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HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "In Your Dreams" - Did you dream last night? Or are you among the millions of Americans who are not only sleep deprived but dream deprive...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Off The Map" - Remember what maps were like when you were a kid? Well, Google Maps now makes finding everything from an obscure coffees...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Cosmos And Us" - Our lives are so rushed, always on the clock. Counting the minutes and seconds. In the latest episode of...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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How the military is preparing space for the next world war.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 2
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Blue light from device screens can upset your body's internal clock with dangerous consequences.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:51
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Up All Night" - On...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?" - From baby showers to estate sales, we fill our lives with material possessions. Why do we do it? HOUR...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "The Resilient Brain" - In 1848, an explosion drove an iron rod through the skull of a railroad foreman. Find out how it changed science ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Outside The Mental Illness Box" - There must be another way to treat mental illness. Exercise? Horror movies? LSD? This hour, think outs...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: Are We Really Doomed?" - Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a lo...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Wonders Of The Human Body" - What's so wondrous about the human body? An hour on transplants, chronic illnesses and the familiar in ours...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a look at the future.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTRT RADIO INC, KICI Iowa City, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBIA


  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
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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: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Could Psychedelic Drugs Save Your Life?" - Psychedelic science is back and the early results are extraordinary. If you knew LSD could he...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:57
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With all the digital text trails we're creating these days, what can we learn about our inner psychology, mental health, and well-being?

Bought by WXDU and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 2
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How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 35:48
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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
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Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
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Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize money and finance. But even more than that, they symbolize how trust is changing as we increasingly rely on te...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 25:24
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Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
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What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
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Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:03
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Investigative reporter Judy Bachrach talks about her new book Glimpsing Heaven. Scientists may have underestimated green energy's potential for fi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 57:53