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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
Crying Dry Tears
From: Ibby Caputo
Caption: These eyes won't cry., Credit: Damian FitzPatrick
An homage to crying, originally aired on Radiotonic.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Haunting Tale of Why Clara Barton's Memorial Was 60 Years In The Making
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Did Clara Barton's ghost commune with the living?, Credit: National Park Service/Clara Barton NHS
A so-called spiritual medium, Clara Barton’s so-called spirit, and the man whose dedication swayed him to fall for an elaborate swindle.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
Birthstory
From: Israel Story
Series: Israel Story Podcast
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This collaboration between Israel Story and Radiolab tells the story of Tal and Amir-- an Israeli couple who went to Nepal to pick up their three b...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:05:55
From Frogs To Wands of Destiny: The Invention of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: Mother
Caption: Meg Crane's home pregnancy test prototype, 1968., Credit: Courtesy of Bonhams.
Pregnancy tests weren't always the neat, little plastic wands we have in drug stores today.

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


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 3
The Myth of the Female Fertility Cliff
From: marnie chesterton
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Women over 30 who haven't yet had kids are often told “tick tick; your biological clock is running out of time." Marnie Chesterton digs into the f...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 4
She's Going to Mars!
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: NOVEMBER, 2015
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Would you like to go? People are signing up for this trip to colonize Mars. Author and indie entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki reads from his new book, ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Inka Milewski
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Inka Milewski, at home in Miramichi, NB, Credit: David Kattenburg
Profile of New Brunswick, Canada researcher and environmental health advocate Inka Milewski

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
19: Fighting the Cause of Cancer, Dr Sandra Steingraber & Karuna Jaggar
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Credit: Laura Kozlowski
The causes of cancer seem to be everywhere. From makeup products, to the clothes we wear, and the furniture we buy. And even if it has a pink ribbo...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Infant Loss
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A sensitive discussion among medical professionals about infant loss

  • Added: Oct 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Skin Stem Cell's M.V.Professor w/ Elaine Fuchs
From: Artem Babaian
Series: Jobs In Science Interview Series
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Elaine Fuchs is ahead of the curve in skin stem cell biology. She's a professor at Rockefeller University, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute invest...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:04:45
Fugitive Red (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We go in search of the origins of a "perfect red," which once eluded scientists, pirates, and kings. Plus, how scientists are now tracking down rar...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WABE, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 21: That Crime of the Month
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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What does it mean when a woman commits a crime and attributes her actions to PMS? We revisit the court case and the science behind the first use of...

Bought by KWMR and KSFR


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Lucille Horn and Barbara Horn
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Lucille (L) and Barbara Horn (R)
Lucille Horn, 95, tells her daughter, Barbara, about the baby incubator exhibit at Coney Island that saved her life.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 3
Take Care #7
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: The effectiveness of dental implants and a conversation about breast cancer prevention.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Take Care #5
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode Topics: A new app that helps manage menopausal symptoms and a thorough understanding of the dangers of hypothermia.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Girl Power -- Groks Science Show 2015-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rachel Swaby discusses women in science.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPVL, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 4
A Higher Standard and Eliminating Chronic Pain
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, in June of 2008, President George W. Bush nominated Ann Dunwoody to four-star general in the US Army: The first woman to ever achieve that r...

Bought by WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WCWP, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 16: Totally Cerebral: Exercise and Your Brain
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Dr. Marian Diamond and Wendy Suzuki on Wendy's undergrad graduation day
A story of movement, memory, and mentors. Dr. Wendy Suzuki introduces us to Dr. Marian Diamond, whose lively classes ushered Wendy into a career in...

Bought by WTJU, KALW, KPIP-LP, KWMR, KMUD and more


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 17:57
  • Purchases: 6
Effects of Trauma on Women’s Health - Gretchen Clum - PHM
From: Public Health Minute
Series: Public Health Minute
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Women who have experienced abuse and violence and have mental health problems are more likely to engage in health-risk behaviors. Bill Latimer find...

  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: :59
Intimate Partner Violence Against Men - Denise Hines - PHM
From: Public Health Minute
Series: Public Health Minute
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An estimated 1 in 5 US men experience physical, sexual, or psychological intimate partner violence in their lifetimes. Bill Latimer finds out on Pu...

  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: :59
Episode 15: Science's Blind Spots
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
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One of the things we assign to science is that there are true, absolute facts. But scientists are human and, it turns out, as prone to blind spots ...

Bought by KSFR, KPIP-LP, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 16:02
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 13: The Next Generation of Galapagos Scientists
From: PRX
Series: Transistor
Caption: Maricruz Jaramillo (standing) and Samoa Asigau wait for their ride back to the Charles Darwin Research Station after an early morning of catching birds., Credit: Veronique LaCapra
What motivates young people to become scientists? Meet Maricruz Jaramillo and Samoa Asigau, two young women scientists from opposite sides of the P...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 2
6: Shana Rappaport & Amanda Ravenhill; Julia Prochnik, Negotiating Climate Change
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Amanda Ravenhill & Shana Rappaport
Climate change--one view is doom and gloom and destruction. The other is that things could be far more beautiful and regenerative and sustainable a...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Trauma Glossolalia: Synesthesia and Sound
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:09

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