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463: Traveling By Book / 464: Pick Your Poison, 3/14/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Traveling By Book" - Great books take us to great places. Travel the world with your favorite authors as we celebrate Season Two of our ...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
461: Up All Night / 462: Magical Thinking, 3/7/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Up All Night" - One in three people have trouble sleeping. One in ten has debilitating insomnia. What happened to our sleep? Can we get ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
2020 Spring Fundraiser: Changing Our Minds For The Better / Pushing Human Limits
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 intelligent...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Kansas Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), KHNS, KANW and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:19:52
  • Purchases: 7
Diagnosing CTE, 50 Iron Mans in 50 Days, Veterans Transitioning to College
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: New research may allow diagnosis of CTE in living people. Topic 2: 50 Iron Mans in 50 States in 50 Days. Topic 3: Why veterans experience ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:12
  • Purchases: 1
447: Hope: Where Does It Come From? / 448: What's The Real Migration Crisis?, 1/18/2020
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: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Travis Novitsky and Joel Halvorson talk Dark Sky Festival
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Cook County is home to one of the darkest skies in the nation, and adventurers, artists, and photographers from around the world travel here to exp...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 22:16
439: Wintering In The Wild / 440: Get Happy, 12/21/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Wintering In The Wild" - Think it's cold now? Bundle up for a hour with walruses and reindeer shamans. HOUR TWO: "Get Happy" - Can sci...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
429: Books We Can't Forget / 430: Thinking With Animals, 11/16/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Books We Can't Forget" - Is there a book that changed your life? Celebrated authors share their favorite reads to launch our new podcast...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
421: If Your Clothes Could Talk / 422: In The Company Of Wolves, 10/19/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "If Your Clothes Could Talk" - Unless you're a nudist, you probably wear clothes. But if they could talk, what would they say about you? ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
2019 Fall Fundraiser: Empathizing With Nature / 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 humans in n...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WUFT, KCPW Salt Lake City, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops) and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:22:41
  • Purchases: 6
403: Music On Your Mind / 404: After 30 Years of Prozac, 8/17/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
387: Why Do We Meet? / 388: Worshipping Waterfalls, 6/22/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Meet?" - Studies show we're all disappointed with our friendships. Is it time to rethink the way we gather? HOUR TWO: "Worsh...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Hope, Part Three: Are We Really Doomed?
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Hope (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a look at the future.

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
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
373: Hope: Are We Really Doomed? / 374: Repeat When Necessary, 5/4/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: Are We Really Doomed?" - Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a lo...

  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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
Spectrum 03/05/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Drawing the line - What we smell influences our intestines, how a "smart school" in China spies on its pupils, and facial...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 02/26/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: You sound emotional - We human beings make a lot of strange sounds with our mouths, and if you listen carefully, a lot o...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
341: What Can We Learn From Teens? / 342: Procrastination, 1/12/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "What Can We Learn From Teens?" - Teenage activists are finding their voices. What can we learn from them? HOUR TWO: "Procrastination" ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
333: The Secret Language of Trees / 334: Peak Performance, 12/15/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Secret Language of Trees" - When was the last time you listened to a tree? Biologists are just beginning to unravel their vast netwo...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
Musician's Spotlight - Beth Nielsen Chapman - 687
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has carved out a career of over two and a half decades writing hit songs for artist like Faith Hill, Willie ...

Bought by WZRE, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Spectrum 11/20/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week’s show: how artificial intelligence is seeping into peculiar corners of medicine, why we should keep an early eye out for dementia, ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
317: Discovering America's Black DNA / 318: Story Worlds, 10/20/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
301: Could Psychedelic Drugs Save Your Life? / 302: Original Sin, 8/25/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Could Psychedelic Drugs Save Your Life?" - Psychedelic science is back and the early results are extraordinary. If you knew LSD could he...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:57
299: Our Invisible Universe / 300: Harassment In The Lab, 8/18/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Our Invisible Universe" - From our narrow vantage point on Earth, how can we see what's out there, beyond our skies? HOUR TWO: "Harass...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58