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Lacy Coleman - stroke at age 25
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Lacy Coleman, Credit: Lisa Scheps
At age 25, Lacy had a stroke that left her right side paralyzed and unable to speak. After 3 months of hospital therapy, she was far from recovered...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 26:39
They Emerge in the Dark
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Portland is Maine’s largest city and busiest hub for travel and immigration. However, in recent years it’s become a haven for a new visitor: the be...

Bought by SALTcast Podcast, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
What is meditation, really?
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: James Neal, former Buddhist monk, Credit: fpmt.org
A former Buddhist monk debunks some meditation myths.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
Ediacaran Fauna Fossils ~ Funisia dorothea and Dickinsonia
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
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Strange denizens of the primordial slimebed; for example Dickinsonia rex, a sort of living bathmat without eyes or a mouth...

Bought by XRAY.fm, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 3
Sexy stalk eyed Flies
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Stalk eyed Fly, Credit: Dino Martins
Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins explains why widely spaced eyes are so sexy - that is if you are a stalk eyed fly. On another dudu safari in Kenya.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: :54
Day in Tech History - October 07
From: Jeffrey Powers
Series: Day in Tech History
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Daily rundown of Tech History

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
What are our animals saying to us?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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What is your cat or dog thinking? Understanding animal behavior and what makes them respond in different situations can ensure good relationships w...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
Encounters Bear Safety
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Go to an area in Alaska that has one of the highest grizzly bear populations in the world and find out how humans can live near bears safely.

Bought by KCHU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 10
Science?
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a short piece on whether or not creationism should be taught in science classes.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
Glaciers
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Get your earbones popped with the almost religious sound of glaciers calving as you go for a paddle in a kayak with host Richard Nelson on this epi...

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, WMNF, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 5
Kivalina
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Kivalina is on the frontlines of global climate change where an island is literally washing away.

Bought by KCHU, KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, WMNF, KRUA and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 7
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Camp Lovewave's 361st Show - Chemtrail Guru Clifford Carnicom
From: Terran Lovewave
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chemtrail Guru Clifford Carnicom visits The Camp, once again, to wake our campers up about the government lies about Chemtrails. Plus, talks about...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:47
One Bryant Park
From: Science & the City Podcast Series
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Take a tour of the greenest building in Manhattan.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 19:56
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Steroids in Track and Field
From: KLCC
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The impact of steroids in track and field

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2007
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
To peddle pleasure
From: Ryan White
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Voices of those who bring joy to those in need

  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
Author Stephen Poleskie in conversation about his life, art and his book "The Balloonist."
From: Tish Pearlman
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Stephen Poleskie in conversation about his life as an artist and writer

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 27:30
Lessons from Insect Infested Wood
From: The Environment Report
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Remembering an invader's destruction

  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
Mind Control: Neural Rhythms and the Beat of the Brain
From: Aaron Henkin
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An exploration of the therapeutic technique of neurofeedback and its goal of recalibrating the rhythms of the brain

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 29, 2006
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 3
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Kay Redfield Jamison
From: This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
Deep Brain Stimulation
From: jessica lockhart
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Going inside the operating room with a man having brain surgery for Parkinson's disease.

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 24:40

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