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Skeptic Check: After the Hereafter
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: After the Hereafter, Credit: Seth Shostak
There are few enduring truths, but one is that no one gets out of life alive. What’s less certain is what comes next. Does everything stop with d...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KREV-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, and WRGY


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sound Ecology: Macrofungi
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Mycologist Terry Henkel discusses the diversity of fungi, loosely called mushrooms, and their importance to ecosystem health and the Klamath bioreg...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Deadly River: Cholera & Cover-Up in Post Earthquake Haiti
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Epidemiology Professor Ralph Frerichs
A controversy involving United Nations Peacekeeping forces, the World Health Organization, and scientists --- not to mention the people of Haiti -...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Charles Benbrook Interview, Part I
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the vast majority of genetically engineered crops are engineered to withstand spraying with the herbicide, glyphosate? And that o...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
06-11: Future Generations Are Screaming At Us: The Clean Energy Climate Challenge , 5/11/2016
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: James Hansen
The climate crisis is a crisis of governance and leadership. Will we move rapidly enough to realign our policies, politics and economy to stabilize...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Food Sleuth Radio, William (Bill) Marler Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know Marler Clark, “The Food Safety Law Firm,” has represented thousands of individuals in claims against food companies whose contaminated...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician’s Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Steven Hatch
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chemicals Without Harm
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ken Geiser
We are surrounded by chemicals every day. They’re in our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronics, and even our children’s toys.

Bought by KVSC, KCBX, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Future Tripping
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Hal Niedzviecki
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Rise of the Robots
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Rise of the Robots jacket cover, Credit: Basic Books Jason Gabbert
We’re on the cusp of another revolution: A technology revolution. This one, however, is vastly different from its predecessor: The industrial revol...

Bought by WDBM, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
188-Deep Listen
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Will 100 million dollars in grant funds be enough for humans to discover a tiny needle in the cosmic haystack?

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
185-So Many Possibilities
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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New research has revealed a truly mind boggling number of potentially habitable locations in the Universe.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Next Chapter - Program 78
From: Allen Hundley
Series: The Next Chapter
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Investigative reporter Judy Bachrach talks about her new book Glimpsing Heaven. Scientists may have underestimated green energy's potential for fi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 57:53
Why Women Have Curves
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the evolution of women's bodies and why they have curves with Dr. David Bainbridge, author of “Curvology:  The Origins and ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Jonathan Goff Says Let’s Redirect an Asteroid
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of an astronaut collecting a sample from a retrieved asteroid., Credit: NASA
ARM is the Asteroid Redirect Mission, and sometimes it seems that it doesn’t have a friend in the world. But it does, and Jonathan Goff of Altius S...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
The Challenge of Our Time
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re continuing our “money machine” series on the cost of carbon capitalism. Gas gets cheaper, the weather gets warmer, and for our guests the env...

Bought by KMXT, KZYX, and WRPI


  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 3
Kids and Character Building: What Works Best?
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Psychologist Walter Mischel talks about his new book The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control. It’s about his famed experiment testing delayed ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
The Brain's Way of Healing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Norman Doidge
Bestselling author Dr. Norman Doidge describes how neuroplasticity leads to healing in his newest book.

Bought by KCBX, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 3
An Empathy Time Bomb
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frank Schaeffer
Frank A. Schaeffer is a best-selling author, blogger, speaker and fine artist, and he’s the son of Francis Schaeffer, architect of the talkeover by...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Leap: The Science of Trust and Why it Matters
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ulrich Boser
Bestselling author Ulrich Boser shows how the emerging research on trust can improve our lives, rebuild our economy, and strengthen society. As par...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Big Data: Who Are We On The Web?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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When you live on a computer, every hair on your head is numbered — every click, too, every date and breakup, every want and need. Christian Rudder,...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Earth 2.0
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With hundreds of Earth-like planets discovered over the past few years, it’s fair to say we’re on the verge of finding alien life. Two new programs...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Panopticon
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Privacy: Going... going... gone!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On August 6, 1991, Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the CERN particle accelerator in Switzerland, announced the debut of the World Wide Web, marking...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Who Decides
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Privacy: Going... going... gone!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What should consumers do who worry their data is being misused?Whose job is it to educate people about their responsibilities?Does privacy mean any...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Health
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Privacy: Going... going... gone!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the past few years medical companies have been producing a range of devices to help aging people keep track of their vital statistics: pulse rat...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00