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2024-05-10 Big Plastic: The New Big Oil
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 9
240510: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil, 5/10/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
2024-05-03 When California Dreams Hit Political Reality
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The Golden State has staked much of its reputation on its green credentials, with state leaders touting its role on the leading edge of global and...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Wine And Health, Tony Edwards interview
From: Mark Lenzi
Series: The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW)
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The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 262 The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW): Uncorking the truth about wine and health with Tony Edwards.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2024
  • Length: 34:53
240419: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts , 4/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Quick Study: Data and the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Quick Study
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This week brings us a special edition of “Quick Study”—an interview with NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert San...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 33:42
Feet To The Fire
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Jess talks with California's Attorney General Rob Bonta about a historic lawsuit he filed against Big Oil to hold them accountable for the devastat...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
What We Need to Make Democracy Work
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media an...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Laurie Leshin on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Laurie Leshin shares stories about space exploration and her commitment to diversifying STEM fields. She is a distinguished geochemist and space sc...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 30:17
Andrew Keen- "Does The Internet Really Kill Culture"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Those of us who use the internet are subject to the words and wisdom, or lack thereof, provided by the people and or machines that upload ideas and...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Golden, Kevin Z. — "Lawsuit to Ban Genetically Modified Alfalfa"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
021: Blood wisdom: what we can learn from our periods, 2/2/2024
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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There are 1.8 billion monthly menstruators worldwide. Better understanding the science behind period blood, as well as cultural stigma and period p...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
Psychedelics in Utah
From: KRCL
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This is a segment of a roundtable discussion. Psychedelics and their potential for assisting in mental health treatment is gaining significant trac...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 05:42
Maggie Watson & Barry Vogel, Esq. – "Make It Easier For Your Loved Ones When You Die"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: December 6, 2006 A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order Putting your affairs in order before you die is the top...

Bought by KMUN and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Daniel J. Levitin – "Music On The Brain" Part 2
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: November 8, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
2023-12-22 Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead aut...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
231222: Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner, 12/22/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead aut...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
Dr. Daniel J. Levitin – "Music On The Brain"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Highest Stakes
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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With the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Jess catches up with lawyer and climate negotiator Hafij Khan about the ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Reclaiming wellness from the wellness industry
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials
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The rise of the wellness industry and marketing of wellness products moves us away from the individualized practices that actually make us feel hea...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Boise State Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 8
231020: Community Resilience: Knowing Your Neighbor Could Save Your Life, 10/20/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Disasters caused by burning fossil fuels are becoming more frequent, and in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, federal and state re...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Dust To Eat
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess digs into the science of soils and farming in the century of climate change with Dr. Rick Cruse of Iowa State University.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:49
2023-09-15 The Nuclear Option
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Fourteen years after receiving its permit, the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades just fired up in Georgia. Massive, traditional nuclea...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Maine Public Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
230915: The Nuclear Option, 9/15/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Fourteen years after receiving its permit, the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in decades just fired up in Georgia. Massive, traditional nuclea...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Dr. Gene D. Cohen– "Do We Get Smarter As We Age"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: April 18, 2006 The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain Do people over a certain age necessarily loose mental...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1