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889: Luminous: Your brain on 'shrooms / 890: Against cynicism, 4/13/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Your brain on 'shrooms" - More and more scientists believe psychedelics can open a window into how our minds work. And for som...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
Ride into the Danger Zone: Tornado Chasing, Hurricane Hunting, and Smoke Jumping
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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We're talking with professional storm chasers and smoke jumpers whose job it is to run towards danger.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
027: Tapping your way to serenity: your brain and heart on ASMR, 3/15/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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If you’ve spent some time on TikTok or YouTube recently, you might have stumbled across ASMR content without even knowing it. From long acrylic nai...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
AMOS 23.84: The Humanizing Voice, 4/27/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Humanizing Voice

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
779: Out Of The Anxiety Box / 780: Against Cynicism, 3/25/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Out Of The Anxiety Box" - It's 7 a.m. You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
747: Forged By Hand / 748: If Your Clothes Could Talk, 12/3/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Forged By Hand" - You would think that handcrafting, like iron forging and copper smithing, would be on the way out. But COVID has shown...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
AMOS 22.85: How Technology Created the Mid-Atlantic Accent, 4/29/2022
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Technology Created the Mid-Atlantic Accent

  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
2021 Spring Fundraiser: Experiencing More With Less / Choice In The Food Industry
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about simplicity ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), KRCU Public Radio, KUSU, and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:23:27
  • Purchases: 5
527: Everything Is Exhausting / 528: Against Cynicism, 10/24/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Everything Is Exhausting" - Staying productive is harder than ever these days. When everything is exhausting, how do we stop the burnout...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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
473: Living In Skin / 474: Making Waves (Live), 4/18/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
The Return of Cosmos and Ann Druyan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In a scene from Cosmos, astronauts, untethered and free to explore, make their descent to the moon of a possible world on a pioneering reconnaissance mission., Credit: Cosmos Studios
Cosmos has returned under the steady hand of Ann Druyan. We’ll talk with her about the third season of the television series and her companion book.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCNP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 20.71: Celebrity-Obsessed Kids, 4/8/2020
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Celebrity-Obsessed Kids

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
Biggest of the Teens
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, they revisit their biggest stories of the 2010's.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 1
457: The Sound Of Silence / 458: Is The Internet Built For Everyone?, 2/22/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Sound Of Silence" - Restaurants, bars, coffee shops — is there any quiet place left? This hour, the case for more silence. HOUR TW...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Take Care (Monthly) #17
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this episode is, "Aspects of Mental Health".

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 52:00
Season 2 Trailer
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
Caption: The Nocturnists, Credit: Lindsay Mound
Season 2 of The Nocturnists, hosted by physician Emily Silverman, explores stories from the world of medicine.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 01:23
Hope, Part One: Where Does It Come From?
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Hope (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
We begin our three part series on hope. Is it something we’re innately born with or something we can choose to have?

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTRT RADIO INC, KICI Iowa City, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBIA


  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
369: Hope: Where Does It Come From? / 370: How To Think Like A Scientist , 4/20/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: Where Does It Come From?” – We begin our three part series on hope. Is it something we’re innately born with or something we can c...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
353: Wonders Of The Human Body / 354: The Revenge Of Analog, 2/23/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Wonders Of The Human Body" - What's so wondrous about the human body? An hour on transplants, chronic illnesses and the familiar in ours...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
The Human Ecosystem (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Sudden meat allergy is real and it’s caused by tick bites. The latest research shows a link between the allergy and heart disease. -CRISPR gene-e...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, WCMU Michigan, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Spreading False News
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why false news spreads faster than the truth on social media.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
2018 Spring Fundraiser: Experiencing More With Less / Predicting Success
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about simplicity ...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WUTC, KUSU, KCPW Salt Lake City, KANW and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:21:32
  • Purchases: 6
217: The Echo Chamber / 218: Repeat When Necessary, 11/4/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Echo Chamber" - Conservative pundit Charlie Sykes criticized Donald Trump, becoming a left-wing darling. How'd that happen? Welcome ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Love & Drugs (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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How pop culture portrays romance and addiction -- when bad breakups bring out addictive personalities -- using e-cigarettes for illegal drugs -- ho...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1