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583-A Woman and Pluto
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Elizabeth William graduated from MIT in 1903 as one of the top students in physics and mathematics. As the head "human computer" at Lowell Observat...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
94: Hand Stitched Computers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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During the 1960s when we were racing to the moon, computing tech made a huge leap. Computers had to be small to fit in the Apollo capsules and it w...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Real Love (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In her book Real Love, Sharon Salzberg—one of the world’s leading authorities on love—shows us it isn’t just an emotion we feel when we’re in a rom...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, Harford Community Radio, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Real Love (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In her book Real Love, Sharon Salzberg—one of the world’s leading authorities on love—shows us it isn’t just an emotion we feel when we’re in a rom...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Troy Public Radio, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Real Love (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In her book Real Love, Sharon Salzberg—one of the world’s leading authorities on love—shows us it isn’t just an emotion we feel when we’re in a rom...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WPCA-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 12
S2 E9 Dead To Me
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Physician Maureen Miller describes how perusing a dusty box of autopsy reports from 1987 helped her embrace her new professional future as a pathol...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 33:35
S1 E8 Even The Morgue Has a Wait List
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Hospital administrator Galen Laserson recounts the time she got an unexpected call in the middle of the night, which prompted her to learn all abou...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:10
Code Girls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Liza Mundy
The iconic image of Rosie the Riveter is cemented in America’s history and imagination. Meanwhile the book and movie Hidden Figures ignited an inte...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fugitive Red (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We go in search of the origins of a "perfect red," which once eluded scientists, pirates, and kings. Plus, how scientists are now tracking down rar...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WABE, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Girls of Atomic City
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Denise Kiernan
In her new book, journalist Denise Kiernan shares the never before told story of the young women who played a crucial role in one of the most signi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 172: On Beauty
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Want strong, shiny hair? Pick up a package of Superstrength Henna 'N' Placenta Conditioning Treatment at your local beauty store. It's just one of many beauty products containing decidedly icky ingredients., Credit: Jennifer Dionisio
In this episode we look at questionable appearance enhancers. First the Beauty Historian shares some shocking beauty rituals of yore. Then a look a...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 15:25
Distillations Episode 147: Babies
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Remember when I leeched all the calcium from your bones?, Credit: Flickr user paparutzi.
Big eyes, soft skin, squeezable cheeks. No doubt, babies are adorable. But in this episode we take a break from our cooing to examine some more ser...

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:43
Women in Chemistry
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Women scientists, past and present.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 2