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Temple Grandin on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Temple Grandin enlightens listeners about “visual thinking” and stresses the importance of leveraging diverse cognitive styles. She is an author, ...

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 27:22
AMOS 24-105: A Matter of Preference, 5/27/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
A Matter of Preference

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-103: Starch Difference, 5/23/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Starch Difference

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Season 2 Is Coming!
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Thank you to all of our listeners for a fantastic first season of This Is Science with Jess Phoenix! We are grateful for your support, and stay tun...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: :32
The Play's the Thing
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: The Play's the Thing, Credit: Seth Shostak
Has children’s play become too safe? Research suggests that efforts to prioritize safety harms children’s mental and physical development during pl...

Bought by WRGY, KZUM, WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
How Should We Respond To Climate Change?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Steve Koonin, a former U.S. Secretary of Science, and Dr. Michael Greenstone, Director of the Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago,...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
2024-05-10 Big Plastic: The New Big Oil
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 9
240510: Big Plastic: The New Big Oil, 5/10/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that the...

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
Medical Cannabis -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Benjamin Caplan discussed his book, The Doctor-Approved Cannabis Handbook.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Nuts and Bolts
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nuts and Bolts, Credit: Seth Shostak
How frequently do you think about fasteners like screws and bolts? Probably not very often. But some of them a storied history, dating back to Egyp...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
EU Energy and Climate Policy, Part 2
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Carlos Batlle, Visiting Scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative, and Jonathan Elkind, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia's Center on Global Ene...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 24-106: The Fate of New Zealand's Birds, 5/28/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Fate of New Zealand's Birds

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-104: Koalas Have Fingerprints, Too, 5/24/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Koalas Have Fingerprints, Too

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-102: Organ Failure, 5/22/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Organ Failure

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-101: Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches of Snow, 5/21/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches of Snow

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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Just 20 years ago, hydrogen cars and battery electric cars (EVs) were pretty evenly matched as clean alternatives to gas-powered cars. But today, E...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 10:08
Secrets of Soil
From: Jim Metzner
Series: Pulse of the Planet
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Not only does soil support virtually every tree, plant and crop on earth, it can control toxic waste and help mitigate climate change.

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 12:58
Regenerative Medicine -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jeffrey Gross discussed regenerative medicine.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Phreaky Physics
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Phreaky Physics, Credit: Seth Shostak
It was a radical idea a century ago, when Einstein said space and time can be bent, and gravity was really geometry. We hear how his theories inspi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
EU Energy and Climate Policy, Part 1
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Jonathan Elkind, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy, and Dr. Carlos Batlle, Visiting Scientist at MIT Energy Init...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 28, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Disciplined Listening -- Groks Science Show 2024-04-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Reddington discussed his book, The Disciplined Listening Method.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
De-Permafrosting
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: De-Permafrosting, Credit: Seth Shostak
Above the Arctic Circle, much of the land is underlaid by permafrost. But climate change is causing it to thaw. This is not good news for the plane...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Critical Minerals for Energy
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Nedal Nassar, Chief of the Materials Intelligence Research at the US Geological Survey, and Dr. Adam Simon, Professor of Earth and Environmenta...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quakes Clouds Cardio -- Groks Science Show 2024-04-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We discussed the recent Taiwan quake, cloud seeding, and healthy science.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDX Worldround Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
240419: Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts , 4/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Artificial intelligence can do some pretty amazing things, including for the climate. AI can help optimize the electric grid, make heating and cool...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59

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