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The return of the Antarctic blue whale
From: Possibly
Caption: Antarctic blue whale, Credit: Isabel Beasley
Today we’re going to focus on some positive news — a bright spot. Scientists have noticed something remarkable about blue whales— after years of ne...

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  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum (Science Unscripted) 05/19/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Good vs. bad medicine & the mood in Germany - In this episode, we look at a new German medicine that could be better tha...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
591-Teddy's First Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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One of the perks of being an asteroid hunter is to discover a comet and have it carry your name. Teddy's first comet discovery is a member of a gr...

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  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Spectrum (Science Unscripted) 05/05/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Virus clouds, blood clots and Germany re-opens, oh my! In this episode, a host's wife gets the results of her COVID-19 ant...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Sarah Reinhardt Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines are updated every five years, but have thus far not taken sustainability into consideration? Join Foo...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum/ Science Unscripted 04/21/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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In this episode, hosts Gabriel Borrud and Conor Dillon answer corona FAQs and the "latex glove question," let you know where to swim safely, and t...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Paul Lesko Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that a Missouri peach farmer lost 30,000 trees and his peach business due to drift from Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide? Join Food Sleuth...

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  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Timothy Wise Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that producing more food with exported Western technologies will not “feed the world? “Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered diet...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 03/17/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? - We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Tod Cooperman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that you don’t have to spend a fortune to get high quality dietary supplements? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, ...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Connections-Special
From: ChavoBart Digital Media
Series: Climate Connections
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Fire Drill Fridays with Jane Fonda

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 03/03/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: It's here - Forget Wuhan. If a respected virologist is correct, most will Germans get the novel coronavirus at some poin...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Judith D. Schwartz Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that working with the water cycle can help mitigate climate change? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemm...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life=Matter+Information: Paul Davies and the Demon in the Machine
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The double helix of DNA is the main carrier of the information of life, but far from the only one, according to Paul Davies and other scientists., Credit: Public Domain
Physicist and author Paul Davies returns to talk about his new book that explores the defining role information plays in life on Earth and perhaps ...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Food Sleuth Radio, Nsedu Witherspoon Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that children are not “little adults?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview wit...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 02/11/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: I wish I could remember your phone number - Feeling forgetful? Then join us for a memory master class from a German worl...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Robert Martin Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that food has become the social issue of our time? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her i...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 01/28/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sliding into unhappiness - Feeling cynical? Then come slip into the ‘u-shaped’ trough that represents human happiness o...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
S2 Ep 8: Needle exchanges and harm reduction
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: David Venes (right) poses at the Tacoma Needle Exchange van with his dog, Ethel, and outreach worker, Laura Reynolds., Credit: Amber Cortes
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 22:21
Spectrum 12/31/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Happiness, fear and our atmosphere - Our boiling hot planetary neighbor, Venus, might have once been similar to Earth...

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kids In Space
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Astronaut Christina Koch
The Children's Hour held a live chat with astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station, and the kids interviewed space researchers

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ep 1: The Psychedelic Society
From: Josh, Chris and Adam
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The Renaissance has brought about the need for psychonauts to form community around healthy ideas and practices surrounding psychedelics. The Psyc...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2019
  • Length: 30:20
Spectrum 12/03/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: New Peers Review takes on neurodegeneration - The roving science game show returns to challenge two brave neuroscientists...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ep 4: Social workers and police team up to fight the opioid epidemic
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Social worker Lauren Rainbow and police reaching out to man who may be struggling with addiction., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
Marshmallows in Kevlar and a foul-mouthed social worker. Coffee dates, mac n’ cheese, and body wash. The county reimagines police work and helps hu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 30:07
Ep 3: Treating the opioid epidemic like a natural disaster
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: Sheriff Ty Trenary, Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns “handcuffs and a trip to jail” jus...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 26:39