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HOUR ONE: "How To Be An Ethical Traveler" - Uttakleiv, Norway, population 13, is inundated by 250,000 tourists every year. How can we travel more e...
- Added: Jan 27, 2023
- Length: 01:59:02
HOUR ONE: "The Hidden Geometry Of Everything" - The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there's one particular kind of math that's the secre...
- Added: Jan 06, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Cantigas de Santa Maria, an exploration of songs and poems dedicated to the Virgin Mary and musical biography of King Alfonso X of 13th century Spa...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio
- Added: Dec 12, 2022
- Length: 01:58:52
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Generation Witch" - They’ve been hunted and silenced and burned at the stake, but witches are still practicing the craft. We take you fr...
- Added: Oct 28, 2022
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - Is there a better way to talk about death? And to grieve? The pandemic has brought us a period of global mournin...
- Added: Oct 21, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...
- Added: Oct 14, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Empathy For Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...
- Added: Oct 07, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
Nagi Daifallah was a young farm worker from Yemen who participated in the 1973 Grape Strike along with the UFW until he was murdered by a Sheriff....
- Added: Sep 12, 2022
- Length: 29:00
HOUR ONE: 'The Secret Language of Trees' - Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly...
- Added: Aug 26, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Walk With Me" - Walking prolongs our life and makes us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? HOUR TWO: "Why Do We Have So Mu...
- Added: Jul 29, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: 'Decolonizing the Mind' - Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cul...
- Added: Jul 08, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WHFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WLPR , KUNM and more
- Added: Mar 08, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 8
HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...
- Added: Feb 18, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - Year three of the pandemic. Where should we go to mourn our losses? We'll look for answers from generations past...
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Searching For Order In The Universe" - The universe is full of mystery. This hour, what do fish and eels have to do with the maddening s...
- Added: Jan 21, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with...
Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE
- Added: Jan 12, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 5
HOUR ONE: "Whose Land Is It?" - Owning land is a big part of the American dream. But there’s a problem with that: That land is often stolen. So who...
- Added: Dec 17, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
In this historic, inter-generational meeting of minds, Laura Flanders brings together New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and MIT profe...
- Added: Dec 15, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in th...
- Added: Nov 19, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...
- Added: Nov 12, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Finding Meaning In Desperate Times" - The pandemic isn't just a health crisis, it's an x-ray into our psyches. This hour, how COVID-19 i...
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "African Cities Of The Future" - The fastest growing cities in the world are in Africa. We'll take you there with a special TTBOOK from A...
- Added: Jul 16, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 01:59:01
