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MABEL -- Nicholas Ma Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Nicholas Ma talks neuro-botany, the merchant class of mushrooms, and being present.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 17:57
The Refuge | Series Promo 2
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 1
The Refuge | Series Promo 1
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and KSKA


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
The Refuge | Episode 4 | Path Dependence
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: A polar bear ambles across a grassy plain just outside Kaktovik, Alaska, Credit: Nick Mott
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 7
The Refuge | Episode 3 | Do It In a Good Way
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Sarah James on her four-wheeler in Arctic Village, Alaska, Credit: Amy Martin
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 7
The Refuge | Episode 2 | Atauchikun
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Robert Thompson, Kaktovik polar bear guide, Credit: Nick Mott
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Refuge | Episode 1 | Sibling Rivalry
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Vebjørn Aishana Reitan, polar bear guide and certified U.S. Coast Guard captain, on the refuge., Credit: Nick Mott
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
Cold Comfort | Extra 03 | What Have You Done for Me Lately?
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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Join us on a journey into a permafrost tunnel in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Bought by KLCC, PRX Remix, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?
From: Bishop Sand
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Taxonomists are scientists (usually in museums) who classify life. They're field has open boundaries which creates tension for the Taxonomists and ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:08:52
Hackademics 1
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 42:40
Motor Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 15:54
Automatic Athlete
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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The best athletes are experts at automatizing their movements. When monitored correctly, they experience peak performances. Hear psychologists and ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 12:55
What is Sport?
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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Sports occupy our thoughts, drive emotions, and move our lives. What are they? Hear the controversy, definitions, and statistics that build to a p...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 1
Inka Milewski
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Inka Milewski, at home in Miramichi, NB, Credit: David Kattenburg
Profile of New Brunswick, Canada researcher and environmental health advocate Inka Milewski

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
How to Measure Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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How do we measure learning? Hear neuroscientists and teachers describe how it's done in the lab and at school.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 2
Learning Defined
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Listen to experts define learning and lead us through the types of knowledge to be gained in learning. Then hear the basic explanation of how neuro...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 14, 2015
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
Translate Sound to the Brain
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Sound gets funneled down your ear canal and... then what happens? You've heard about drums, tiny bones, and maybe a spiral shaped sensor, but not l...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 15:49
  • Purchases: 1
Sound is...
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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What is sound? We'll define it physically and through our experience. Interesting descriptions abound as we learn why a piano sound is different th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 2
The Tongass National Forest Part Two
From: Guy Hand
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The contentious legacy of logging on Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 2