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Solar Power
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour we explore the most inexpensive energy source in the world: solar power, in a show recorded live at the Solar Fies...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 23:21
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
Calamity in Philadelphia
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
The Drugs Changing How We Treat Obesity
From: Tradeoffs
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A new class of drugs can help people lose up to one-fifth of their body weight and manage serious health conditions associated with obesity. But th...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:32
Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Bethany Snider encouraged her nonprofit hospice agency to participate in a federal experiment to revamp Medicare's 40-year-old hospice policy, but she worries about its potential unintended consequences., Credit: Jon Cherry for Tradeoffs.
About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, acce...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 20:42
Squid
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Colorful, mysterious, delicious squid are among the most ancient and diverse creatures in the world. We learn all about them with Skype A Scientist...

Bought by KDLG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KIYU-FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
When Home Becomes a Hospital
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Gabriel Kibuyu (right) receives hospital-at-home care from UMass Memorial Medical Center nurse Danae Stand (center) and Dr. Constantinos Michaelidis (left on tablet) on March 6, 2023., Credit: Photo by Lisa Abitbol for Tradeoffs.
The pandemic pushed Medicare to start paying for “hospital-at-home” care for the first time, launching the largest test ever of home-based hospital...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 24:21
20230327: Squid, 3/27/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Colorful, mysterious, delicious squid are among the most ancient and diverse creatures in the world. We learn all about them with Skype A Scientist...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Caves Alive
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour, we're joined by three cave biologists who are researching life underground. Learn the basics of caves, spelunking...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KRSC, KSTK and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
20230320: Caves Alive, 3/20/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we're joined by three cave biologists who are researching life underground. Learn the basics of caves, spelunking...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
At The Bottom Of The Sea
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour get a tour of the JOIDES Resolution, a scientific research vessel exploring the ocean floor.

Bought by KECG, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KSTK, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20230227: At The Bottom Of The Sea, 2/27/2023
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Children's Hour get a tour of the JOIDES Resolution, a scientific research vessel exploring the ocean floor.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
An Enemy of the People
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Ibsen's surprisingly modern work about the dull complicity of the masses.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 38
One Doctor’s Crusade to Improve Health Literacy
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick believes plainspoken information from trusted messengers can help shrink health disparities, and some insurers are buying in., Credit: Ryan Levi
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 20:23
  • Purchases: 1
The End of Humira’s $200 Billion Drug Monopoly
From: Tradeoffs
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After 20 years, Humira – the best selling drug of all time – is finally facing direct competition. Typically, once generic drugs arrive on a market...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 18:07
2022-12-16 Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
20221216: Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner, 12/16/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Watersheds and Fire
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about watersheds, and what happens to them after a wildfire. Watersheds which provide the water source fo...

Bought by KECG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
20221107: Watersheds and Fire, 11/7/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about watersheds, and what happens to them after a wildfire. Watersheds which provide the water source fo...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Running
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Kids Crew explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of running with blind Olympic champion runner George Mendoza, kids and adults...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK, WVTF, WUTC and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
20221010: Running, 10/10/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Kids Crew explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of running with blind Olympic champion runner George Mendoza, kids and adults...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
From: Tradeoffs
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Initial screenings for breast, lung, cervical cancer are free, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 14:24
Whales
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

Bought by KECG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
2022-09-09 No Going Back: EVs and Clean Tech Tipping Points with Albert Cheung
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the tech world, there’s a common belief that once a new device hits 5% market penetration, it rapidly goes from a niche to mass adoption. Accord...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WGCU, WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGUA and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11

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