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The Environmental Imagination (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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What can we learn about climate change from literary figures like Walt Whitman or Cormac McCarthy?

Bought by Ohm Radio , WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCNY and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Environmental Imagination (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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What can we learn about climate change from literary figures like Walt Whitman or Cormac McCarthy?

Bought by KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KPBS, 90.5 WESA, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Environmental Imagination (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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What can we learn about climate change from literary figures like Walt Whitman or Cormac McCarthy?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Like the Banks of a River: Deborah Foutch's Fiber & Mixed Media Art
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Rooted Earth by Deborah Foutch, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Deborah Foutch
Minneapolis artist Deborah Foutch creates rich and complex work with fiber and mixed media that expresses her love of the natural world. Her Soil H...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Laugh
From: Israel Story
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Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkin...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 31:11
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
Seeking and Blundering – The Discovery of Penicillin
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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This episode of the FEHLER podcast is an exploration of mistakes in science and their connection to art. Listen for more!

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
Creative Brains
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Creative Brains, Credit: Seth Shostak
Many animals are industrious and clever, but humans are unique in their creative and inventive impulses. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
"Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19"
From: Shirley Jahad
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...

Bought by Valley Public Radio, KCSB-FM, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 11
479: Solace Of Nature / 480: What Sparks Creativity?, 5/9/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Solace Of Nature" - Time to get outside. Despite all the changes, there are still signs of renewal everywhere. We'll show you where to l...

  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
The Art of Space (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As a visual effects artist for movies like Star Wars, Watchmen, and Jurassic Park, Matt Wallin has built his career on melding art with science.

Bought by WJCT, WNED Buffalo, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KXCV, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
The Art of Space (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As a visual effects artist for movies like Star Wars, Watchmen, and Jurassic Park, Matt Wallin has built his career on melding art with science.

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, KRDP, WLIW, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
The Art of Space (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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As a visual effects artist for movies like Star Wars, Watchmen, and Jurassic Park, Matt Wallin has built his career on melding art with science.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KXCV, WNMU-FM, and WSGE


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
469: Poetry In A Troubled Time / 470: Our Invisible Universe, 4/4/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Poetry In A Troubled Time" - Why do people turn to poetry during troubled times? Poetry is often the one language we need. Join us for a...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:00
461: Up All Night / 462: Magical Thinking, 3/7/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Up All Night" - One in three people have trouble sleeping. One in ten has debilitating insomnia. What happened to our sleep? Can we get ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
2020 Spring Fundraiser: Changing Our Minds For The Better / Pushing Human Limits
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about intelligent...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Kansas Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), KHNS, KANW and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:19:52
  • Purchases: 7
LEAVES
From: Kate Madara
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Amaryllis grows like a bone in a coffin, opening up the cavern of the dream weaver hidden below the Forest Roost. Laid out, it looks like a branch.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 11:18
The Write Question - Jonathan Fetter-Vorm - 408
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm takes us into the world of his book, "Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
421: If Your Clothes Could Talk / 422: In The Company Of Wolves, 10/19/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "If Your Clothes Could Talk" - Unless you're a nudist, you probably wear clothes. But if they could talk, what would they say about you? ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
413: What Sparks Creativity? / 414: Forgiving The Unforgivable, 9/21/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "What Sparks Creativity?" - Nathaniel Mary Quinn channeled his abandonment into art and became a celebrated painter. This hour, we'll exa...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
Art of the Eclipse Turns Our Gaze to the Sky
From: Cathy Byrd
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Looking up to the sun, moon and stars, The Art of the Eclipse revisits our live studio show from 2017 on Jolt Radio, in Miami. We begin with a conv...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:35
Studio Drift Drones Swarm an Ode to Apollo at 50
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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To honor the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this July, we introduce Studio Drift, the Amsterdam-based artist duo whose poetic work ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
For Hospital Designers, Domke Is A Very Big Name
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: This photograph by Henry Domke of a waterlily has sold more than 150 times to clinics and hospitals nation-wide., Credit: HENRY DOMKE / PHOTO PROVIDED
Domke developed his art into a business. He’s since sold prints for more than 340 installations in hospitals and clinics from Connecticut to Califo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Back at it: Alexander Coleman Kime podcast beats for forgettable tunes
From: Alexander Coleman Kime
Series: Alex Coleman Kime
Caption: kime, alexander coleman, Credit: alexander coleman kime
One day we'll probably all laugh at this lofi hip hop the same way we do smooth jazz, but ya know for the time being I think it makes pretty OK bac...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 01:31
Robert Chambers on Art, Ancient Plants and New Technologies
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Miami-based sculptor Robert Chambers lived in Everglades National Park for one month in 2018, as a Fellow in the Artist in Residence in Everglades ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 11:31