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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: How Earth keeps time" - No one understands time like a geologist. And with the climate convulsing and the future breathing do...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
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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: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Reframing The Portrait" - Have you ever stood in front of a portrait at a museum and wondered what was that person thinking? Portraits h...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time" - When you’re on the clock, the hours disappear. Time scarcity is making us and the planet sick. But the...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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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
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HOUR ONE: "Writing As A Political Act" - In peaceful times, and in moments of violence, writers have used their art as protest, remembrance, and so...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
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Are you drowning? With extreme temperatures, a global pandemic and other crises how do we take a breath? Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ UNDROWNED: Black F...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
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HOUR ONE: "Reading While Young" - Having trouble reading? Maybe the answer is a younger read. We'll celebrate the new season of our "Bookmarks" mic...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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Centuries after Cinderella meets Prince Charming, girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this dark and imaginative retelling of the classic fair...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 13:31

  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 13:12
Caption: Cynthia  Cruz
Cynthia Cruz draws on Biblical language to imagine a world both concrete and virtual.

Bought by KALW, KVNO, KALW, KENW, KHSU and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Producer Tammy Bobrowsky interviews author and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan on her new book, Manhattan Beach.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 13:19
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Producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Tami Hoag, international bestselling author, on her latest psychological thriller, The Bitter Season. Tami expl...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 13:03
Caption: Dan Fernandez with a fog-catcher in Santa Cruz. Writer Andrew Leonard sees in fog-catchers a real-world analog to the fictional dew-catchers of Dune., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
The sci-fi epic of "Dune" takes place on a desert planet. There, the water in even a single tear is precious. Can Dune offer lessons for the drough...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Why do we get so much pleasure from movies that frighten us out of their wits?

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WXXI Rochester, KXOT Public Radio, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 5