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Producer Kerry Donahue says it’s one of the best ways to put more scientists on the air. Kerry’s referring to Transistor, the science podcast from ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 16:56
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In this last installment of our three-part series on workplace ethics in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we take an honest look at cheating....

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:21
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In this second podcast in our collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we examine negotiation. Turning again to behavioral science for insight, we le...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:06
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Mark Seeley, climatologist, meteorologist, and MPR commentator, is just out with the revised edition of his best-selling book, "Minnesota Weather A...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 26:13
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A pair of lovers get ready to welcome a new addition to their movie marathon dates.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:58

  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 23:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Our series concludes with some revelations. Metahaven uses the story of Wikileaks to show us the infrastructure of the cloud and its super-jurisdic...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 2
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In the newest HowSound Podcast from PRX and Transom, host Rob Rosenthal explores the producer/reporter relationship in conversation with producer R...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Richard A. Deyo
One of the most frustrating medical complaints for patients and doctors is back pain. Professionals and patients expect the usual medical diagnosis...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joe Palca tracks a story at NPR, Credit: Photo courtesy of Joe Palca
Joe Palca is one of the best science storytellers out there. As an NPR science correspondent he’s covered all sorts of obscure topics, from soccer-...

Bought by WTJU, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 3
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A pair of country-fried yokels demonstrate the formula for ignorance in their response to TV’s “Cosmos”.

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 03:39
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
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David Schulman usually produces non-narrated stories on music. Recently, he stepped out of his usual style to produce a narrated science story focu...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 16:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Producers, l to r: Ashley Mooney, Dillon Buckner, Grace Farson, Madeline Miller, Ted Phillips, Wilson Sayre, Eunice Kim, Clare Fieseler, Ligaiya Romero, Ben Finkel. Not pictured: Jagmeet Mac , Credit: John Biewen
A one-hour collection of short pieces about names and the naming of stuff, produced by undergrad and graduate students at Duke University. Hosted b...

Bought by KUER, WRVO Public Media, WCQS, KRCU Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke explain more about the ways advertising works, and why it’s important to understand the madness behind the “Mad...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An albatross shot on Midway island during production., Credit: Kris Krüg
Set on the island of Midway in the north Pacific, it’s about birds and plastics and oceans; not a good combination. B.C. based cinematographer Jan ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
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Today, we take a little bit of break from talking about science to instead talk about how media covers science, particularly the reporting on genet...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:15
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The device that inspired a generation-- a prototype of one of the first portable transistor radios -- has just been accepted into the Smithsonian's...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:43
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Lilly Sullivan relates the curious tale of "52 Hertz," the whale who sings at the "wrong" frequency.

Bought by KUER, KPIP-LP, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 17:06
  • Purchases: 4
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Rick Bounds and Dorothy Biernack talk about how they met.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Conversations about new technologies and how we are interacting with them in a very human way.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Author Sergio Magana.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:01
Caption: Dr Sasha Bardey, San Francisco, Ca 1/24/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sasha Bardey talks situational sanity, the neuro-chemistry of personality, and the power of the media.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 17:29
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 1