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Trace Elements: Upgrade
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Hosts Cristina Quinn and Alison Bruzek
It’s here! Episode three of our special five-part series called Trace Elements with hosts Cristina Quinn and Alison Bruzek. Hacking your hearing a...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 19:18
The "New Normal" Relationship / Leadership Expertise / Nips and Tucks / Spice Up Your Life / Weather
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Dr. Pepper Schwartz/"normality" in sex and love Segment 2 &3: Shar McBee/leadership and volunteerism Segment 4: Dr. Rob Sigal/plastic...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Upgrade
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
Caption: A Dangerous Things kit, Credit: Alison Bruzek
Hacking your hearing aid to implanting NFC tags into your hands -- we are now in the age of DIY Bio. We dive into the growing underworld of body mo...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 18:22
Science of RBF - Groks Science Show 2016-04-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jason Rogers discusses the science of "resting b*** face" (RBF).

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:20
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #54
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: NY Times writer Jane Brody on health reporting and LASIK surgery.

Bought by WRIR and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ovarian transplants are on infertility's cutting edge
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Ralph and Katy Panek were able to have children thanks to a donated ovary from Katy’s twin sister Carol Enoch., Credit: Courtesy of Carol Enoch
Thirty-six-year-old twins Carol Enoch and Katy Panek are physically identical in every way but one: Katy was born without ovaries. She never menstr...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUER


  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 3
Peeing in my pants: Everybody does it
From: Lauren Whaley
Caption: The producer with her son., Credit: Jake de Grazia
Urinary incontinence is more common than you think, but it's tough to talk about. Learn about all the treatments and technologies that can treat it.

Bought by KALW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 4
Evolution of Monogamy
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
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UT Austin biologist Rebecca Young traces the genes behind monogamous behavior using Wrangler data-intensive supercomputer.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 13: The Girl Who Dug Up Dinosaurs
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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A 12-year-old girl in blue jeans probably isn’t the first thing you picture when you hear the word paleontologist. But in 1979, young India Wood di...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
Take Care #47
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: DCIS and healthy Thanksgiving eating.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
237-Lost
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The asteroid named for Mildred Shapley Matthews was lost in the solar system for 75 years.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Trace Elements: The Reset
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Trace Elements hosts Cristina Quinn and Alison Bruzek
Two hosts, one adventure: This episode marks the beginning of five special Transistor episodes called Trace Elements. Hosts Cristina Quinn and Alis...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Invention of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Graphic designer Meg Crane in 1965, Credit: Anna Kaufman
We love a good backstory to a scientific invention that is ubiquitous today. Meet the women who got pregnancy tests out of labs and into homes.

Bought by WOUB, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:38
  • Purchases: 3
Temple Grandin on the Autistic Brain
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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" If you got rid of all of the genes that cause autism, you’d be rid of Carl Sagan, you’d be rid of Mozart. Einstein, today, would be labeled autis...

Bought by KZYX, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZYX, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 11:46
  • Purchases: 4
Culture Clique Presents: "The Land of 10,000 lakes: Minnesota’s Water Future" EP2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we’ll continue our visit with Dr. Deborah Swackhamer. Dr. Deborah is a Professor of Science, Technology, and Pu...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 37:15
Culture Clique Presents: "The Land of 10,000 lakes: Minnesota’s Water Future" EP1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we visit with Dr. Deborah Swackhamer. Dr. Deborah is a Professor of Science, Technology, and Public Policy in t...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 55:14
Gender Bias & Online Sales
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Buyers shell out a lot less on online auctions for when the seller is female.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Identical Strangers
From: Radio Diaries
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Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein share 100 percent of their DNA. Separated at birth, the twins were both adopted and raised by loving families. The...

Bought by WDBM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, American Voices, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 4
Sally Ride on Dumb Questions, The Experimenters
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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“I wish that there had been another woman on my flight. I think it would have been a lot easier.” - Sally Ride in 1983. Interviewed by Gloria Steinem.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, WLRH, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 11:59
  • Purchases: 12
Beyond Happy (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Specific genetic markers that may predispose a risk of clinical depression. -The balance between work, family, and self-care. -Coping strategies w...

Bought by WCNY, KGUA, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Beyond Happy (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Specific genetic markers that may predispose for a risk of clinical depression. -the balance between work, family, and self-care.

Bought by WJCT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC, KKRN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Take Care #37
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Ovarian cancer and fall seasonal allergies.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
#2: Rana, Too East for the West
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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In the second episode of the new series, Palestinians Podcast, we hear from Rana Akleh, a doctoral student at Boston College. Rana artistically des...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:15
Tawnee Corning Captures the Cosmos
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Io Study, Tawnee Corning
How do you capture the cosmos? The vastness, the distance of cosmic bodies, even the colors? Those are questions for Tawnee Corning, a Bagley area ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 09:09
A Not So Big Life: Sarah Susanka #117
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Architect Sarah Susanka observed that houses in the U.S. were getting larger – but some rooms were seldom occupied, and often not even furnished. S...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WYAP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 9

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