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Toxic Turf
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Investigative reporters talk with Patti and Doug about artificial turf fields and why an unusual number of Phillies baseball players developed brai...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:04
801-Jacqui’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Astronaut on an Asteroid , Credit: NASA (Advanced Concepts Program)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when sh...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Human Rights, or Right to Exist? Perspectives on Israel-Hamas War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war in Israel could ripple through the Middle East. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Trita Par...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Plastic in the Placenta with Dr. Marcus Garcia
From: Doug Wood
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The scientist who isolated tiny pieces of plastic in human placenta tissue is our guest.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
The BabySafe Project with Patti Wood
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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After discussing the environmental news, Patti & Doug talk about how and why to protect your baby from wireless radiation.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 1
On Borrowed Time
From: Mateo Schimpf
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A tech reporter’s precarious race to stay in the US.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Feeding Baby (and Yourself) with Jackie Bowen
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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Clean Label Project's Jackie Bowen talks about what is allowed in the food we eat, and how to protect the youngest among us.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Report - May 3, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this edition of Eco Report, Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider continue their conversation with Maggie Sullivan, the Watershed Coordinator...

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 30:26
Eco Report - April 26, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
Caption: Eco Report - WFHB
On this Fund Drive edition of Eco Report, Kade Young continues his discussion with Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake M...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 30:07
Eco Report - March 29, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this week's Eco Report feature, part 2 of WFHB Environmental Correspondent Robert Shull's conversation with Marcia Veldman, founder of the South...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 30:35
Eco Report - April 05, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets updates from Steven Stewart of Indiana Forest Alliance about plans to log...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
Eco Report - April 12, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this edition of Eco Report, Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake Monroe, shares how healthy the lake is and how long i...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:54
Monica Guzman on the importance of curiosity to build relationships that bridge divides
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
787-Far Out
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Milky Way Rising Over the Gila Wilderness, Credit: David Thornburg
In 2024, Voyager I is 163 times further from the Sun than we are and is the most distant, human made, traveler in the night.

Bought by KRWG, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Testing for Toxins with Leah Segedie
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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Mamavation is the leading site for independent testing of consumer products. We talk with founder Leah Segedie.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
786-Comet 31
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Enke, Credit: NASA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered his 31st comet while asteroid hunting in Leo with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Ariz...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Wireless Radiation and Our Kids
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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UK Physician Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe describes the impact of RF radiation on children and adults and her work to raise awareness of the issue.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 10, 2024
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1
NY Times Columnist David Brooks on How to Know and See a Person
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with New York Times columnist David Brooks, about his new book - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Is Wireless Tech Making You Sick?
From: Doug Wood
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The story of Ruth Moss, her smart meter, and her fight to establish a single name for the physical symptoms of exposure to RF radiation.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
When the Press Becomes A Casualty of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The dangers of conflict reporting past and present

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Stink Over PFAS with Tracy Frisch
From: Doug Wood
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Scientist Dr. Tracy Frisch explains why spreading fertilizer from sewage sludge is a really bad idea.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
777-Psyche Bound
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Psyche Spacecraft, Credit: NASA
The NASA Psyche Spacecraft will use a multispectral imager, gamma and neutron spectrometers, and other instruments to map, measure, and characteriz...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Will Netanyahu’s Long War Wash Away Saudi Arabia 2030?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How the War in Gaza reality-checked the region

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
International Relations Expert Seth Kaplan: Fragile Neighborhoods Repairing American Society One Zip Code at a Time
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the importance of strong neighborhood and community relationships to the health of nations… and discuss how many neighb...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
The EMS - Mold Connection with Dr. Sharon Goldberg
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Integrative health physician Dr. Sharon Goldberg talks about helping her patients who suffer from Electromagnetic Sensitivity and how their symptom...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2