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Scott A. Wolfe, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Community Health Centers
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week on Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Scott A. Wolfe, Executive Director of the Canadian A...

Bought by WJCU and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 2
Jonathan Cedar, Co-Founder, Biolite
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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Biolite is a company that produces clean, portable stoves for cooking off the grid in developing countries as well as for camping. The stove reduce...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
Apocalypse Now?: Part 2
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A remade man.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, WLPR , and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Nina Dudnik and Seeding Labs: Enabling Scientists to Battle Global Diseases and Feed a Growing Population
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Nina Dudnik of Seeding Labs on equipping scientists worldwide to maximize their full potential to battle glob...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 41:18
Critical Materials
From: Susanne Bard
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A government laboratory works to maintain supplies of some little-known metals.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cactus Water Filter
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Cross-section of a prickly pear cactus, Credit: Susanne Bard
The drought-defying interior of the prickly pear cactus holds a secret to purifying water.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Pluto’s Big Discoveries
From: Susanne Bard
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A trickle of data from the New Horizons spacecraft is building into a flood of new findings.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
2014 Science Breakthroughs of the Year: CubeSats
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
2014 Science Breakthroughs of the Year: The rise of the pint-sized satellite.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
The Faraday Cafe
From: Andrew Geller
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A 'thought experiment' conducted by Vancouver, B.C. social artist Julien Thomas in which he turns a pop-up cafe into a Faraday cage to block all el...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:39
13.5: England Bells (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The story of the church bells in England during WWII. (Note: This is the intro to episode 13: The Sounds of East London)

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Cultural Robot Preferences
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Which robot do you prefer? One that looks like a machine, or one with lifelike features? , Credit: (Left: Phasmatisnox/CC BY-SA 3.0 ; Right Gnsin/CC BY3.0, on Wikipedia)
Different cultures have different expectations and preferences when it comes to robot design.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Space Crafty
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Cameron Smith testing out his homemade, hand-sewn space suit, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The maker movement is taking off and the private space industry is booming right now. So, naturally, some fearless do-it-yourselfers are crafting t...

Bought by WDBM, Marfa Public Radio, Hark!, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 7
Cosmologist Roger Penrose and "The Road to Reality"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A British mathematical physicist, Roger is one of the world’s leading scientists. He speaks of black holes, religion and twistor theory. Our conver...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with the man who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars
From: Michael Nevradakis
Series: Dialogos Interview Series
Caption: The Dialogos Interview Series, produced by Dialogos Radio, Credit: Michael Nevradakis
An interview with Dr. Pericles Papadopoulos, the NASA scientist who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:38
208: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The maritime industry is a major index of the health of the global economy and is a significant economic contributor to employment the world over. ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 06:40
13: The Sounds of East London
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 1
Indian immigration to the United States: how the space race and Cold War gave rise to scientists and engineers
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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During the 1950s and '60s, the space race, the effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United States gave ris...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 154: Fast and Slow
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Professor John Mainstone and the pitch drop experiment.
Good science takes time... or not? On today's show we explore the extremes. First the longest-running experiment in the world; then the near-instan...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 14:12
  • Purchases: 1
Fastest On Earth Hour Long Program
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Fastest On Earth
Caption: Inside Technology
IEEE Spectrum Radio takes your listeners around the globe to find the fastest things on earth.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMXT, Marfa Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 13
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
Distillations Episode 85: International Year in Review
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Another year has come and gone, but the impact of scientific discoveries made and concerns raised will be felt in 2010 and beyond.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 11:58
Distillations Episode 132: Harvest
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: here the world's seeds stay safe., Credit: Image courtesy of Mary Tefre/Svalbard Globale Seed Vault.
This episode explores two very different ways people hope to protect future harvests. First, follow us to the Doomsday Vault, which protects 700,00...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 1
143: In The Ether, Underwater
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fiber Optic Cable , Credit: DL Ritter
Historically, the world has been explored and connected by water, linked through the exchange of goods, people, and ideas. The most modern tool of ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2011
  • Length: 04:06
A Win-Win: How Businesses Can Use Technology to Profit from Global Health
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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David Aylward specializes in a new sector called mobile health, which uses cell phone and other communications technology to connect poor patients ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:41