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682-Falling Space Rocks(459)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Over 100 meteors are recorded in this composite image taken during the peak of the Geminid meteor shower in 2014., Credit: NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser, NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office
In the early evening of January 17, 2018 six hundred and seventy four observers in 11 States and Canada reported a fireball meteor streaking across...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Where in the World Are All the Vaccines?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, talks with Ray Suarez about overcoming the challenges of vaccine distr...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
SF is strengthening its buildings for the next big quake
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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While hundreds of soft-story buildings in San Francisco have been upgraded by their owners to survive a major quake, city officials said 700 such b...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:33
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 10/12/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Like the COVID-19 vaccines? Then you'll love the way mRNA is being tried out on certain cancers. Also, a human stool sample...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 09/14/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What can we learn from a bunch of rhesus macaques playing video games and 'choking' under the pressure? Also, it may be be...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Explaining "Code Red for Humanity" - Disorganizing Nature (Repeat)
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Duke's Gibson, Indiana power plant is the second largest coal burner in the nation., Credit: Photo by John Blair.
With the IPCC's most recent report clanging "Code Red for Humanity" we revisit our show with Jason Moore, author of Capitalism in the Web of Life, ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 05/11/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The more people who vaccinate, the quicker life goes back to normal. But is there a (proven) way to convince the "on the fe...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Is SARS-CoV-2 Here to Stay?
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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The end of the pandemic might not mean the end of SARS-CoV-2. In fact, many scientists think COVID is here to stay, even with vaccines. In this seg...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 04:07
World in Progress 04/29/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Who owns space? - We dive deep into outer space. Who owns space? Who owns mineral resources and water? The race is on — i...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 04/13/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What is going wrong in the minds of conspiracy theorists when they end up jumping to false conclusions? Also, why are peopl...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Farming - recorded 4/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A 3 generation family farm business discusses farming

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:15
Nursing recorded 1/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion about nursing as of 2003

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:08
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 01192021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: As Germany doubles down on the lockdown, new data suggests vaccines will keep us all safe for a long, long time. But even a...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
624-In Coming
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he spotted a movi...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Astronomy with Jennifer Anderson
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Jennifer Anderson joins us on Culture Clique to learn about fun things to watch for in the night sky. Original air date: 04/23/20.

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 26:47
No Simple Answers: The Complexity of COVID-19
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Herd Immunity?
Herd immunity is not going to happen with COVID-19. Sam Scarpino tells us that the US missed the chance to contact trace and now social distance pr...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 04/14/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Get tested - In this episode, one of the host's children is sent to a coronavirus test center. Also, if your loved ones a...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
The Write Question - David Quammen & Humanities Montana - 423
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Samantha Dwyer from Humanities Montana interviews acclaimed science journalist David Quammen about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 23:00
Spectrum 24/03/20
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The coronavirus lockdown - Never in history have so many human beings been stuck inside their homes. This social isolatio...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 01/21/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Close your eyes, open your heart, and join our experiment on music and emotions - What do you get when you mix three D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jack Nisbet - 409
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer and naturalist Jack Nisbet discusses his book, "The Dreamer and The Doctor: A Forest Lover and a Physician on the Edge of the Frontier."

Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
531-Alex's Catch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while obs...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, KUPR low power FM, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Jonathan Coop — At the crossroads of evolution
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with biologist and botanist Jonathan Coop.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
514-Close Space Rocks
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Since 1900 there have been 11 close approaches by asteroids larger than 300 feet in diameter. One of them, the Tunguska Object was about 400 feet ...

Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, KRWG, WTIP and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Randall Fuller, author of "The Book That Changed America"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Randall Fuller who's written an historical take on how Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited leaders and thinkers in the US in...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1