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My Iron Lung
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Martha Lillard in an iron lung in the 1950s., Credit: Courtesy of Martha Lillard
Martha Lillard is one of the last two people in the United States who depend on an iron lung to breathe.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 12:41
  • Purchases: 2
2323: Minds and Matter, 6/6/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What can we learn about human consciousness from the minds of animals?

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
Science Communication -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Christopher Reddy discussed his new book, Science Communication in a Crisis.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Exoplanet enigma: Unpacking the discovery of a "forbidden" planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: This artist’s conception shows the gas giant TOI-5205b transiting, or passing in front of its host star. This world has been called the “forbidden planet” because of its size and proximity to its small red dwarf star, which goes against our current unders, Credit: Katherine Cain/Carnegie Institution for Science
Shubham Kanodia, the lead on a paper about a so-called “ forbidden planet,” TOI 5202 b, joins us to talk about this strange world and why it's upen...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WNED Buffalo, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KIYU-FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Long Illness -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Juliet Morgan discussed her book, Long Illness.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Inspiring the next generation through space education
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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In this week's episode of Planetary Radio, we're honoring the educators who inspire young, curious minds to explore the marvels of the Cosmos.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WNED Buffalo, KIYU-FM, KVSC, WJCU and more


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
2023-05-12 Amy Westervelt on Drilling, Denial and Disinformation
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Amy Westervelt has made a career out of exploring the underbelly of the oil industry through complex and compelling storytelling. Through her inves...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Sleeping Beauties -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Andreas Wagner discussed his new book, Sleeping Beauties.

Bought by WYAP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The case for saving VERITAS
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The VERITAS mission would map Venus with radar and infrared spectroscopy., Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Darby Dyar, Deputy Principal Investigator for NASA's VERITAS mission to Venus, joins Planetary Radio to share the human story behind the spacecraft...

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Keepers of the Flame
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Follow the money that props up racist science, and you'll find it all leads back to one man.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:03:24
Entrepreneurial Education -- Groks Science Show 2023-05-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Glen Dunzweiler discussed his book, A Degree in Homelessness.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Adventures at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Planetary Society, a co-sponsor of the biennial Planetary Defense Conference, hosted a screening of the movie "Planet Hunters" at the 2023 conference in Vienna, Austria. This image shows the crowd at the event, which senior communications advisor Mat , Credit: Alex Karl
Planetary Radio creator Mat Kaplan shares a look behind the scenes at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference in Vienna, Austria.

Bought by KVSC, KIYU-FM, Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
Will ChatGPT Do More Harm Than Good?
From: Open to Debate
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ChatGPT is all the rage. But despite the chatbot’s growing popularity, it’s not without controversy. Critics raise privacy and ethical concerns, an...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-04-30 The Power of Prediction
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KKWE Niijii Radio, WVTF, KSKQ and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 8
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Extinction Rebellion protests pack London streets; human beings have commandeered an astonishing quarter of Earth’s natural productivity, decimatin...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 04/25/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Why do I believe in ghosts?

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Dan Egan
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Interlochen Public Radio's Patrick Shea talks with environmental reporter and author Dan Egan.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 4
Suffrage -- Groks Science Show 2023-04-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Ellen Carol Dubois discussed her new book, Suffrage.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
2318: The Power of Prediction, 5/2/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Juice mission liftoff: A new era of icy moon exploration begins
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An image of Ganymede obtained by the JunoCam imager during Juno’s June 7, 2021, flyby of Jupiter's icy moon., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Join us as we celebrate the successful launch of the European Space Agency's Juice mission with project scientist Olivier Witasse.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KVSC, KIYU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13
The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
From: Tradeoffs
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A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But th...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:32
LADA -- Groks Science Show 2023-04-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jacqueline Haskins discussed her book, Kickass Healthy LADA.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Under Alien Skies with Phil Plait
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Universe by Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, was released on April 18, 2023. The book takes the reader on an imaginary journey to 10 spectacular locations in space and shares the strange and beautiful experienc, Credit: W. W. Norton & Company
Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, joins Planetary Radio to discuss his new book, “Under Alien Skies: A Sightseer’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KIYU-FM, KWMR, WJCU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Bethany Snider encouraged her nonprofit hospice agency to participate in a federal experiment to revamp Medicare's 40-year-old hospice policy, but she worries about its potential unintended consequences., Credit: Jon Cherry for Tradeoffs.
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, acce...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 20:42

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