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FORMAT CHANGE, READ DESCRIPTION - October, 2024

From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science

On Oct. 1 LDOS will change to a 60 second format. Make sure to fill the other 30 seconds. Sept. 30 will be the last 90 second spot.

Constant Wonder - The Amazing Ability of Plants to Make Smart Decisions

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

With sensory abilities to detect problems, find nutrients, and defend themselves, plants make creative decisions.

Constant Wonder - A Hmong Refugee Breaks Her Silence

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

When she realized that her father had become a voice for her people, Kalia found the courage to do the same.

Constant Wonder - More Love for a Big Lake That's Often Belittled

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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

The Domed (and Doomed) Minnesota Experimental City

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Athelstan Spilhaus, the mastermind behind the Minnesota Experimental City

Picture this: a domed city with conveyor belt sidewalks and self-driving cars in the middle of the Minnesota wilderness? Does this futuristic city ...

Constant Wonder - The Never-bored Naturalist Who Plumbed the Ocean Depths

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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

Constant Wonder - Family Discovers that Nazi Grandfather Aided French Villagers

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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

The Loh Down on Science - September, 2024

From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science

Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… why does Matcha make us so chill… can more trees really cool us down… and could ea...

Bought by KCNP, KECG, KPOV, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVSC and more

Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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)

Constant Wonder - Late in Life Comebacks and Triumphs

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Late-in-life debuts, comebacks, and triumphs.

Constand Wonder - Human Foster Parents Take Flight to Help Young Birds Migrate

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

To re-wild an endangered bird, an Austrian scientist raised chicks, became their foster parent, and took flight himself.

The Loh Down on Science - August, 2024

From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science

Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… do paper straws really reduce pollution… is sustainable fashion really worth buyin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KVSC, KPOV, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KKRN and more

Constant Wonder - Where in the World is Home?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Immigrant Jessica J. Lee looked to set down roots in England, but her sense of belonging was challenged by the xenophobia that followed Brexit.

Constant Wonder - Exploring the Mind of a Bee

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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.

Constant Wonder - A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A scientist who once thought that science had all the answers changed his mind when his family faced an improbable double dose of cancer.

Constant Wonder - Secret Harvest

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Why was a disabled aunt hidden away after WWII?

Constant Wonder - The Fine Art of Laid-Back Hard-Core Fasting

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A busy New York City couple takes up biannual week-long liquid-only fasts to clear out clutter and and touch some deeper truths.

Constant Wonder - Stories of Adventure from the Bear Man of India

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

He's braved the mafia, gunshots, and full-moon jungle nights to understand and protect India's wildlife.

It started with Alice

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Karla Bloem and Alice the Owl, Credit: Karla Bloem

Minnesota is home to the only all-owl education center in the United States. Why an owl center in Minnesota? Well, it started with an owl named Al...

Constant Wonder - Making Peace in the Wolf Wars

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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)

The Return of the River Otter

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: Employees of the DNR releasing a river otter into the wild, Credit: Carrol Henderson

Next year, Carrol Henderson has a memoir coming out from Afton Press about his 41 years as the Minnesota DNR's first Nongame Wildlife Program Super...

Constant Wonder - Sheer Delight in Indestructible Microscopic Worms

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Ubiquitous, microscopic worms, nematodes kill insects, infest plants and provide startling insights into human health. They also inspire joy!

Constant Wonder - A Family Crosses the Color Line

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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

Constant Wonder - My Father's Brain: A Doctor Reckons With Alzheimer's

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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)

Constant Wonder - Getting Giddy in the Quiet World of Plants

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

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)

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