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231215: This Year in Climate: 2023, 12/15/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It’s been a year of weather extremes – again. But there’s also been cause for renewed hope about our climate future. On the heels of this year’s i...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
2022-12-16 Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
20221216: Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner, 12/16/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2022-05-27 Indigenous Insights on Healing Land and Sky
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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According to the World Bank, land managed by Indigenous peoples is associated with lower rates of deforestation, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, WORT and more


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
20220527: Indigenous Insights on Healing Land and Sky, 5/27/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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According to the World Bank, land managed by Indigenous peoples is associated with lower rates of deforestation, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, ...

  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2022-04-08 Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

Bought by WGCU, Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
20220408: Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?, 4/8/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Global sales of electric vehicles more than doubled in 2021. Projections for this year are for another huge gain as more automakers introduce more ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Old Docs Take New Patient: The Climate
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Robin Cooper, Psychiatrist and Climate Activist
Older doctors talk about their journey from medicine to hardcore climate activism. Bill McKibben introduces his new group Third Act and explains w...

Bought by WFHB, KICI Iowa City, KZYX, WFHB, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
And the Sun Stood Still
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A radical idea finally sees the light of day.

Bought by KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 31
619: Is War Ever Worth It? / 620: Is The Universe A Number?, 9/11/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Is War Ever Worth It?' - On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, photographer James Nachtwey reflects on his life as a war photographer, a...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
615: Our Virtual Reality / 616: Getting Jazzed, 8/28/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Our Virtual Reality' - Not everyone has a big yard to stretch out in while sheltering in place. But maybe all you need is a virtual spac...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
613: Plants As People / 614: Guilt Tripping, 8/21/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
Agnes Chavez and the Art of Science
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Agnes Chavez
We talk with artist and educator Agnes Chavez, who explores the interrelationship between art, science, technology and nature as a process and tool...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
The climatologically altered future of Lake Tahoe
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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During Tuesday’s online meeting of the interim Legislative Committee for the Review and Oversight of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the Mar...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 16:49
Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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It's complicated.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 32:16
How a river shaped a plateau: understanding erosion & the Colorado River
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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The Colorado River is one of the main forces shaping the landscape around the Colorado Plateau. Here we talk with Dr. Joel Pederson and tease apart...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2018
  • Length: 30:57
  • Purchases: 2
What Exists?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Quantum Mechanics seems to be at the bedrock of reality, but it’s tricky to study – because observing things in the quantum world affects them. In ...

Bought by WCNY, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
Can ESP Reveal a New Reality?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Extra-sensory perception seems like the stuff of fantasy, but should the possibility be taken seriously? In part one we ask, Can ESP Reveal a New R...

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
Can Mind Heal the Body?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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It’s common to think of Brain and Mind as two separate things that can influence each other. But is that right? And how far can such influence go? ...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, WCPN, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5
How are Brains Structured?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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The Brain is an unfathomably complex organ, and science continually reveals more fascinating information about it. In part one, we ask: How Are Bra...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KREV-LP, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 7
Is Free Will an Illusion?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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We all feel like free agents on the inside: in control of our behavior, our decisions, our lives. But does that feeling reflect reality? In part on...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR, and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5
What Would an Infinite Cosmos Mean?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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We know that our Universe is unfathomably large, but could it be literally infinite in size? In part one, we ask: What Would an Infinite Cosmos Mea...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR, and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5
How Many Universes Exist?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Could it be that our Universe is not the only one? In fact, many scientists believe it is not. In part one, we ask: How Many Universes Exist? If we...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, WCPN, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 6
Will the Universe Ever End?
From: Closer to Truth
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It’s hard to imagine that everything we see and know – the entire, vast, incomprehensibly large universe – might one day cease to exist. In part on...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 53:51