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Environmental Sound
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:35
Constant Wonder - Snowfall, Snowflakes, and Ice Instruments
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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How snowfall fits into climate change, snowflake science, and instruments fashioned from ice actually work...and sound good!

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 2
Science unscripted (DW Spectrum) 04/26/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: We know now that pigs can express their happiness (or sadness) vocally. But did you know that those emotions can be manipul...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
Porcupines
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This week on The Children’s Hour we learn all about porcupines from the leading researchers in New Mexico, kids in the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring ...

Bought by KECG, KCHU, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Island City Block Party 2021: Sprig of That
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Tonight on The Live Feed we went to the Island City Block Party to hear more from Sprig of That, a Minneapolis band who creates a unique sound with...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 50:27
Ep 127: Songs About Space
From: Franklin Fantini
Series: Dollar Country
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The monthly deep dive into one topic. This month all tunes are about space, first half of the show is about space travel and the second is about ...

Bought by KHNS, KSTK, KIYU-FM, KSTK, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
Spectrum 01/21/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Close your eyes, open your heart, and join our experiment on music and emotions - What do you get when you mix three D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 12/17/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Don't open until Christmas - Want to give the perfect gift, but also receive it? There's some surprisingly rich science...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
78: Rock and Roll Mosquitoes
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Turn up the Skrillex to ward off some pesky bloodsucking insects. And possibly your neighbors.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2019
  • Length: 10:50
Nobel Efforts
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nobel Efforts, Credit: Seth Shostak
For two Swiss astronomers, it’s “Stockholm, here we come.” Their first-ever discovery of a planet orbiting another star has been awarded the most ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WLPR , WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Spectrum 09/03/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Change yourself A new romantic partner changes everything, doesn’t it? Not according to a study on Germans. Also, a stream...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2, Episode 10
From: Wendy Love Edge
Series: The Wendy Love Edge Show with Topher Kogen
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Guests this week: Co-host BJ Garrett, Buddy Shute and The Motivators, Yvonne and Gerry Segal from PROMOLIFE, and Maria Chowdhury from Birthsong Bot...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
Spectrum 03/26/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sometimes it gets dark before it gets light - Want to feel joy? Listen to death metal, says a surprising new study. Also o...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 11/27/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Remember December? - It may just be the "Most wonderful time of the year," but Christmas shopping can act like cocaine on ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #143
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Music therapy and the healing power of pets.

Bought by WNYO and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Composer Cosmology
From: The WFMT Radio Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As astrophysicists like Neil deGrasse Tyson learn more about the cosmos and present their often strange and wondrous findings to the public, the cr...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:30
17: Most Relaxing Song (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
14: Bicycle Sounds (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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If bicycles could write a song, what would it sound like?

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Two Guys on Your Head: Why Being Put On Hold is So Frustrating
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Horrible music, incredible wait times and an inscrutable labyrinth of phone prompts: We've all experienced the frustrations of being on hold. Even ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
28: Early Electronic Music
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: A public domain image of the telharmonium in 1897
There's a man who's spent his whole life developing his own library of Electronic music examples.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 20:32
  • Purchases: 1
27: The People's Choice
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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In 1997, three men created the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' songs from completed surveys. Technically, they should be the best and worst songs...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 18:45
24: Tom Bills: Guitar Maker
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Tom Bills creates custom guitars in his basement shop near St. Louis. Hear the sounds of the guitar-making process as well as stories of his most f...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 25:37
  • Purchases: 1
23: The Great Animal Orchestra
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Following his influential career in music and composition, Bernie Krause decided to leave music behind and devote his efforts to studying the sound...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 23:50
  • Purchases: 1
21: Nick Zammuto
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Books were known for making use of sounds and audio samples that aren’t typically heard in music. The Books disbanded in 2012, but Nick Zammuto...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
17: Most Relaxing Song
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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There's a song out there that could make you crash your car... but in the most relaxing way possible.

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 19:07
  • Purchases: 2