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There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 19:13
A deadly fungal infection is pushing some bat species to the brink of extinction. As scientists scramble to track the spread of white nose syndrome...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:35
According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starti...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 11:40
America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead cont...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:03
Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:45
In this episode, Emily speaks with documentary filmmaker and journalist David France about his films How to Survive a Pandemic (2022) and How to Su...
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 46:32
In My Body Odyssey’s (MBO) first episode, we meet Ultimate Mark – uber-competitive weekend warrior in Ultimate Disc: “If it hurts me but helps the ...
- Added: Jul 27, 2022
- Length: 18:49
Immersive artwork breaks down the border between the viewer and the artist, submerging the spectator in the exhibit. Nancy Pettinicchio discusses t...
Bought by KVSC, KMXT, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jan 06, 2022
- Length: 27:02
- Purchases: 3
How can we make space for concerns about the vaccine and grapple with a difficult history?
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Joyce Sanchez says th...
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 2
Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkin...
- Added: Oct 29, 2020
- Length: 31:11
This episode of the FEHLER podcast is an exploration of mistakes in science and their connection to art. Listen for more!
- Added: Oct 09, 2020
- Length: 14:27
Among the various STEM education organizations that have developed throughout the last several years, there is ChickTech. The local Austin chapter ...
- Added: Oct 07, 2018
- Length: 35:42
The UnCommonCore Podcast explores the ideas, experiences and perspectives that make us all different. Content includes everything from live to tape...
- Added: Feb 03, 2018
- Length: 38:02
The UnCommonCore Podcast is about the ideas, experiences and perspectives that make us different from each other. Content includes live to tape rec...
- Added: Dec 31, 2017
- Length: 47:02
We explore the alleged phenomenon of teachers getting bad dreams and nightmares, more often than everyone else, starting with several engineering t...
- Added: Aug 27, 2017
- Length: 34:47
We discuss diseases and syndromes that distort reality, past societal failures with mental health as well as the brave story of young Nellie Bly. W...
Bought by WART FM
- Added: Jun 02, 2016
- Length: 32:39
- Purchases: 1
We interview the only person from Alaska to make the first cut for the Mars ONE program and also speak to a scientist who thinks sending humans to ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2016
- Length: 29:01
Food has become cheaper and more abundant in the last 150 years, largely thanks to technological advances. Irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and ...
Bought by KSJD
- Added: Jun 29, 2014
- Length: 22:01
- Purchases: 1
Today on our show, four stories of people who tried to see themselves clearly
Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 3
A young woman's journey toward trepanation.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 16, 2012
- Length: 20:03
- Purchases: 1