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"Stop drinking milk!" Bobby speaks with Dr. Daniel Twogood, a D.C. from California who wrote a new book entitled "Chronic Pain Gone 90 Days". Dr. D...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 51:51
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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
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If you're a coffee drinker, a new study should give you an added pick-me-up. Plus, some advice for strengthening willpower. And, how memory trainin...

Bought by WJCT and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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How do chemicals in our environment affect the developing fetus? Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Janisse Ray
Across the country, a renaissance of local food, local farming and place based culinary traditions is taking hold. Yet, something small, critically...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
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
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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
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., biologist, University of CA-Berkeley. Hayes is known for his groundbrea...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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
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New research says that obesity might not all be to blame for ailments such as hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
Caption: Marius Stan and Dan Pancake lead double lives on top of their scientific pursuits.
We explore the secret lives of nuclear scientists and learn why these brainiacs are way more interesting than you’d have ever imagined.

Bought by WTJU and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A dish made with food grown near Louisville, Kentucky, Credit: Dalton Main
An extended interview with Slow Food International Secretary General Paolo di Croce about how his organization plans to feed the growing world popu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Do you ever find food nutrition labels confusing? Dr. David Katz of the Yale Prevention Research Center did. He led a team of medical and nutrition...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 19:29
Caption: Taggert Siegel, San Francisco, CA 03/23/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Taggart Siegel talks disappearing bees, letting nature take its course, and the meaning of honey time.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 17:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Episode thirty-one! They exclaimed. It’s an exclamatory remark! Okay, I’m calm now. Join us for a discussion with Dr. Michael Miles, a practitioner...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Get the skinny on trans fats and learn why a popular crash diet is not likely to help you shed pounds.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 12:15
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Dr. Zieve talks with dietitian and nutritionist Ana Maria Quispe of the Organic Consumers Association and Via Organica about strategies for economi...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2009
  • Length: 47:59
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Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana has caused considerable debate and political discussion, but just what is in this plant which creates such co...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:34
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Do we need supplements to our diet? Does a normal balanced diet of food supply us with the nutrition we need?

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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A descriptive first-hand account of what a severe case of E-Coli is like.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
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The death of a disease and The Food of a Younger Land ... this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Matt Fidler and Dr. Despommier of Columbia University in New York talk about his new concept of Vertical Farming. That is, growing our food in a s...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Some more of our favorite segments.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:33