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Dr. Devra Davis - Health Risks of Cell Phone Radiation - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two-part interview with Dr. Devra Davis and Theodora Scarato, MSW. Dr. Davis is the author of Disconnect: The Trut...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KRZA, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
Diamond Planets and Super Earths (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Newly discovered worlds hold wonders beyond our wildest imagination - Exploring the history of science onstage - Discovering new technologies by st...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Diamond Planets and Super Earths (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Newly discovered worlds hold wonders beyond our wildest imagination - Exploring the history of science onstage - Discovering new technologies by st...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WCWP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 12
The Rising Tide (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Mapping the sinking shores of Tangier Island - Where do you go when your homeland disappears? - Measuring hurricanes with new technology - A previe...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
The Rising Tide (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Mapping the sinking shores of Tangier Island - Where do you go when your homeland disappears? - Measuring hurricanes with new technology - A previe...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Rising Tide (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Mapping the sinking shores of Tangier Island - Where do you go when your homeland disappears? - Measuring hurricanes with new technology - A previe...

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WCQS, WVAS, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
AMOS 17.027: How Far Away Does the Moon Look?, 2/7/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Far Away Does the Moon Look?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
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
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
To The Stars
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Maglev - Hi-speed transportation
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In May 1975, Popular Mechanics published an article called “Cities In The Sky”, about plans for space colonies by 1995. Flash forward forty years a...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
32: 52 Hz (Extended cut)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: Pinball the Humpback whale, Credit: Craig Shank
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
216: Underwater Observation
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Sea Orbiter, Credit: http://seaorbiter.com/home/
Advances in technology bring us new, visionary underwater devices to record and transmit observational data. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What is 'the self'?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Provides Clues for Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Pollution Cleanup
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bale House
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Underground Power
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
Roads and Health
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Checkup for Leopards
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
“Good Onya, Oz”
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Seeds Escape Test Plots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It started off routinely enough -- at least in this day and age of genetic engineering and other laboratory efforts to "improve" upon nature.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Virus Used to Track Cougar Movements
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Viruses don't win many popularity contests. But a virus is helping wildlife biologists protect one of nature's fiercest and most elegant animals.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Pesticide
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
PCB Possible Cleanup Solution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1