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Jess talks with California's Attorney General Rob Bonta about a historic lawsuit he filed against Big Oil to hold them accountable for the devastat...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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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
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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
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After the news headlines, Dr. Vandenberg talks about her work studying the techniques big companies use to undermine science and create doubt.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRFA-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Attorney Dan Raichel talks about the scourge of neonic pesticides and what to do about them.

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
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When you drink from a plastic bottle, you're getting much more than you think. An array of toxic chemicals is going down your throat.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:11
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Jess speaks from her experience conducting deep ocean research to answer questions raised by UCS scientists and staff about the recent disasters of...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 19:00
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was just the beginning for author and photographer Erica Cirino.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:25
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After the news of the week, former Pro Publica food reporter Helena Evich talks about the failure of the FDA to handle food safety, the controversy...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:15
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This week on the show: We were so overwhelmed by your emails we could hardly keep your names straight!

  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: The stuff you breathe out can tell an enormous amount about your health — and intentions.

  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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How do we get the right information without falling down the rabbit hole of misinformation? In our final installment of series on vaccine hesitanc...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 57:18
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Consumer Choice Radio, Credit: Consumer Choice Center
Debut of Consumer Choice Radio: -But what do the Democratic presidential candidates really think about vaping? -Mr. Smith Goes to Davos, Part 2 -T...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:12
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
A live Groks Science talk show from June 15th, 2016! Various science news topics are discussed.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 1
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In this pilot episode of the World Affairs podcast we are looking at diseases: how they are spread, how they are contained, how they are cured. We ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 12:42
Caption: Some of the attendees at the 2015 Planetary Defense Conference in Frascati, Italy., Credit: ESA CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
We’ve already brought you Planetary Radio Live from the 2015 PDC near Rome, Italy. Now you’ll hear a small sampling of the scientists, engineers, p...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Image of Ceres and its mysterious “bright spots” taken by the Dawn spacecraft from 13,600 km (8,400 miles) above the surface., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
It’s the biggest dwarf planet between here and Pluto, and it has a new permanent resident. The Dawn spacecraft is orbiting Ceres in the asteroid be...

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  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015., Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI
Humankind’s arrival at Pluto is barely two months away. The science and images have already started to flow from New Horizons, according to the mis...

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  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: A depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown flying over Mercury's surface displayed in enhanced color., Credit: NASA/JHU APL/Carnegie Institution of Washington
We open with the countdown to destruction--the MESSENGER spacecraft’s impact on Mercury ended its spectacularly successful mission. Principal Inve...

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  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Chang'e 3 Lander on the Moon, Credit: CTV
The annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union revealed lots of science, some of it astounding. Emily Lakdawalla was there with Advocac...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
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For reasons yet unknown, more and more Americans each year have been contracting asthma. In spite of the fact that 17% of black children now have...

  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
We need to move forward to find a cause for Autism without fear to question and innovate and just maybe get closer to understanding what we're deal...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 12:41
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical ne...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical ne...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:01