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Topic 1: NASA practices techniques for countering deadly asteroids. Topic 2: Exploring the tough decisions for end-of-life care involving dementia....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch (left) and Kyle Norris work on the first season of Finding Fixes at Anna's dining room table., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
We want to answer a question a lot of people ask us: Why are we making this podcast? Why make a podcast about solutions to the opioid epidemic? On...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 11:21
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Victoria Howard is a junior at the University of Arizona double majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural Resources with an emphasis...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:23
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Yadi Wang PhD Candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Environmental Science PhD Research Project: Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), Biosphere ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:03
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Erica is a senior studying molecular and cellular biology (MCB) and biomedical biology with minors in music and public health.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:32
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Kiera will be a senior at the University of Arizona this fall majoring in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology. She is currently researc...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: End Kids Cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children from 1 to 14 years old. According to the American Cancer Society more than 10,000 children ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Studying engineering might help you in your future career, especially if that future is in the Air Force. Today’s guest is a pilot who studied aer...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 25:38
Caption: Henry Nicholls
Sleep. It’s one of the most mysterious things about life. No one fully understands why we sleep. Yet, we make things even more confusing when we co...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Former UN climate negotiator Christiana Figueres credits Buddhist teachings both for helping her through a personal crisis, and for providing a sou...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Dr. Brian Keating
Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Documentary on a developmental affliction called "Sensory Processing Disorder."

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 24:44
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A philosoper of biology shares her struggle with breast cancer and her opinions on ongoing debates over breast cancer screening.

Bought by KVSC and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 2
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It was in 1970, under President Nixon, that the Environmental Protection Agency was founded. While the Agency enjoyed tremendous bipartisan support...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KUNM, KWIT, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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WSKG radio manager Greg Keeler talks candidly about his struggles with weight loss and his eventual decision to have bypass surgery,

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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Rachel Toor explains the origins of our misunderstandings about rats and reads from her book 'Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pe...

Bought by 'The Sea', KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Lauret Savoy
WV talks with environmental earth scientist and writer Lauret Savoy about her stunning new book, TRACE. In it, Savoy examines how the country’s sti...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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Melanie Maloney suffers from chronic pain, and is now trying marijuana for pain relief.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a debilitating mental health condition that affects 1-2% of us. Now neuroscientists at University of London have ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:11
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Physics professor James Buckley has spent part of his career hunting for neutralinos, a yet-undiscovered type of particle that may hold the answer ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:00
Caption: Barbara Arrowsmith Young
A conversation with Barbara Arrowsmith Young, born with a severe and unusual language disability, who fixed it by effectively 're-wiring' her brain.

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ian Brown
A conversation with journalist Ian Brown, author of 'The Boy in the Moon'. Ian Brown talks about life with his son Walker; born with an extremely r...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr. David Levy, neurosurgeon and author, discusses the role that prayer can play in the healing relationship between physician and patient.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:29
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Radio Curious discusses psychosocial and cultural genomics-a healing process that connects the mind-body to emotional and physical recovery by acti...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 2