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Author Gerald Niemi talks about the new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota"

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 07:39

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman
In this age of global weirding where climate disruption has tumbled the Goldilocks effect into unruly surges of too much and too little water, the ...

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Healthcare worker provides COVID-19 vaccination, Credit: World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
The pandemic exposed stark inequalities around the world, especially in terms of vaccine access, leading to the deaths of untold thousands in the g...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Talking about climate change is never easy. Today, we get some tips from five experts on how to do it gracefully.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Phreaky Physics, Credit: Seth Shostak
It was a radical idea a century ago, when Einstein said space and time can be bent, and gravity was really geometry. We hear how his theories inspi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: COMET C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos), Credit: skylive.com
On the 3rd of March 2024 while asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon , Arizona my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Kacper Wierzcho...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KGLP and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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In this episode, we talk avian flu, the importance of not sitting, strangers knowing you better than you think, and a very strange library of evoca...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Reddington discussed his book, The Disciplined Listening Method.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a ...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Last week we learned that individuals’ home water consumption doesn’t really make a dent in the water supply, and the benefit of personal water con...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Raven Radio, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 3
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Saving water might not seem all that important in a humid climate like Rhode Island. But actually, there are plenty of reasons why water conservati...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
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"What gives me hope is watching the sparkle in the eye of a child, a young mother, a middle-aged business person, or an elderly person when they im...

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we’re taking a look at how we dispose of our food. Next time you’re scraping a plate, should that food go into compost, your sink disposal, ...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, Raven Radio, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: De-Permafrosting, Credit: Seth Shostak
Above the Arctic Circle, much of the land is underlaid by permafrost. But climate change is causing it to thaw. This is not good news for the plane...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Get out of this world this week with The Children's Hour! We're going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. The Ba...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, KSTK and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Nucleus of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Credit: Jan Erik Vallestad
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes near the Sun once every 71 years. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean Louis Pons at Marseilles, France and then rediscov...

Bought by Raven Radio, KGLP, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We discussed the recent Taiwan quake, cloud seeding, and healthy science.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDX Worldround Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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We're assuming at one point or another that you have heard (probably from an older relative?) that music is in decline. Songs these days just aren'...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Central Florida Public Media, and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Get out of this world this week with The Children's Hour! We're going to The Moon with Commander Reid Wiseman from NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. The Ba...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: For the Birds, Credit: Seth Shostak
Birds have it going on. Many of these winged dinosaurs delight us with their song and brilliant plumage. Migratory birds travel thousands of miles ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, KZUM and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Itakowa, Credit: NASA
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Vivian Carjaval was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Minor with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🍄✨ Exciting News for Nature and Wellness Enthusiasts here on the Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series ✨🍄 Join us for a grou...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 24:30