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Top of Mind - The Pros and Cons of Treating Social Issues as Epidemics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What are the pros and cons of treating social issues - like violence, opioids, loneliness and obesity – as epidemics?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Many Students Lack Motivation to Learn. What Can We Do?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Is Sports Fandom Good for America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Most Americans are sport fans. But is all of that obsession with wins, losses and rivals good for us? How sports fandom could be the antidote to is...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMXT, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Constant Wonder - The Wild Life
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Life beneath an Antarctic ice shelf and saving wildlife babies around the world.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Techno-Racism & COVID at Home and Abroad
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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During the pandemic, disinformation campaigns have been targeting people of color with lies like African Americans can’t get COVID or denying the p...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:24
Disney & "Cultural Depictions," Perfectionism, and Curiosity
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: This Content May Contain Outdated Cultural Depictions. Topic 2: Can Perfectionism Be Toxic? Topic 3: How Much Is Too Much? When Curiosity ...

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 51:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - David Quammen & Humanities Montana - 423
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Samantha Dwyer from Humanities Montana interviews acclaimed science journalist David Quammen about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 23:00
Randall Fuller, author of "The Book That Changed America"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Randall Fuller who's written an historical take on how Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited leaders and thinkers in the US in...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #77
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: A new way to purchase prescriptions and mindful eating.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Gene: An Intimate History
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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You’d have to go back more than 160-years to land upon the beginning of the story of the gene.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Serengeti Rules -- Groks Science Show 2016-05-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sean Carroll discussed the logic of regulation as well as how these principles can be applied to treat disease and heal ecosystems.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
Zika Virus -- Groks Science Show 2016-03-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Brenda Wilson discusses the origin of the Zika virus, its connection to microcephaly, and what is being done to stop its spread.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WYAP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 5
Gravitational Waves -- Groks Science Show 2016-03-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marco Cavaglia discussed gravitational waves and what they can tell us about the universe.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KRZA, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 4
Gene Editing -- Groks Science Show 2015-12-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Hank Greely discussed the medical promises and perils of gene editing technology.

Bought by WYAP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 2
Prescribing Placebos -- Groks Science Show 2015-12-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
John Kelley discusses the mechanisms of the placebo effect and its role in medicine.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WYAP, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 3
Autism's Mysteries -- Groks Science Show 2015-09-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Steve Silberman addresses some of the mysteries of autism.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 3
The Monkey Dance -- Groks Science Show 2015-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this episode, we talk with English professor and cage fighter Dr. Jonathan Gottschall.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 26:47
  • Purchases: 2
Vitamania -- Groks Science Show 2015-04-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Catherine Price discussed the history of America’s confusion and obsession with vitamins.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 25:44
  • Purchases: 2
Treating the Individual -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Eric Green discussed genomic technology and precision medicine.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WYAP, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 44:40
  • Purchases: 4
Sex Differences in the Brain -- Groks Science Show 2015-03-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ruben Gur discusses functional and anatomical sex differences in the brain.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRNC-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 38:59
  • Purchases: 4
Football Physics -- Groks Science Show 2015-02-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Timothy Gay discusses the physics of football.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 37:56
  • Purchases: 2
All Tangled Up -- Groks Science Show 2014-12-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason Gallicchio discusses the physics of particle entanglement.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRNC-LP, WYAP, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 32:08
  • Purchases: 5
Sex Itself
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Sara Richardson
Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Global Ethics Corner: Health Care in America: Should all Americans have a Right to Affordable Care?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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With the Supreme Court set to make a decision, the Affordable Care Act is a major source of debate in the United States. Do all Americans have the ...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:00