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The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...
- Added: Mar 12, 2024
- Length: 03:00
Ancient Roman Parasites
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 02:00
The U.S. transportation system has long been rife with inequality, making it more difficult for low-income people, people of color, and people with...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 3
Social media is very prevelant in our society today, on this episode of Culture Clique, we delve into it. On Tuesday March 15th, WSU hosted the 2nd...
- Added: Jul 20, 2016
- Length: 51:41
While the media affect our vocabulary, our accents are a product of our community.
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
DNA evidence reveals that the enormous armored glyptodont, an extinct South American mammal, was a close cousin to modern armadillos.
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
Modern technology reveals ancient techniques used in the production of purloined antiquities.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 23, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Learning about the immune system from people who catch germs but don’t get sick.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 24, 2014
- Length: 01:00
The current philosophy seems to be the more “friends” that we can amass on Facebook, or the more “followers” that we can attract on Twitter, the be...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 08:12
In the long ago and far away of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, the clothesline was a common feature of the landscape. Sheets, towels, cloth...
- Added: Oct 18, 2013
- Length: 05:51
The New York City Subway is a complex system that keeps NYC running and it is still being built. Hear the reasons for the initial construction, the...
Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WTIP, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 14, 2013
- Length: 08:43
- Purchases: 5
The Howland Cultural Center is a beautiful performance space, gallery, and host to cultural events in the Hudson Valley. The historic building rec...
- Added: Mar 09, 2009
- Length: 01:46
Pollopel Island is host to Bannerman's Castle. But its curious history goes back centuries
- Added: Mar 09, 2009
- Length: 01:46
Measuring the Macrocosm and the Microcosm
- Added: Nov 07, 2007
- Length: 01:02
- Added: Oct 25, 2007
- Length: 01:01
Henry Ford always thought agriculture and industry were natural partners.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1