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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are the "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...
Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WSKG, KMUD, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWIT and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2015
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 11
This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are our "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...
- Added: Apr 10, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
Designed to be the front page of the Internet, Reddit is now one of the most talked about and influential spots on the web. We talk with one of its...
- Added: Apr 03, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 5
Bicycling shouldn't be limited to those daring enough to battle traffic. How to reconfigure cities for bicycles. Also: The rise of electric bikes a...
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 7
Bicycling shouldn't be limited to those daring enough to battle traffic. How to reconfigure cities for bicycles. Also: The rise of electric bikes a...
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
Singer/songwriter Mike Doughty shares feelings on being sober.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 01:02
If someone is known as “the jerk” at work, it’ll show up on their performance review, right? Not likely, say two management researchers. Lilia Fuq...
Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KPVL, and KKRN
- Added: Mar 06, 2015
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 4
When big business news breaks, public relations teams try to get out in front of the story. But that wasn’t always the case. PR in the 19th century...
Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 3
A single lie could cost a job – or a life – as it turned out for Eric Duncan, the Ebola “Patient Zero” in Texas. What if there was a way to accurat...
- Added: Oct 31, 2014
- Length: 02:37
- Purchases: 2
Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...
- Added: Jul 18, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 4
When choosing wine do you stop to think about the affect it has on your health and well being? And do men and women engage with it differently? Fr...
- Added: Jul 08, 2014
- Length: 29:29
We’re back at the California Science Center, final home of Endeavour, the shuttle that made 25 flights into space. Join the party as we celebrate ...
Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WOUB
- Added: Apr 14, 2014
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 3
Nobody knows their exact price tag, but the Sochi Olympics were widely hailed as the most expensive Olympic games ever. Is it worth the cost? Plus,...
Bought by WJCT, WTJU, KVSC, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
Nobody knows their exact price tag, but the Sochi Olympics were widely hailed as the most expensive Olympic games ever. Is it worth the cost? Plus,...
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 53:54
- Purchases: 2
JPL’s Blaine Baggett has completed “The Stuff of Dreams,” a documentary about an era in planetary exploration that was both exhilarating and exaspe...
Bought by WMNF, WESM 91.3 FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WOUB
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 4
The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.
Bought by WJCT, KVSC, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KVSC
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Nonverbal until age four, Temple Grandin was first diagnosed with autism at age 2. Now, so many years and hurdles later, Grandin’s success in the l...
- Added: Oct 11, 2013
- Length: 02:23
October marks the International Day of the Girl Child. This year's emphasis is on education.
- Added: Oct 07, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 2
How social media is changing the concept of friendship.
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
How social media is changing the concept of friendship.
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 53:52
- Purchases: 2
For every ten students who go to community college for an associate’s degree, only one graduates in three years. Is it time to overhaul the communi...
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 2
The lives of thirteen people are featured in a new book–-but the real star is a 1957 Chevrolet Townsman wagon. Auto Biography tells the true story ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
The lives of thirteen people are featured in a new book--but the real star is a 1957 Chevrolet Townsman wagon. Auto Biography tells the true story ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 53:48
- Purchases: 3
Have more children, spend less time on activities that you and your children don’t enjoy, and don’t stress out about parenting. Advice on raising c...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 3
