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Higher Ed in the Round Special: ?The Future of Science in America?
From: Michael Black
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Dr. Harold Varmus talk and Dicussion

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kentucky's "Troublesome Creek."
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Mining in Eastern Kentucky dries up water supply

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Joy Harjo
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Native American poet tells of her belief in the Sun and our sacred connection to it.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, WORT and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 16
This I Believe - Bill Nunan
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Engineer Bill Nunan believes he needs God and science to understand the universe and our place in it.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WXLV-FM, and KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 4
Stop Dragging that Net Around
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The cold-water coral gardens of the Gulf of Alaska are one of the largest protected areas in U.S. waters.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Do Hurricanes Nourish Coastal Wetlands?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Killer storms may actually stabilize coastal wetlands.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
New Horizons at Jupiter and Singer Cheryl Wheeler's Orbiting Jupiter
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Two encounters with Jupiter, as we get a status report from Alan Stern on the eve of the New Horizons flyby, and we talk with folksinger Cheryl Whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Richard Rohr
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Some people prefer clarity and closure but Father Richard Rohr finds belief and comfort in mystery.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Cosmic Connection- Robotics Revolution
From: KRFC
Series: Cosmic Connection
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A look at recent advances in science and technology

  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
Sea Star Blooms Endanger Coral
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A predator is threatening the coral. It's a huge sea star known as the Crown-of-Thorns, which usually lives in a natural balance with the coral. My...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pollution Affects Polar Bears
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Miles of pure, white snow stretching for as far as the eye can see. That's how many people imagine the North Pole - a place you wouldn't think of a...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Speculations: Real Estate meets String Theory
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The conceptual art of Jonathan Keats

  • Added: Dec 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:38
Elephants Sniff Out Poachers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the past 20 years, poachers have killed nearly one million elephants. Poachers have driven the giant pachyderms -- which are prized for their iv...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Code of the Wild: DNA and Applied Ecology
From: SoundVision Productions
Series: The DNA Files
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Biologists who study how living things interact are using genetics as a powerful new tool.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WUAL, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Temple Grandin
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Temple Grandin explains that as a person living with autism, she thinks in pictures and in sounds.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WEZU, WEZU, KVNF, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 9
This I Believe - Whitney Harris
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nuremberg prosecutor Whitney R. Harris believes we honor God by acting with respect, mercy and peace.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Roald Hoffmann
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann believes the middle is a good place to be, both in life and in science.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Anthony Fauci
From: This I Believe
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A belief in personal responsibility drives Dr. Anthony Fauci?s work to find a cure for HIV-AIDS.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Kay Redfield Jamison
From: This I Believe
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Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
This I Believe - Kathy Dahlen
From: This I Believe
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A college anatomy class taught Kathy Dahlen that the human experience is more than blood and bone.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:51
This I Believe - Alan Lightman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Astrophysicist and novelist Alan Lightman believes that mysteries inspire our greatest creativity.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, Remix Radio, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Phil Powers
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Mountaineer climber Phil Powers believes pacing is important whether on steep cliffs or level ground.

Bought by WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KJZZ, and KZSC


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall on ThoughtCast
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast talks with Harvard physicist Lisa Randall about her new book,"Warped Passages".

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 11, 2006
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Earth Notes - Cheatgrass
From: KNAU
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?Downy brome? and ?Mormon oats? are a few of its nicer names, but it?s hard to find a kind thing to say about cheatgrass, one of the West?s most tr...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
Earth Notes - Kiowa Grasslands
From: KNAU
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Kiowa National Grassland is among the few places in the West with fewer traces of humanity now than it had a hundred years ago. A brief guide.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00

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