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Spectrum 12/18/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

This week on the show: The true physics message of Christmas - What would you do if you got a text message from an elf — an elf who says Sant...

Bought by WNMU-FM

Added: Dec 19, 2018
Length: 30:00
Purchases: 1

End Kids Cancer

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children from 1 to 14 years old. According to the American Cancer Society more than 10,000 children ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Dec 18, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

513-Mtn Ops

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

My team, the Catalina Sky Survey, would not find a single asteroid without Steward Observatory's Mountain Lemmon Operations, or Mtn Ops for short. ...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, KRWG, WTIP and more

Added: Nov 16, 2018
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

ThinkPlanet — a conversation with Dr. John Hausdoerffer

From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet

Dr. John Hausdoerffer is dean of the Western Colorado University School of Environment and Sustainability.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.

Added: Oct 25, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Sleepyhead: The Neuroscience of a Good Night’s Rest

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Sleep. It’s one of the most mysterious things about life. No one fully understands why we sleep. Yet, we make things even more confusing when we co...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX

Added: Oct 11, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

2018-10-07 Christiana Figueres: A Conversation on Mindfulness and Climate

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

Former UN climate negotiator Christiana Figueres credits Buddhist teachings both for helping her through a personal crisis, and for providing a sou...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT and more

Added: Oct 03, 2018
Length: 58:56
Purchases: 7

450-Saint Patrick's Day Comet

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

On Saint Patrick's Day I discovered a comet which I share with my wife Annie Grauer.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM and more

Added: Apr 05, 2018
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

446-Asteroid Homestead

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

In the future one can envision a space mining family boarding a descendent of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Vehicle for a trip into low Earth orb...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KKRN, WVTF, KRWG and more

Added: Mar 22, 2018
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 6

The Philosophy of Cancer

From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing

A philosoper of biology shares her struggle with breast cancer and her opinions on ongoing debates over breast cancer screening.

Bought by KVSC and KRZA

Added: Mar 12, 2018
Length: 15:45
Purchases: 2

429-2017's Catch

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

In 2017 my team the Catalina Sky Survey led the world in the discovery of Earth approaching objects by identifying 987 of them as they whizzed by us.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , Bandon Community Radio, KKRN and more

Added: Jan 25, 2018
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

424-Long Winter Nights

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Long Winter nights with good seeing, from start to finish, are those on which the asteroid hunter makes new discoveries while being treated to view...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WEJP-LP 107.1, KKRN, WTIP and more

Added: Jan 04, 2018
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

422-Almost Dangerous

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

A large asteroid barely missies being classified by NASA as potentially hazardous.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WEJP-LP 107.1, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more

Added: Dec 28, 2017
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 8

406-2 Close Ones

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

In less than 24 hours, while observing with the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona , I discovered two 25 foot diameter ...

Bought by KENW, KKRN, WTIP, KSFR, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more

Added: Nov 02, 2017
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 6

207: What Is School For? / 208: How To Think Like A Scientist, 9/30/2017

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "What Is School For?" - Some of the hardest working people in America are teachers. So why do they get so much disrespect? This hour, we'...

Added: Sep 29, 2017
Length: 01:58:58

195: Our Invisible Universe / 196: Short Stories, 8/19/2017

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Our Invisible Universe" - Millions of people will travel this weekend to see the Great American Eclipse. How far would you go? HOUR TW...

Added: Aug 14, 2017
Length: 01:58:58

354-Returnee

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

What had appeared as a solitary point of light returns to near Earth to reveal that it is two asteroids in a tight dance.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, WOUB and more

Added: May 04, 2017
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

348-16

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

A snap shot of the kinds of objects which constantly streak past our Earth.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KUPR low power FM, KKRN and more

Added: Apr 13, 2017
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 6

A House Built on Sand

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

There’s a very robust debate going on right now as to exactly how much sea level rise we’re in for, and the Cliffs Notes version is that it’s betwe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Aug 11, 2016
Length: 22:05
Purchases: 1

Lauret Savoy - Trace, Memory, History, Race and the American Landscape

From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice

WV talks with environmental earth scientist and writer Lauret Savoy about her stunning new book, TRACE. In it, Savoy examines how the country’s sti...

Added: Mar 03, 2016
Length: 59:00

Sally Ride on Dumb Questions, The Experimenters

From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank

“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983. Interviewed by Gloria Steinem.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WLRH, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more

Added: Feb 09, 2016
Length: 11:59
Purchases: 12

Living the T1Dream

From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions

Olivia was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2010. Three years later, her best friend, Allison, was diagnosed with the same disease. They talk to e...

Bought by KSKA

Added: Jan 25, 2016
Length: 05:45
Purchases: 1

WorldCanvass: Communicating for Social and Behavioral Change (Part 1)

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

WorldCanvass discusses issues in global public health with 2015 University of Iowa International Impact Award winner Rebecca Arnold and colleagues ...

Added: Nov 19, 2015
Length: 24:11

Staying Alive: The Art and Science of Living to 100

From: Karen Brown

An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.

Added: Nov 13, 2015
Length: 10:26

NeuroTribes the Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

From: Anne Barbano

Steve Silberman has written the first indepth book on the history of autism. Anne speaks with him about the discoveries he has made and the implica...

Bought by KPIP-LP