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Reviving the Giant Oysters (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Fossils give away the secrets of the past, but they can also tell the future. Rowan Lockwood is taking a closer look at the fossils of giant oyster...

Bought by KXCV and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
2019-02-10 Katharine Hayhoe: Why We Need to Talk About Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Katharine Hayhoe, recipient of the 2018 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication
Many of us find it daunting to talk with our neighbors, colleagues and family members about climate change. But climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe ...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KBBI Alaska, KVMR, MPR News Stations and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
2019-01-13 The Hidden Health Hazards of Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem – it’s also a health hazard. Air pollution and changing weather patterns give rise to heat-relat...

Bought by WJCT, KICI Iowa City, KPIP-LP, KMXT, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
An Inspiring update on Pancreatic Cancer Surgery and Treatment with Dr. Shanel Bhagwandin D.O. board Certified Surgical Oncologist at Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York and Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, Florida
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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An Inspiring update on Pancreatic Cancer Surgery and Treatment with Dr. Shanel Bhagwandin D.O. board Certified Surgical Oncologist at Mt. Sinai...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2018
  • Length: 27:14
2018-12-16 Mind Over Chatter: Exploring Climate Psychology
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We all know about the environmental and physical effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that ...

Bought by WJCT, KVNF, KZYX, NPR Now, WLPR and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
The Pains of Recovery (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Residents are still feeling stressed by the storm and its aftermath. ...

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WVAS, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP and more


  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Privatization and Public Universities(hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Matthew Lambert, author of "Privatization and the Public Good: Public Universities in the Balance" says changes to the financial model don’t need ...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
The Evolution of AIDS
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Human hands unwittingly unleashed the AIDS epidemic and can now overcome it, if we learn the lessons of the past. This week on Interchange guest ho...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:04
In the Department of Poetic Justice: Take Them Off Our Agenda (Ending Affordable Care)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The Senate Republicans have introduced a bill to send all Affordable Care Act funding back to the states so states can deny coverage to citizens an...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:01
Sunbeam Us Up: Solarizing Your Roof and the Electricity Grid
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Senior energy analysts Laura Wisland and John Rogers from the Union of Concerned Scientists discuss all things solar, from getting solar on your ro...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 31:24
Killing The Red Pines in Charlotte: The Private Time Line of Environmental Contamination
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Red Pines on the cemetary edge in a Ted Cruz-kind-of-Christian town, Credit: Susan Cook/ Google Earth
I’ve been asking for about 9 years now why Red Pines that have thrived for hundreds of years would die. Not that I knew 9 years ago they would die....

  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
Cure Violence with Founder Gary Slutkin MD. Epidimiologist with a Health based Vision to end the Epidemic of Violence
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Cure Violence is guided by clear understandings that violence is a health issue, that individuals and communities can change for the better, that c...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
2017-04-23 Jane Goodall in Conversation with Jeff Horowitz and Greg Dalton
From: Climate One
Caption: Dr. Jane Goodall
For much of her nearly six-decade-long career, Dr. Jane Goodall has worked to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our planet. The Ja...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: :30
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WLPR , KRZA, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Sonnet for the US Ducks Independently Verified to Have been Neither Forcefed for Foie-Gras Production Nor Plucked of Their Feathers and Down During Their Lifetime
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
A United States outdoor clothing store sells coats, labelled to assure us that the down is from US Ducks Independently Verified to Have been Neith...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:17
2017-01-29 Ecological Intelligence
From: Climate One
Caption: Josh Freedman, George Lakoff, Daniel Goleman, Greg Dalton, Credit: Ed Ritger
Evolution designed our brains to protect us from immediate, day-to-day threats to our survival. But environmental change is a less than clear, less...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Sickle Cell Disease
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion concerning the knowledge and changes in medical understanding of Sickle Cell disease.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2016
  • Length: 51:28
The Future of Farming
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
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Water shortages will continue to create pressures on farms throughout the world. Chris Moorman may have found an answer

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Medical Care from Anywhere (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Telemedicine is a tool that may actually deepen the relationship between specialists and patients in rural locations and around the world. -Analyz...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), KFAI Minneapolis, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Mayor John Hamilton Discusses Contaminates in the Water Supply
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Water supply in Bloomington and its contaminates are discussed.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 08:32
Dr. Margaret Haney on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Dr. Margaret Haney, a Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Substance Use Research Center at the Columbia University Medic...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:20
The Arts and Healing in Cleveland
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jennifer Steinkamp's video installation"Kelly 1" at Cleveland Clinic, Credit: Courtesy of Cleveland Clinic
What happens when innovative medical practitioners join with a lively arts community? Find out from Maria Jukic, executive director of Cleveland’s ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, KVSC, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, WLIW, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6