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Why We Owe: David Graeber on the Origins of Debt
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wiping out debt, Credit: TaxRebate.org.uk
Anthropologist David Graeber, author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” traces the history of debt to see what we can learn. His 2011 talk was recor...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota lakes and streams contaminated by pharmaceuticals, cosmetic ingredients, and more
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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A new study released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency confirms that lakes and streams across Minnesota are contaminated by endocrine-disru...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 19:39
  • Purchases: 1
Considering Loneliness (59:00 / 54:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Some researchers suggest that loneliness can be lethal in that it can have significant physical and emotional effects. When is a loner personality...

Bought by KSUT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNIJ, WEKU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Life of the Law Episode #57: Drag.net
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Amateur sleuths armed with their own laptops, public information and a lot of spare time are working alone and in groups to crack criminal cases. S...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KVNF, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 32:30
  • Purchases: 4
U of MN sustainability minor encourages big-picture thinking
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The sustainability studies minor available at the U of MN allows students to make sustainability part of any academic program, helping students rec...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Chicken: A Mirror of Humanity
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the world history of chickens with Andrew Lawler, author of “Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?  The Epic Saga of the Bir...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Everyday Facts 1
From: Dan Moore
Series: Everyday Facts you Never Knew
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Trains, DJs, Plastic Bottles

  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: :32
Leaving Behind a Life on Mars—Former Curiosity Project Scientist John Grotzinger
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Former Curiosity Rover Project Scientist John Grotzinger, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The Mars Science Laboratory rover has accomplished its primary goals on the Red Planet, and John Grotzinger has left his central role to become Cha...

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
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
The Worlds’ Tallest Squat Faces Evictions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: View of Torre de David, Credit: JoséMa Orsini
Reporter Andrew Rosati takes us to what's known as the world's tallest squat, the Torre de David, in Venezuela to see how the residents there are d...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Interview Robert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World”
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Robert Neuwirth, Credit: kris krüg
Interview with Robert Neuwirth author of "Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World." He estimates that more than a billion people--tha...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 13:43
  • Purchases: 1
Light pollution: What it is and why it matters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Recently the Cook County, Minn. board voted to keep two proposed MN/DOT towers short enough so they wouldn't have to be lighted, and Cook County is...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 21:44
Sister Giovanni and the Guadalupe Alternative Programs
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we head to South Saint Paul to learn about the legacy a nun named Sister Giovanni - lovingly referred to as Sist...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 31:06
The Quantum Moment -- Groks Science Show 2015-01-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Robert Crease discusses how terms from quantum mechanics have found their way into everyday discourse.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 32:16
  • Purchases: 2
Larry Hildes, Civil Rights Attorney, and Karen Weill, Legal Assistant, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Karen Weill and Larry Hildes
Interview: Larry and Karen continue to explain a complicated legal case that exposes the federal government’s overreach and abusive spying policie...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Larry Hildes, Civil Rights Attorney, and Karen Weill, Legal Assistant, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Karen Weill and Larry Hildes
Interview: Larry and Karen explain a complicated legal case in two interviews that exposes the federal government’s overreach and abusive spying p...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 27:53
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
Where Did The Air Go? Bruce Jakosky on the MAVEN Mars Mission
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The MAVEN spacecraft circling Mars., Credit: NASA/GSFC
Not just the air. Where is the water that was plentiful on the red planet billions of years ago? MAVEN may help answer these questions. Principa...

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 3
Bruce Lee's Love and Life in Seattle
From: Yuko Kodama
Series: Bruce Lee
Caption: Bruce Lee and his family, Credit: TM & © Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC
Seattle’s most famous son may be the martial artist and movie star, Bruce Lee. He grew up in Hong Kong and settled in the Northwest at the age of ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
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
All Tangled Up -- Groks Science Show 2014-12-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason Gallicchio discusses the physics of particle entanglement.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRNC-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 32:08
  • Purchases: 5
Behind The Thread 19
From: Russell Jowell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In Episode 19 of Behind The Thread, we go inside the 7-year energy crisis that has beleaguered Pakistan's vital textile industry and see what is be...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 46:30
Life of the Law #45 – Fair Share
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Life of the Law and Destination DIY team up to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy. How are cities grappling with these inc...

Bought by KMUZ and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 20:51
  • Purchases: 2
The SpaceShipTwo and Antares Disasters: Special Coverage With John Logsdon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: First powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, Credit: Virgin Galactic
It was a terrible, tragic week for commercial space development. Historian and space policy analyst John Logsdon helps up understand the greater m...

Bought by KMUD, WYAP, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Dr Robert Jensen about economic fundamentalism and imperialism
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Robert Jensen is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of “Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Human...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 23:37