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Two Guys on Your Head: How to Navigate Road Rage
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Oh, the woes of modern life in a metropolitan city center. What’s going on in our brains when we encounter that familiar feeling of intense frustra...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Spotting Liars
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: The Cardsharps, 1594, Credit: Caravaggio
People’s unconscious reactions to liars and truth-tellers are more accurate than their conscious judgments.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Animals and Grief (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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There's a growing body of evidence that many animal species actively grieve. And, a look at how people grieve when their pets die. Plus, how autism...

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Animals and Grief (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There's a growing body of evidence that many animal species actively grieve. And, a look at how people grieve when their pets die. Plus, how autism...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Julie Hart - "Physics For Poets"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Julie Hart grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She went to Carlton College, and has been pursuing her education ever since...to the ends of the earth....

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
Daunting DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Tiny house living requires a minimalist approach., Credit: Califia Suntree
This episode features stories about projects that might seem impossible at first: tiny house construction, moving by bike, "hacking" reality, and h...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Brain Injury and Couples
From: With Good Reason
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Five times as many people get a brain injury than are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury can be devastatin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Impact of Brain Injury on Relationships
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Marriage can be hard. But for Michael and Tori, there's an added complication.

Bought by WJCT and KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
Toxic Stress: Why Abuse and Trauma Linger into Adulthood
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Kathy Picard, Credit: Karen Brown
It's no surprise that early trauma can effect someone for years to come, but researchers in Massachusetts are starting to understanding what exactl...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIK-LP, and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 3
The Primate Within Us
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the close relationship we humans have with other primates, with Dario Maestriprieri, author of “Games Primate Play: An Unde...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Conversations
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Conversations with people who take a DIY approach to science and to life: DIY biologists working to democratize the lab, a single mom who says some...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KUOW, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Living with Hypochondria: The Real Costs of Imagined Illness
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Sheila Murphy
Woody Allen made hypochondria famous as a source of self-deprecating humor, but this clinical condition can be seriously debilitating for individua...

Bought by PRX Remix and Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Men's Health Week With Dr. Paul Turek, The Turek Clinic
From: Jennifer Neeley
Series: The A-List With Jennifer Neeley
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Here, I talk with Paul Turek, MD (@TheTurekClinic), an internationally known thought leader in men's health treatment and research. The National In...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:07:18
Donald Jeffrey Herbert (Mr. Wizard), June 13, 2007
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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If his name doesn't ring a bell, it's because we knew him ... millions of television viewers ... from the 1950s all the way through to the Nickelod...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Surrogacy Among Friends
From: Karen Brown
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A woman carries a baby to term for her best friend, whose chronic disease would make pregnancy hazardous.

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
Twice Lost
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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The 2010 Grand Prize Winner of the New York Festivals Radio and Promotion Awards. 'Twice Lost' is the story of a damaged relationship that may yet ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 21:54
  • Purchases: 1
Conscious Effort
From: Clearwater Moment
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Families staying active when video games are more prevelant than ever

  • Added: Mar 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Jungians, Athabascans & Dream Stuff: An Interpretation of Dreams
From: Rebecca Sheir
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What's the real stuff dreams are made on? Depends whom you ask...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2007
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1