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Gilbert Van Dykhuisen – "Sea Life Mysteries Explained"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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71% of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans which are home to 99% of the life on earth. About 250,000 species of ocean life have been discovere...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Dr. Ken Alibek – "Soviet Germ Warfare Part 1"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Bio-Hazard: The Chilling Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World — Told From Inside by the Man Who Ran it Biological w...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: :00
Stuart Shanker - The First Idea
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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"The First Idea: How Symbols, Language and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans," is a book by professors Stanley Green...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Synchronicity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Halpern
There always seems to be a peculiar twist in understanding our world. How it works. Just when we think of have a grip on it, like a greased pig, it...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Immigration, Measles, and Precrastination
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: US Immigration Policy is Outdated. Here's a New Perspective. Topic 2: Measles Erases the Immune System's Memory. Topic 3: Precrastination ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 51:35
  • Purchases: 1
Parks, Hearts, and Family Leave
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: The Complicated Relationship Between City Parks and Crime Rates. Topic 2: Despite an Incredible History, the Future of Heart Disease Treat...

Bought by KOWS and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 50:19
  • Purchases: 2
Genes and Germs, Wildfire Smoke and Children's Immune Systems
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are. Topic 2: A New Study That Shows Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Children's Immun...

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 48:47
  • Purchases: 1
Birth Defects
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on birth defects

  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 51:26
Sherwin Nuland – "What Is It About Our Species That Allows Us to Learn So Much About Ourselves."
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Wisdom of the Body From developmental perspectives, both in individuals and in mankind as a whole, the brain, language, and civilization have ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Post-Truth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Lee McIntyre
We now live in what’s called “The Post-Truth Era.” That means feelings carry more weight than evidence, and alternative facts replace actual facts....

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Judi Bari – Conversation with an Earth First! Leader
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Until the mid-1990s, the Redwood Industry dominated much of North Coast economy. In the mid-1990s, due to a number of circumstances particularly in...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Prof. Alberto Kattan – Argentinian Environmental Issues in 1993
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The late Professor Alberto Kattan, a Professor of Law at Buenos Aires University and one of the foremost litigators of environmental issues in Arge...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Butter vs. Margarine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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One of America's most bizarre food battles

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 16, 2017
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
Oliver Sacks, Jacques Cousteau, and George Washington Carver
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Peanuts, Atlantis, and Colorblindness. It's our latest episode in The Experimenters miniseries featuring icons of science and innovation. Oliver Sa...

Bought by KVSC, KFCF FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 20:44
  • Purchases: 4
(Natural) Childbirth
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Illustration from Obstetric tables depicting the correct use of forceps in 1850., Credit: Spratt, G. (George). Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Once upon a time all births were natural. A lot has happened since then.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:12
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions, The Experimenters
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983. Interviewed by Gloria Steinem.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WLRH, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 12
Visual language Ep3 / What We Bring Back
From: What We Bring Back.org
Series: What We Bring Back
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In this episode we take a look at our Dreams and what is witnessed with the minds eye .How do we translate the visions that we receive when we com...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
Ep1 A Birds Aya View / What We Bring Back
From: What We Bring Back.org
Series: What We Bring Back
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They say our issues are stored in our tissues. In this episode we see how the leaf of one plant in combination with the root of another can provide...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Master Algorithm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Pedro Domingos
Data is the new science. Big data holds the answers. It’s a simple thought that acknowledges the power of data in our lives.

Bought by KVSC, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Studs Terkel in Conversation with Oliver Sacks
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: Oliver Sacks
On December 4, 1985 Studs sat down with famed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. Although the interview was supposed to center on his newest publ...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPIP-LP, KVNF and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 01:22:29
  • Purchases: 6
Alchemy's Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: An Alchemist in his Studio, Thomas Wijck. , Credit: CHF Collections
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Joe Palca: A Radio Story About Making Radio Stories
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Joe Palca tracks a story at NPR, Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Palca
Joe Palca is one of the best science storytellers out there. As an NPR science correspondent he’s covered all sorts of obscure topics, from soccer-...

Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 3
Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Crisco and chicken nuggets, Credit: CHF collections and Evan Amos, Wikimedia Commons.
Have you ever wondered how chicken nuggets are made? Or what propylene glycol monostearate, monocalcium phosphate, or other listed ingredients are ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WTJU, RadioFreePalmer, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 4
11: Microphone Museum (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
NASA - A Generational Perspective
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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NASA's Chief historian, Bill Barry discusses the impact each generation has had on the space program.

Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2