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98: Tenterhooks
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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If you're thinking, wait, I thought it was tenderhooks, you're not alone. Amy explains this early 18th century idiom that describes having a sense ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Poison Squad and the Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A chemist's single-minded crusade for food safety. Topic 2: The neuroscientist who lost her mind.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 49:05
S2 Ep 8: Needle exchanges and harm reduction
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: David Venes (right) poses at the Tacoma Needle Exchange van with his dog, Ethel, and outreach worker, Laura Reynolds., Credit: Amber Cortes
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 22:21
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
GPS
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Hugo Fruehauf, one of the co-inventors of GPS, explains the nitty-gritty of what GPS is. He also details his critical engineering work on the GPS s...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2020
  • Length: 32:27
443: Time Beyond The Clock / 444: What Can We Learn From Teens?, 1/4/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "What Can We Learn ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Growing Up Apollo: An Interview with Moonwalker's and Flight Controller Kids
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: A pic from Amy's blog of Tracy Cernan and Amy Bean when they were kids holding pics of their Apollo astronaut Dads Gene and Alan.
Dave visits with some very special friends! Amy Bean, Tracy Cernan and Gwen Griffin all grew up inside the Apollo Moon program during the late 1960...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • 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
Polio Pioneers
From: Elaine Vitone
Caption: What was life like before childhood vaccines?, Credit: Illustration by Frank Harris
In this episode, hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, “polio pioneers,” schoolkids from the clinical trial...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Reel Discovery: The Aeronauts
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin takes to the skies with Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Aeronauts.

Bought by WOUB, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Jack Nisbet - 409
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer and naturalist Jack Nisbet discusses his book, "The Dreamer and The Doctor: A Forest Lover and a Physician on the Edge of the Frontier."

Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating the Birthday of Jim Hall
From: KCUR
Series: 12th Street Jump Weekly
Caption: Jim Hall
(Air Dates: December 3 - 9) On this week's archive episode of 12th Street Jump, we celebrate the birthday of jazz guitarist Jim Hall with our speci...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Sasha Sagan and Mat Kaplan enjoy a moment in the Planetary Society studio., Credit: Planetary Society/Merc Boyan
Bill Nye says of Sasha Sagan’s new book, “Sagan finds the meaning of life everywhere—with her family, around the world, and especially among the st...

Bought by KCNP, KDNK, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
423: Rituals Of Fear / 424: Even Stranger Things, 10/26/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Creeping Towards Viruses
From: Sean Haas
Series: Advent of Computing
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Computer viruses today pose a very real threat. However, it turns out that their origins are actually very non-threatening. Today, we are going to ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:11
Episode 122: Professor Quaalude
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:12
Damned From the Start—Many U.S. Reservoirs Could Be Rendered Useless—And That Was Part of the Plan
From: H2O Radio
Series: Energy & Infrastructure
Caption: H2O Radio
We’ve heard about the deteriorating status of American infrastructure and most imagine crumbling bridges and potholed roads. But there’s another lo...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 2
California Burning: News Feature 1 - Smokey Bear
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
Caption: James Lewis and Smokey
Smokey Bear was the most successful advertising campaign of all time. And the success of his message "Only YOU can prevent Forest Fires" might be a...

Bought by KCBX, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KRCB 104.9, WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 5: Our Future With Fire
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
Caption: Brennan Byrd holding a piece of Cob building material
On the fifth and final episode of California Burning, we look for solutions that address the many different factors associated with the wildfires p...

Bought by Capital Public Radio, KVCR, WMRA, KSKA, KALW and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Dan Keiser, The Oak Man
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dan Keiser, the Oak Man, Credit: Britta Greene
The Mendota Dakota tribal community honored arborist Dan Keiser at their annual pow wow in September of 2019. Keiser goes by "Oak Man," a nickname ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
Unexpected Remixes (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Uncovering the epic musical crossover of the 19th century--a John Philip Sousa arrangement of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. -Stephen Vit...

Bought by WUFT, WJCT, KRDP, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
75: Worm Charming
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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This episode will have you outside with a sharpened stake, a hammer, a slab of metal and an empty coffee can. That's right, we're going to be talki...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:58
Series Launching on September 30th - California Burning 30s Promo
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
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Generic 30 second promo for the 5 part series - California Burning

Bought by KCBX, KALW, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6

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