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Thriving Economy: Not Rocket Science – Kate Raworth #220

From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth

Human civilization can thrive while living within sensible limits imposed by a finite system. “Renegade economist” Kate Raworth manages to tell the...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio and KTRL

Added: Jul 04, 2017
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 2

Life of the Law #105: In Studio: Heroin Town

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

Want to know how heroin treatment centers in Canada, the Affordable Care Act, President Trump’s new budget, and Henrietta Lacks all fit into one co...

Added: Mar 27, 2017
Length: 53:54

03092017: Why Is Science a Political Issue? Encouraging Enlightenment with Shawn Otto & Lawrence Krauss, 3/9/2017

From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio

Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on science and poli...

Added: Mar 05, 2017
Length: 51:00

Lynn Sherr, author of "Sally Ride"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

Host Bob Kustra interview Lynn Sherr about her book about America's first woman in space.

Bought by KRZA

Added: Dec 22, 2016
Length: 30:00
Purchases: 1

Vanishing Bees

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

It’s called “colony collapse disorder” or CCD. A number of years ago US beekeeping operations realized they lost between 30 and 90 percent of their...

Bought by KSFR and KCBX

Added: Nov 09, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Fighting for Space: Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Lori Garver shares with young people at Politicon., Credit: Mat Kaplan

She has spent most of her life working toward a bright future for humanity in space, and Lori Garver has lost none of her passion. She visited the...

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

Added: Jul 05, 2016
Length: 28:50
Purchases: 6

The Gene: An Intimate History

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

You’d have to go back more than 160-years to land upon the beginning of the story of the gene.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 06, 2016
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Ideas Books: Jedediah Purdy - After Nature, A Politics for the Anthropocene

From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books

An interview with author Jedediah Purdy about his book, After Nature. He discusses the idea that nature no longer exists apart from humanity. Hence...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

Added: Apr 19, 2016
Length: 28:05
Purchases: 1

What makes a boycott effective? Business professor/sociologist weighs in

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

In the wake of the Silver Bay City Council ban of Bent Paddle beer, we wondered...how effective are boycotts anyway? Brayden King is professor of ...

Added: Apr 05, 2016
Length: 17:58

Steven Druker Altered Genes, Twisted Truth - Part 3

From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show

The Living Well Show presents an unprecedented three part interview with Steven Druker author of Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to G...

Bought by KMUD

Added: Mar 18, 2016
Length: 28:44
Purchases: 1

The Powerhouse: America, China and the Great Battery War

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

There’s no doubt that the invention of a super battery would shake up the world. Think about it. It would endanger the ruling Saudi Arabian family ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: Feb 25, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Harness the Sun

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

American is standing on the brink of an extraordinary revolution: an energy revolution.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Dec 29, 2015
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

Lou Freshwater - Radioactive waste in St. Louis??

From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show

Investigative journalist Lou Freshwater writes: "In the middle of the United States there is a landfill contaminated by nuclear waste which was lef...

Added: Dec 09, 2015
Length: 28:43

Life of the Law #71: Space Law 2.0

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

When you look up at the sky the last thing you probably think about is the law. But space is exactly where the next frontier of law is being played...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Nov 24, 2015
Length: 14:42
Purchases: 3

Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113

From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth

Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Nov 17, 2015
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 4

Politics of Disgust

From: Susanne Bard

Brain scans reveal our political leanings.

Bought by KMXT

Added: Nov 01, 2014
Length: 01:00
Purchases: 1

San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

There’s a plan circulating in San Francisco to make using crack cocaine safer: give away free crack pipes. It might sound farfetched, but it’s supp...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Oct 08, 2014
Length: 08:10
Purchases: 1

That Crime Of The Month

From: Criminal

What does it mean when a woman commits a crime and attributes her actions to PMS? We revisit the first use of the "PMS defense," in this country, b...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Aug 26, 2014
Length: 10:00
Purchases: 2

Two Guys on Your Head: The Persistence of False Beliefs

From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head

Our world these days is laden with a constant flow of information. It’s unavoidable. But how do we determine what information to believe? Once we...

Added: May 06, 2014
Length: 07:20

Eric Schlosser: Nuclear Nightmares

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Eric Schlosser, the investigative reporter of Fast Food Nation fame, has assembled what reads like a Letterman list of hair-raising nuclear bungles...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Apr 14, 2014
Length: 23:56
Purchases: 1

Episode 11: Dr. John Boik - Bobby Pickles' Podcast

From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast

Bobby speaks with Dr. John Boik, founder of the Principled Societies Project, which is a science-based effort to design and test pioneering systems...

Added: Jan 22, 2013
Length: 50:59

Global Ethics Corner: Health Care in America: Should all Americans have a Right to Affordable Care?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

With the Supreme Court set to make a decision, the Affordable Care Act is a major source of debate in the United States. Do all Americans have the ...

Added: Apr 03, 2012
Length: 02:00

Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction

From: Making Contact

Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/

What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio