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This week, we discuss the economics and ethics of hedge fund bets on life-saving medication. What’s wrong with companies like Turing Pharmaceutical...
- Added: Jul 10, 2016
- Length: 03:45
Summers along the Great Lakes feature fishing, boating -- and dangerous algae blooms that can shut down beaches. These blooms are caused by excess ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WSKG, North Country Public Radio, WKSU, WRVO Public Media and more
- Added: Jun 27, 2016
- Length: 03:40
- Purchases: 9
Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE
- Added: Jun 21, 2016
- Length: 12:08
- Purchases: 2
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2016
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 2
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. Douglas Jackson, president and CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Learn how Project C.U.R.E. delivers medical suppli...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 57:18
The Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive beetle attacking Ash trees across the Midwest. The beetle first showed up in Bloomington in 2008, with the Ind...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 05:47
Professor Tim Garrett of the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss the thermodynamic implications of our ene...
Bought by KMUD
- Added: Feb 16, 2016
- Length: 59:12
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Mark Jacobson, distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, is on-air with us to explain the economic...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Jan 13, 2016
- Length: 59:24
- Purchases: 1
How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 04:25
- Purchases: 1
Former oil exploration geologist, Andy Skuce, talks with us about the science behind COP21 decisions and what the future will most likely look like...
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 59:19
Ten years later and thousands of miles away, Hurricane Katrina lives on.
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 27:58
Rodney grew up selling dope and guns. But he's always loved caring for birds. The drugs landed him in jail. The birds helped set him free.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 11:23
- Purchases: 4
Peter Salovey and his colleagues share their insights regarding the history of emotional intelligence and the practical applications contributed by...
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 12:32
The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 06:44
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, where he taught and conducted research for...
- Added: Oct 04, 2015
- Length: 59:37
Marine biologist Jon Stern studies cetaceans: porpoises, dolphins and whales. Stern is a professor at San Francisco State and also leads field stud...
- Added: Sep 18, 2015
- Length: 08:14
Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer on how scientists know that climate change is not just due to the Sun.
- Added: Jul 17, 2015
- Length: 04:02
Caffeine Powder, or the purest form of caffeine, is a very lethal substance in small amounts. Many people do not know about the dangers of the prod...
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 03:30
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
Music-induced hearing loss and the shifting borders between noise and music.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRZA
- Added: Apr 10, 2015
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 2
Dr. Doug Craig co-hosts with me, as Unspun revisits the most serious issue of our time, Climate Change (of course), with Dr. Michael Mann. Dr. Mic...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 58:25
Unspun sits down with Anne Petermann, Ex. Dir. of the Global Justice Ecology Project. Long time forest protection and indigenous rights activist. ...
- Added: Feb 17, 2015
- Length: 58:52
