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How To Edit a Human: The CRISPR Genetic Revolution

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks

Science magazine named it as their Breakthrough of the Year for 2015. It's a game-changing new gene editing tool, called CRISPR. And it has the pot...

Added: Jan 06, 2016
Length: 30:18

197-Rik's 2 Homers

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Rik Hill discovers two potentially hazardous asteroids on successive nights.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, WYAP and more

Added: Nov 05, 2015
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 6

What We Want More Of: Hunter Lovins #111

From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth

Our ecosystems contribute tens of trillions of dollars to our economy every year, but – as L. Hunter Lovins notes, “At present we’re losing every m...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Nov 03, 2015
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 5

Big Rockets and Little LightSails

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Space Launch System on the Launchpad, Credit: NASA

Digital editor Jason Davis is a lucky guy. He follows and reports on human spaceflight progress, as well as the progress of the LightSail solar sai...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more

Added: Oct 12, 2015
Length: 28:50
Purchases: 8

Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Oct 04, 2015
Length: 09:15
Purchases: 1

Rewriting Our Cultural Narrative: William Rees #105

From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth

How big is your ecological footprint? Probably bigger than you think. After all, out of sight, out of mind. As an originator of ecological footprin...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more

Added: Sep 22, 2015
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 7

Windows Expert Hacks 'Droid Rifle at RAMming speed

From: Lyle Troxell
Series: GeekSpeak

Brand new very fast memory, Windows 10 rolls out slowly, how to stay safe online: experts vs non-experts, and more Geeky News.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYAP

Added: Sep 02, 2015
Length: 50:59
Purchases: 2

June 12 2015

From: Daniel Rosenbaum
Series: Wearable Tech Insider

Wearable Tech Insider podcast for week ending June 12 2015

Added: Jun 11, 2015
Length: 07:38

Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? (And more...)

Bought by WJCT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WKCC, KVSC, WLIW and more

Added: Jun 05, 2015
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 6

151-A Climate Changer

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Large asteroids which impact the Earth can cause global change.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, KALH and more

Added: May 28, 2015
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 7

Air

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Clean air is as valuable as clean water: both are essential requirements for human health and survival. Statistics and data on emissions from burni...

Added: Sep 22, 2014
Length: 05:10

Pathways to Exploration: Space Analyst John Logsdon on the National Research Council Human Spaceflight Report

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: Gemini Spacewalker, Credit: NASA

The National Research Council released its long-awaited report June 4th. Distinguished space policy analyst John Logsdon returns to Planetary Radi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM

Added: Jun 17, 2014
Length: 28:51
Purchases: 2

Global Partnership for the Oceans

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will describe the objectives of the Global Partnership for the Oceans and outline the points...

Added: Apr 21, 2014
Length: 05:08

New study finds iPads,other mobile devices can lead to motion sickness--lead researcher explains

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

Prof. Tom Stoffregen of the U of Minnesota led a study showing that using iPads & other mobile devices often make people feel sick. He joined WTIP'...

Added: Mar 04, 2014
Length: 20:31

Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence?

Bought by WJCT and KVSC

Added: Jan 17, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence?

Bought by WCNY and WTJU

Added: Jan 17, 2014
Length: 52:53
Purchases: 2

Grokking Democracy

From: Spectrum Radio

Hour long news program examines the democratic process and how technology has played a role. Co-hosted by Jonathan Alter and Lisa Mullins.

Bought by WUFT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB, KQED, West Virginia Public Broadcasting and more

Added: Oct 14, 2013
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 19

STEM vs. the Humanities? (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

We have a way of talking about STEM fields as the opposite of the humanities–but it’s hard to have one without the other.

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, and WTJU

Added: Sep 10, 2013
Length: 53:53
Purchases: 3

Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Depiction of the 1833 Leonid meteor storm, in Bible Readings for the Home Circle (1889).

On this episode of BackStory, we’re examining Americans’ ongoing fascination with the skies above us. How have people made sense of comets, eclipse...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WABE, KBRP Community Radio, KREV-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Aug 09, 2013
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 5

Grapefruit Juice - A Dangerous Mixer

From: David Niesel

Every day, millions of people who take medications also drink grapefruit juice. I do. But most don’t realize the combination can be toxic and even ...

Added: Jun 26, 2013
Length: 02:00

Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: 1814 wood engraving of two types of locking mechanisms., Credit: (Library of Congress).

Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? This week’s BackStory explores how Americans have viewed “i...

Bought by WUFT, XRAY.fm, WSKG, KUOW, WRPI and more

Added: May 17, 2013
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 12

WorldCanvass: Genetics and New Technologies

From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass

An exploration of the many ways in which genetics and new technologies are changing the world we live in and challenging long-held assumptions.

Added: Feb 28, 2013
Length: 01:58:37

Brain Injury and Couples

From: With Good Reason

Five times as many people get a brain injury than are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury can be devastatin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh