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Language Peeves: Inner Grammandos vs. Inner Wordies
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🌟📚 Dive into the Evolution of English with us! 📚🌟 🎙️ This week on The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series. We're thrilled ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 31:17
267: Community Wealth Building: Democratizing the Economy, 2/21/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Laura Flanders
In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, cre...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Grace Lee Boggs: Sister Revolutionary
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film, American Revolut...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
GN_3.32_San Fran Styro Ban
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Styrofoam has long been the bane of environmentalists. In San Francisco, this harmful material is finally getting banned.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_3.44_Coffee Brick
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Leftover coffee grounds are saving lives as the main ingredient for an essential slow-burning fire source In sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The double helix of DNA is the main carrier of the information of life, but far from the only one, according to Paul Davies and other scientists., Credit: Public Domain
Physicist and author Paul Davies returns to talk about his new book that explores the defining role information plays in life on Earth and perhaps ...

Bought by KWMR, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
80: Mid-term election revisit - Kate Black, Chief of Staff for EMILY's List
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Kate Black
In 2017, 16,000 women had raised their hand to run for office. One year later, it's 42,000. But what does it actually take to to win? And what will...

Bought by WLPR , C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
It’s Asteroid Week with NASA’s Planetary Defense Officer
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of asteroid passing Earth, Credit: ESA / P.Carril
The dinosaurs regret their lack of a space program. 200 million years later, humans are gearing up to defend themselves from a species-ending rock...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWMR, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Relationship Warning Signs
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Michael Basta, who is trained and certified as a Gottman Couples' Therapist to identify the traits and b...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
NASA Leaders on Getting Humans to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Mat Kaplan leads a discussion at the 2017 Humans To Mars Summit with NASA Associate Administrators (l to r) Thomas Zurbuchen, William Gerstenmaier and Stephen Jurczyk, Credit: Christina Korp @Buzzs_xtina
The human journey to the Red Planet is long and hard, but Mat’s conversation with three NASA Associate Administrators at the Humans to Mars Summit ...

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


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Greg Palast - Crosscheck OR How to Steal an Election
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Greg Palast, investigative journalist and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, tells us about the successf...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
Joshua Horwitz - War of the Whales - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents: Joshua Horwitz author or War of the Whales reveals the extreme life threatening challenges whales are facing today....

  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:54
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

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


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Bruce Lee's Philosophy of Movement and Life
From: Yuko Kodama
Series: Bruce Lee
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You may know Bruce Lee as a martial artist legend who died at the young age of 32 but there is much more to his story. Lee’s daughter, Shannon, cha...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants
From: Black Swan Arts
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Invisible Americans: Stories from the New Immigrants explores the lives of immigrants through the eyes of children. “One of the values of seeing t...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Louisville Public Media, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Active Voice Radio: Peter Karoff - Making Charitable Donations Count
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Americans have an incredible capacity for charitable giving. Even in these difficult economic times donations are still flowing. What makes us give...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Active Voice Radio 3-30-07: Ann Druyan - Carl Sagan: The Varieties of Scientific Experience- KSFR Fund-drive
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Ann Druyan Interview, KSFR pledge pitch

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2007
  • Length: 22:03
  • Purchases: 1