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Constant Wonder - More Love for a Big Lake That's Often Belittled
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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It's a massive lake with a murky reputation. It's survived a carp invasion, decades of dumped raw sewage, and the draining of surrounding wetlands....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - The Never-bored Naturalist Who Plumbed the Ocean Depths
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In the depth of the sea, where the sun is powerless to send a single ray of light, there live many strange beings. Of these sea folk, we know nothi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Family Discovers that Nazi Grandfather Aided French Villagers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Burkhard Bilger shares the surprising truth about his grandfather's life and service in Hitler's Germany, it's the latest episode of the Constant W...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Sleep and dreaming. It's when the unconscious mind can process events, solve problems and organize memories. But a mere 20 years ago, little consen...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - The Batman of Mexico (and the World!)
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Undoing Dracula's nasty reputation, impossible! Reversing the undeserved reputation of bats, now that's a different task all together. And the bat ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Discovering Both Reverence and Humor in Dying
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The miracle of life filled Christopher Clark with a heightened sense of awe, even as he was slowly dying. We'll get to know the Chris Clark story i...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Finding a Personal Place in the Wild World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A transformational summer spent with skuas, penguins, and seals.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Power Struggles in the Peaceable Kingdom
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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It's a dog-eat-dog world, and that's probably for the best.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Body, Soul & Memory: What would you do with a lock of George Washington's hair?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Clippings of Washington's hair were, for some, like a "selfie." For others, they were used to claim racial superiority.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Fear and Wonder in the Natural World
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt makes a case for becoming rooted in nature. Sometimes, even with potential risks.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - In Uganda, Healthy Communities Make for Healthy Wildlife
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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At the edge of the windy, impenetrable forest, disease can break through. From animals to humans, from humans to animals. The first ever wildlife v...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Rough Sleepers: A Doctor's Quest to Help the Homeless
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Tony was an unhoused man who was hunting for a purpose in the world and defended weak people. Women called him the Night Watchman, he would stay up...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Superplants vs. Superbugs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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With courage and humor, this scientist searches for superplants that can defeat superbugs. For her, it's personal.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - The Funky, Fragile World Beneath Your Feet
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Since the first shock of landing in desert country, Sasha Reed has fallen in love with it, especially the organisms that constitute bio crust. They...

Bought by WVTF, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Dreams Before Dying
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Dr Christopher Kerr and his team have videotaped hundreds of terminally ill patients to hear about their end of life experiences. He's convinced th...

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - A Real-Life Indiana Jones Discovers Shackleton's Lost Ship
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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He spearheaded the recent expedition to locate the final resting place of Ernest Shackleton's famous ship Endurance. Mensun Bound relates the wonde...

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Blue Mind: Finding Emotional Healing in Water
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Jay Nichols is convinced that water is very good for us. Not just the conventional wisdom of keeping hydrated, being in, near, on, or around water ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Experiencing Awe in Tragedy
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A preeminent researcher tells about his personal experiences of wonder. Feelings of awe beneath the desert stars, and endless wonders he feels are ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Anxiously Ever After: A Father Faces Mental Illness With Humor
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Clint Edwards has told a few whoppers in his day, things that he didn't even need to lie about. For example, he wrecked his bike once and then told...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Infrasound
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Deep rumbles in the Earth, through the Earth. Frequencies below the threshold of human hearing. Infrasound, if we can detect it around volcanoes, m...

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Advocating for Sharks and Other "Scary" Creatures
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When Rachel Graham experienced a real-life sharknado on a dive trip, she knew her future was connected to these amazing and threatened creatures.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Life As an Astronaut
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An astronaut experiences a juxtaposition of the sublime and the mundane, sensing God while floating weightless, fixing cables outside his spacecraft.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - The Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The abyss of the deep sea is anything but lifeless!

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
04-15: Good Chemistry: Survival of the Most Compatible, 11/2/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: John Warner
Nontoxic hair color from the recipes of beetles, and a potential Alzheimer’s cure derived from applying nature’s operating instructions. The world-...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
Constant Wonder - How Can You Reforest the Desert Without Planting a Single Tree?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In some semi-arid regions of Africa, there is a forest underground, just waiting to sprout.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3