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Drilling into a side of an ocean trench....for science
From: Amy West
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By sending pipe from a moving ship roughly three miles down to collect sediment and rocks a third of a mile beneath the sea floor in an ocean trenc...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Austin Zika Hackathon Fights Disease with Big Data
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
Caption: Austin hackers battled Zika data., Credit: TACC
More than 50 volunteer programmers gathered in Austin on May 15 to use Big Data to fight the spread of Zika.

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:50
Genevieve Kenney, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Genevieve Kenney, Co-Director of the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute.She...

Bought by WJCU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Douglas Jackson and Project C.U.R.E.: Empowering and Equipping Medical Professionals Worldwide
From: Arch Street Press
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. Douglas Jackson, president and CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Learn how Project C.U.R.E. delivers medical suppli...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 57:18
Do You Need that Kidney?
From: Distillations
Caption: Advertisement encouraging people to donate a kidney., Credit: Science Museum, London, Wellcome Images
Rethinking the ethics of organ transplants.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 21:10
Joe Randolph, President and CEO of the Innovation Institute
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Joe Randolph, President and CEO of the Innovation Institute,

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WJCU


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of SAMHSA
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

Bought by WJCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
Where Have All the FEMA Trailers Gone?
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: FEMA trailer with bicycles. , Credit: Courtesy of Akasha Rabut
Ten years later and thousands of miles away, Hurricane Katrina lives on.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 27:58
"The River of Doubt" by Candace Millard
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This river is a tributary of the mighty Amazon. It snakes through one of the world’s most treacherous jungles and it’s where President Teddy Roosev...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Heal...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Jim Daley, ICD10 Expert and Immediate Past President of WEDI
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Jim Daley, Immediate Past Chair of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange or ...

Bought by WJCU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Sex Education You Wish You Had
From: Gordon Whiting
Series: In Deep with Angie Coiro: Live at Kepler's
Caption: Angie Coiro, Credit: Host, Senior Producer
Show #81 Hour 2 April 18, 2015 | Guests: Julie Metzger and Dr. Robert Lehman, Sex and Health Educators at Great Conversations, Seattle WA.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 2
A Short Guide to a Long Life
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Dr. David Agus, one of the world's leading cancer physicians and researchers, chronicled innovative steps we can take to prevent illness and prolon...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Larry Chu, Founder and Executive Director of Stanford Medicine X
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Larry Chu, anesthesiologist and Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine whe...

Bought by WJCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Computer-Designed Rocker Protein World's First to Biomimic Ion Transport
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
Caption: Rocker protein world's first engineered to transport ions (pink)., Credit: Credit: Andrei N. Lupas Science 2014;346:1455-1456.
For the first time ever, scientists designed completely from scratch a protein molecule that behaves like a slice of life.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
Learning from the Uncivilized
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:13
Open Access: Generation Open
From: Fred Rascoe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Early career academic faculty members from research institutions talk about their experiences with making their research open to the public.

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 52:38
  • Purchases: 1
Pain Unknown: Living with Fibromyalgia
From: Anna Stitt
Caption: We can see that neurons fire when people complain of central pain, but still no one knows why. , Credit: Gerd Altmann
Cindey LeGeyt and Danielle Cellucci have fatigue and intense pain all over their bodies, and they believe they have a disease. But many people say ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 2
Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Colorado Will Fund Marijuana Efficacy Research
From: Marijuana Public Media
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In Colorado the state’s Medical Marijuana Scientific Advisory Council chose 8 research grant proposals to fund with a total of 9 million dollars. ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:05
Profiles in Marijuana: Phytalab
From: Cannabis Radio News
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Dr. Michelle Sexton is the first person to start a cannabis analysis lab in Washington state. The Phytalab founder and Chief Science Officer is not...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 11:52
Sound Asleep: Does Gender Make A Difference?
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Dr. Monica Mallampalli, Society of Women's Health Research, Credit: Today Show
This month I talk to professionals from a variety of backgrounds to try and understand what it takes to get a good night’s sleep. Whether it’s ins...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:21
Social Scientist estimates size of Oregon’s hazy marijuana market
From: Cannabis Radio News
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In his recently published study Oregon State University sociologist Seth Crawford estimates the size of Oregon’s informal marijuana economy. The re...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 11:10
Marijuana dispensary locations analyzed for first time
From: Cannabis Radio News
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Jeremy Nemeth is an Associate Professor and chair of the Department of Planning and Design at the University of Colorado Denver. He and co-author E...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 13:37