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World Toilet Day
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Nov. 19th is World Toilet Day, and in developing countries it's serious business.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
How Could Plastic Surgery Alleviate Migraines? And Why Are Some Neurologists Wary?
From: Michael Miller
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Some plastic surgeons are touting an unexpected benefit of cosmetic surgery: it may help alleviate migraine pain. But neurologists are skeptical a...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
  • Purchases: 1
How to Give
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week we're asking what it takes to get us to give, and how we know if we're doing it right.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WKCC, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 5
11: Microphone Museum (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
09: Babble Machine (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Stuck in the Bluff
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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WABE reporter Jim Burress takes us to ‘The Bluff’, a neighborhood in Atlanta where a needle exchange program has become a vital part of a strugglin...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Speech Dance
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Hear about new ideas in the neuroscience of communication where scientists are now considering multiple brains interacting at the same time.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 23, 2013
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 2
Are We Catching Up With Technology?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about new technologies and how we are interacting with them in a very human way.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
Crime, Punishment, and the Search for Justice
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about ideas and innovations in investigations and imprisonment, the search for justice, and the unexpected intersection of crime and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
10.5: Celestaphone
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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A the story and sounds of an instrument made from meteorites.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Animal Orchestra Is Quieting
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Animals communicate with each other like instruments in an orchestra. This natural soundscape is now quieting which can have an effect on humans as...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2013
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 3
11: Microphone Museum
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:26
  • Purchases: 1
09: Babble Machine
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Word of Mouth Christmas
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An hour-long magazine program featuring interviews and sound-rich pieces on a variety of seasonal themes, including the science of giving, the deba...

Bought by WBEZ and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Mississippi River Visits the Doctor
From: Mahi Palanisami
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A recent release of an environmental report provides insight in to the Mississippi River's condition.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
Origins Research Motives
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
The EnvironMinute July 2 - 6, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: The EnvironMinute
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This week on The EnvironMinute . . . tracking fish for sustainable fisheries, resolving potable water issues, using bats to restore rainforests, an...

Bought by KOSU and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Our Ocean World July 2 - July 6, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Our Ocean World
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This week on Our Ocean World . . . using seals to collect ocean data, different oceans - different songs, sea birds and long-line fishing, and more.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sign of Science July 2 - 6, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Sign of Science
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This week on Sign of Science . . . bacteria in ice, an internship in Antarctica, counting the penguins, and more.

Bought by KOSU and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
The EnvironMinute June 25 - 29, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: The EnvironMinute
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This week on The EnvironMinute . . . the environmental impact of antibacterial soaps, synthetic chemicals that mimic natural hormones, business and...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Our Ocean World June 25 - 29, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Our Ocean World
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This week on Our Ocean World . . . composite building supplies, sea anemones, blue whales, and more.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
Sign of Science June 25 - 29, 2012
From: Finger Lakes Productions
Series: Sign of Science
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This week on Sign of Science . . . stinky mats of bacteria in water, life on Mars, family strains of TB, and more.

Bought by WXXI Rochester and KOSU


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Roots of a Crisis
From: Chrys Bocast
Series: Aquaculture and You
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Fish, Aquaculture, and the Industrial Revolution

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
Dead Zones and Fly-Fishing
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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You can’t see them on the surface. But at the bottom of some of the world’s largest bodies of water are areas called dead zones where fish and othe...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMXT, and KWMR


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Undergraduate Research in the Hard Sciences at Miami
From: Joe stampson
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A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:05

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