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The Challenge of Crafting Ice Wine in Minnesota
From: Radio K
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The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
The Tympanic Eclipse
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Getting cultural theory out of the books and putting it into your ears!
The Tympanic Eclipse is an audio series that brings cultural theory out of its stuffy scholarly tomes, and puts it into your ears. Together with e...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: :00
Electrofishing survey on Lake Superior
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Grand Portage Trust Lands technician Roger Deschampe watches for stunned fish, Credit: Carah Thomas
In this feature, WTIP North Shore Community Radio reporter/producer Carah Thomas accompanies Dr. Moore on an electrofishing survey of Susie Island,...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
Kate's Hole in the Skull
From: Will Rogers
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A young woman's journey toward trepanation.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 20:03
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America' , Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WZEN.org


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America', Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Nugget Man
From: Marion Kane
Caption: Dr. Robert C. Baker
The story of the late Dr. Robert Baker, famous food scientist at Cornell, who invented the chicken nugget.

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 21:53
Gold Dust
From: Laurence Yeung
Caption: The Genesis mission set out to bring pieces of the sun back to the Earth. Unfortunately, luck favored the literal interpretation. , Credit: NASA/Genesis Mission
What is the most expensive thing in the world?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, Maria Rodale Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman of Rodale, Inc., and author of “The Organic Manifesto. Maria...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
The D-Word
From: Ed Prosser
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Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about? From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:30
PaleoDiet: Scientists Club-it-Out
From: SQRadio
Caption: Loren Cordain, Credit: Sheri Quinn
A new health movement called the PaleoDiet is gaining momentum across the world. It advocates eating like a caveman -only plant and animal protein,...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 26:07
HEALing Energy: Engineer aims for a global renewable energy plan by 2012
From: SQRadio
Caption: Mark Jacobson, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Stanford University Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson is trying to convince the world that his energy plan based soley on renwables: wind, water, and solar...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
The Library of Dust
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Library of Dust, Canister 1454, Credit: David Maisel, photographer
Photographer David Maisel's project "Library of Dust" proves there is life after death, in vivid color.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 06:51
  • Purchases: 3
The Three Card Monte
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Liar Paradox
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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This paradox resists a solution and inspires major advances from Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Without bugs there would be no chocolate!
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: SAfari ant
A conversation between David Inoue and Dino Martins about the value of African insects to the worlds favourite things. Without bugs there would be ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
The Future Sucks
From: Jamie Courville
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I felt nervous about changes in technology and unsure of where the future was heading. I knew I was not the only one. Was I the only one?

Bought by XRAY.fm and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 14:50
  • Purchases: 2
From the National Press Club: Dr. Edward Miller, Dean and CEO Johns Hopkins Medicine
From: National Press Club
Caption: Dr. Edward Miller, Credit: NPC
Dr. Miller addresses a National Press Club luncheon about health reform and caring for low income and Medicaid patients.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:51
Prairie Artscience
From: Chris Mortenson
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A piece about preserving prairie.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 10:39
From the National Press Club: Barbara Bush
From: National Press Club
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Barbara Bush, president of Global Health Corps and the daughter of former President George W. Bush, speaks about her non-profit organization's effo...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 54:51
White Ghosts of the Wetlands - America's Whooping Cranes
From: Mark Chenoweth
Caption: Young Whooping cranes in 'flight training' behind an ultralight aircraft at Necedah, WI., Credit: Mark Chenoweth
In 1941 there were only 15 Whooping cranes left in North America. The story of the slow but progressive comeback of this bird that many consider th...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 14:30
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
NBO -- Groks Science Show 2010-01-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sarah Maria discussed methods for dealing with Negative Body Obsession.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 23:31
  • Purchases: 1
How The Arts Evolved
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition we talk about ‘The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution” based on a book by our guest Denis Dutton.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
Episode 24 - Nicholas Maxwell
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: How to Think About Science
Caption: From Knowledge to Wisdom, by Nicholas Maxell. Published by Pentire Press, 2007
HOW TO THINK ABOUT SCIENCE: Part Twenty-Four of a documentary series by David Cayley, a producer with the CBC Radio program Ideas.Modern societies ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 53:57

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