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Constant Wonder - The Amazing Ability of Plants to Make Smart Decisions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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With sensory abilities to detect problems, find nutrients, and defend themselves, plants make creative decisions.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - A Hmong Refugee Breaks Her Silence
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When she realized that her father had become a voice for her people, Kalia found the courage to do the same.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - Finding Joy in Your Back Yard with Amy Tan
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Amy Tan will help you see your back yard in a whole new light.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
Constant Wonder - More Love for a Big Lake That's Often Belittled
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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It's a massive lake with a murky reputation. It's survived a carp invasion, decades of dumped raw sewage, and the draining of surrounding wetlands....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - The Never-bored Naturalist Who Plumbed the Ocean Depths
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In the depth of the sea, where the sun is powerless to send a single ray of light, there live many strange beings. Of these sea folk, we know nothi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Family Discovers that Nazi Grandfather Aided French Villagers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Burkhard Bilger shares the surprising truth about his grandfather's life and service in Hitler's Germany, it's the latest episode of the Constant W...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Sleep and dreaming. It's when the unconscious mind can process events, solve problems and organize memories. But a mere 20 years ago, little consen...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Late in Life Comebacks and Triumphs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Late-in-life debuts, comebacks, and triumphs.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Dry Thunderstorm Bonus Episode
From: Ambient Colorado
Series: Ambient Colorado
Caption: Mosquito Pass sign near Leadville, Colorado, Credit: Larry Lamsa (CC-BY 2.0)
An interview with Jared Blake of AcousticNature.com, and the sounds he captured of a dry thunderstorm near Leadville, Colorado

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 26:48
Pairie Bonus Episode
From: Ambient Colorado
Series: Ambient Colorado
Caption: Yellow-headed Blackbird, Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Credit: USFWS / Cindy Souders (CC BY 2.0)
An interview with Jacob Job featuring more sounds from Colorado's grasslands

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 23:45
Constand Wonder - Human Foster Parents Take Flight to Help Young Birds Migrate
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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To re-wild an endangered bird, an Austrian scientist raised chicks, became their foster parent, and took flight himself.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
Constant Wonder - Where in the World is Home?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Immigrant Jessica J. Lee looked to set down roots in England, but her sense of belonging was challenged by the xenophobia that followed Brexit.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
Constant Wonder - Exploring the Mind of a Bee
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The term “hive mind” has soared in popularity. But research is showing that individual bees also have minds and wills of their own. Kinda like us.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A scientist who once thought that science had all the answers changed his mind when his family faced an improbable double dose of cancer.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - Secret Harvest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Why was a disabled aunt hidden away after WWII?

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
Constant Wonder - The Fine Art of Laid-Back Hard-Core Fasting
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A busy New York City couple takes up biannual week-long liquid-only fasts to clear out clutter and and touch some deeper truths.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
StoryCorps: Ron Lynam and Julie Lynam
From: StoryCorps
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Ron and Julie Lynam came to StoryCorps to talk about losing their house in the 2012 High Park Fire and what it was like to rebuild their lives.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 03:04
Constant Wonder - Stories of Adventure from the Bear Man of India
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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He's braved the mafia, gunshots, and full-moon jungle nights to understand and protect India's wildlife.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
Constant Wonder - Making Peace in the Wolf Wars
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Daniel Curry needed a horse, his first horse ever to become a range rider. Today, he helps ranchers chase off wolves. He tells his story on the lat...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Sheer Delight in Indestructible Microscopic Worms
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Ubiquitous, microscopic worms, nematodes kill insects, infest plants and provide startling insights into human health. They also inspire joy!

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - A Family Crosses the Color Line
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Her family had to swear on paper to be entirely white in order to have civil rights. Rachel Webster, recalibrates everything she thought she knew a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - My Father's Brain: A Doctor Reckons With Alzheimer's
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A brilliant scientist starts exhibiting erratic behavior in this poignant father son story. It's our latest episode of Constant Wonder.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Getting Giddy in the Quiet World of Plants
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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He's not easily deterred, but this day of bug bites and fog almost got the best of him. Mike Dilger tries to hunt down 1,000 flowering plants on th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Facing the Rising Flood Problem in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Floods are the most destructive natural disasters in the United States. Their damage is also the most preventable.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Glimmers of Awe: The Fascinating World of Fireflies
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Facing the loss of her cabin in the Smokies, Lynn Faust began to pay more attention to the synchronous fireflies there, sparking a lifelong passion.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:49

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