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Imperfect Pitch: the promises and perils of personal genomics
From: Elaine Vitone
Series: Pitt Medcast
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Our guests, Jeremy Berg (editor of Science magazine) and Mylynda Massart (a primary care physician with a special interest in genetics), discuss ho...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:20
Struck by Stroke! Stroke warning signs, prevention and new technology for full recovery with R.H. Rosenwasser MD Jefferson Hospital Neuroscience
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Struck by Stroke! Stroke warning signs, prevention and new technology for full recovery with R.H. Rosenwasser MD, Jefferson Hospital Neuroscience, ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2019
  • Length: 27:55
When Law Enforcement and Trauma Care Collide
From: Trevor Zavagno
Series: Radio Health Journal
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Many patients arrive in the emergency room as a result of violence or car crashes—events in which police have an investigative interest. Sometimes,...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 17:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Human Ecosystem (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Sudden meat allergy is real and it’s caused by tick bites. The latest research shows a link between the allergy and heart disease. -CRISPR gene-...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', KKRN, KMUN, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Spectrum 30/10/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Drive into a child, or swerve and hit two grandparents? Such horrendously difficult choices will soon be programmed into our...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 09/11/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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SPECTRUM: Artilysin, contraception and Twitter Bot art - On this week’s show, it’s been 90 years since the first antibiotic, penicillin, was disc...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 08/28/20018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's show: We take a look at Earth from above. Will the United Kingdom win the space race and become the first European country with i...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Does the radiation emitted by our cell phones harm us? A study that found cell phone radiation can cause changes to our cells. -Expanding the dono...

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WRGY and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Dwarf Planet Ceres Thrills as a Dying Visitor Closes In
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This simulated perspective view shows Occator Crater, measuring 57 miles (92 kilometers) across and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, which contains the brightest area on Ceres. This region has been the subject of intense interest since Dawn's approach to th, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Ceres is the queen of the asteroid belt. Her first Earthly visitor is nearing its last days in spectacular style. Dawn Mission Director and Chief...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Spectrum 06/12/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Go for launch - On this week's special show: Some of you may have heard that there's a certain 'European of German descent' floati...

Bought by KRZA and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Otis Brawley: Meeting the Challenge of Attacking Cancer from Every Angle
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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This week in The Onco’Zine Brief: Peter Hofland, Ph.D and Sonia Portillo talk with Otis Brawley, MD, MACP the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer ...

  • Added: May 12, 2018
  • Length: 39:38
The Pains of Recovery (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-It's been more than six months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Residents are still feeling stressed by the storm and its aftermath. ...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Harford Community Radio, KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12
Spectrum 04/24/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: 'Horizons' on the horizon - On this week’s show, we’re going to take a look ahead to German astronaut Alexander Gerst’s new space m...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Cure Within - Understanding the Power of the Immune System in the Treatment of Cancer
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this episode of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland, Ph.D and Sonia Portillo are speaking with Joshua A. Hill, MD, an Associate in Vaccine and Inf...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 38:03
A Conversation with Dr. Anna Sureda, Head of the Hematology Department at the Catalan Institute of Oncology
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this Edition of the OncoZine Brief, recorded during the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held December 9 to 12, 2017 i...

  • Added: Dec 25, 2017
  • Length: 43:18
Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR
The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
ADC Bio's Charlie Johnson: A new Paradigm in the Development and Manufacturing of Antibody-drug Conjugates
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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Recorded during CPhI World Wide, October 24 - 27, 2017 in Frankfurt Germany, Peter Hofland and Sonia Portillo interview Charlie Johnson, the CEO of...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 26:42
Targeted Anticancer Agents: Changing Treatments to Benefit Patients
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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Recorded during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), being held June 2 - 6, 2017 in Chicago, Ill, the team ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:47
388-40 Years
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WOUB, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
An Eye on the Sun (In the Middle of a Lake)
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Goode Solar Telescope at the NJIT Big Bear Solar Observatory, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The world’s most powerful solar telescope sits in Big Bear Lake, high above southern California. It has just been renamed for the man responsible f...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WTJU, KRZA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Emily Lakdawalla on the Last Orbits of Cassini
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Cassini took this photo on June 4, 2017, close to periapsis on its seventh "Grand Finale" orbit, when it passed between the planet and the rings., Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Emily Lakdawalla
The Cassini Mission has less than two months to go before it ends with a spectacular plunge into the beautiful ringed world. Planetary Society Sen...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WTJU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
20 Years on Mars with Matt Golombek
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Matt Golombek and Mars rovers, Credit: NASA/JPL
When the Pathfinder lander reached Mars 20 years ago it began a Martian renaissance that has never paused. JPL scientist Matt Golombek was the mis...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Happy Asteroid Day!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist concept of massive asteroid impact, Credit: NASA
Asteroid Day, June 30th, marks the anniversary of the great Tunguska impact that leveled a Siberian forest. It reminds us that a Near Earth Object ...

Bought by WTJU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Julie Webster and the Art of Spacecraft Endurance
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: February 21, 1997--Julie Webster, Cassini’s manager of spacecraft operations (kneeling, right), and the rest of the mission's assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) team pose with the spacecraft outside the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Space Simulator, Credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech / Bob Brown
How do you keep a dazzlingly complex spacecraft in good health after 20 years in space? That’s the challenge for Julie Webster and her team of eng...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WTJU, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Spectacular Jupiter!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter’s south pole imaged by the Juno spacecraft from 52,000 km above the planet., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles
Have you seen its stunning image of Jupiter’s south pole? The Juno orbiter is surpassing expectations and delivering surprising science. Scott Bo...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7