feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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The largest salamander in the United States has some great nicknames, from “Hellbender,” to “Mud Puppy.” But this ancient, aquatic giant is disappe...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Mayor John Hamilton Discusses Contaminates in the Water Supply
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Water supply in Bloomington and its contaminates are discussed.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 08:32
"To Save California, Read Dune." With Andrew Leonard
From: David Schulman
Series: NAUTILUS podcast from PRX
Caption: Dan Fernandez with a fog-catcher in Santa Cruz. Writer Andrew Leonard sees in fog-catchers a real-world analog to the fictional dew-catchers of Dune., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
The sci-fi epic of "Dune" takes place on a desert planet. There, the water in even a single tear is precious. Can Dune offer lessons for the drough...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 1