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The Mikie Show #73, Alessondra
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for an interesting and fun conversation with planetary astronomer, Alessondra Springmann. She’s working on NASA’s Osiris project and could ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:02
Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers on a lesser Barrier Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Oyster Virginia is an old fishing village on the seaside of the Easter Shore. On the road in there are old dead rises, some half submerged in the s...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 26:36
The Remarkable Resilience of Zebrafish
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dr VootYin survived the Cambodian genocide as a child and has gone on to become a leading scientist in the field of cardiac regeneration.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Path To Primary Care: Who Will Be Our Next Frontline Doctors?
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Norman Rockwell - Doctor and Doll, Credit: WikiArt Visual Encyclopedia
A half-hour, sound-rich documentary that follows a group of medical residents as they decide whether to enter the fraught field of primary care, or...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
PARTICLE FEVER -- David Kaplan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dr. David Kaplan, San Francisco, CA 10/27/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Theoretical particle physicist David Kaplan talks the observer effect, the importance of the throw-out option, and why failure is sometimes success

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 31:49
The Mikie Show #72, Glenn
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s episode seventy-two! It’s also our fifth anniversary show! Five years broadcasting, wow, never thought we’d get this far. Now in forty-eight S...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
At children's hospital, kids find comfort in music therapy
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oliver Jacobson is a music therapist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Here, he plays a session with one of his patients, Maia Mead, Credit: Liz Mak
Oliver Jacobson started playing violin when he was six years old. At 18, he enrolled at Berklee College of Music, one of the top music schools in t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
FutureCar: Accelerating Into The Future
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
IEEE Spectrum Radio explores the not too distant future of commercial automotive industry technology.

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KREV-LP, KQED, WNIJ, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 13
Wake up and Smell the Story: Sniffing out Health and Sickness
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Illustration of a nose., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
If you asked people which of their senses they most feared losing, they'd probably say sight or hearing. But what about the ability to smell? We ex...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 43:58
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: Dropping Like Flies
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Every year for the past few years, tens of thousand of flytraps have gone missing – from the wild, from gardens, from nurseries. And, really, nobod...

Bought by KALH, 90.5 WESA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 3
13.5: England Bells (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The story of the church bells in England during WWII. (Note: This is the intro to episode 13: The Sounds of East London)

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
The Mikie Show #68, Paul
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for episode sixty-eight, an enlightening conversation with Paul Carrick Ph.D., teacher of philosophy at Gettysburg College. He’s also a bio...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
The Mikie Show #67, Deirdre
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s the sixty-seventh episode of The Mikie Show! You won’t want to miss this one: We speak with Deirdre Barrett Ph.D., author, psychologist and te...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
Speech Dance
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Hear about new ideas in the neuroscience of communication where scientists are now considering multiple brains interacting at the same time.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Let There Be Night (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WCNY and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
Chemistry Magic
From: With Good Reason
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In mid-May, more than 1500 high school students competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning projects included a p...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
Digging Deeper: The Miner Details of a Major Industry
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Mining provides the resources for many products we use every day, but it's more than just a big corporate enterprise. Listen in for a look at some ...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:34
21: Nick Zammuto
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Books were known for making use of sounds and audio samples that aren’t typically heard in music. The Books disbanded in 2012, but Nick Zammuto...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
Edna the Engineer: Who Gets to be a Scientist?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
EarthTones
From: Claire Schoen
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Sound is a vital though invisible aspect of human existence. “EarthTones” gives its audience the opportunity to experience the natural world throug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1