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The Tale of Honeybee Brown (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Between a changing climate and an invasion of parasites, it’s a tough time for the little honeybee. A Norfolk woman’s quest to give bees a home may...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 6
Californias Alternative Energy Plan in The Trump Era
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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California's AB 32 paved the way for a bold investment in alternative energy. SB 32 will up the ante, aiming to phase out fossil fuels by 2050. Wil...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: :30
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (half)
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, WLPR , KRZA, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Life in a Goiter Belt (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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One young woman in southwest Virginia has become a super-sleuth. With a head full of questions and a heart full of concern, one college student tea...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Muscle: Flex Your Mouse
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
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Roll up your sleeve past your bicep, flex your arm at the elbow, and squeeze — or contract — your bicep muscle. Take a look at it. What do you see?...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2017
  • Length: 09:32
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
My Life As A Wild Turkey (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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- Becoming a wild turkey mother - Ninja moves of the airborne turkey - Rare turkey types become farmers' favourite

Bought by WGCU, WHFR, WJCT, KTOO, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 17
Where Humans and Animals Meet (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-A new solution is being tested against birds getting stuck in airplane engines or picking a farm field clean. -A nature-inspired design for invent...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', KEDT, WMUU-LP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 8
Where Humans and Animals Meet (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-A new solution is being tested against birds getting stuck in airplane engines or picking a farm field clean. -A nature-inspired design for invent...

Bought by WJCT, WJCU, WNMU-FM, WLIW, and WUGA (part of GPB)


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Pedal Power (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In his book City Cycling, Ralph Buehler emphasizes that bicycling shouldn’t be limited to those who are trained, fit, and daring enough to battle ...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRDP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 8
Pedal Power (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-In his book City Cycling, Ralph Buehler emphasizes that bicycling shouldn’t be limited to those who are trained, fit, and daring enough to battle ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WJCT, KMUN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
Spirituality in Millennials (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Are the "Millennials" approaches to spirituality more about choosing and consuming different “religious products” – meditation, prayer, yoga, a be...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WJCU, WUGA (part of GPB), WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
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
The Music of the Glaciers (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-An electronic musician uses the sounds of melting glaciers in his composition to raise awareness of climate change. -Documenting 1,000 years of mo...

Bought by WCNY, Raven Radio, WMUU-LP, KRDP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 7
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In the late nineteenth century, American cities were home to more cyclists than anywhere else in the world. -An animator talks about working on S...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KEDT, KRDP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • 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 (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Tree Ringist (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Trees can unlock mysteries of the past. One Virginia tree scientist reads tree rings, and pieces together weather patterns from hundreds of years a...

Bought by KENW and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2