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Nugget Man

From: Marion Kane

The story of the late Dr. Robert Baker, famous food scientist at Cornell, who invented the chicken nugget.

Added: May 07, 2012
Length: 21:53

Gold Dust

From: Laurence Yeung

Caption: The Genesis mission set out to bring pieces of the sun back to the Earth. Unfortunately, luck favored the literal interpretation. , Credit: NASA/Genesis Mission

What is the most expensive thing in the world?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Apr 30, 2012
Length: 03:00
Purchases: 3

Conversations

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Conversations with people who take a DIY approach to science and to life: DIY biologists working to democratize the lab, a single mom who says some...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KUOW, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media

Added: Apr 19, 2012
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 5

Painting from the Ashes

From: Sarah P. Reynolds

Caption: Kevin King painting in his studio, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds

Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Apr 06, 2012
Length: 04:44
Purchases: 4

Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security (Encore)

From: Making Contact

Caption: Honey Bee on Winter Aconite, Credit: Tie Guy II/ flickr

Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat. They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost ...

Bought by XRAY.fm

Added: Mar 20, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Crazy About Mushrooms: Conversations with Fungus Fanatics

From: Anna McHugh

What do the poisoned Emperor Claudius, the Aztec storm deity Quetzacotl and a 5,500 year old Ice Man have in common? They were all crazy about mush...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KHSU

Added: Mar 14, 2012
Length: 01:02:07
Purchases: 3

Welcome to the Star Party

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In the past decade, dark sky festivals have become attractions in parks across the U.S.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more

Added: Feb 24, 2012
Length: 04:39
Purchases: 6

Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Sep 16, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters

From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities

Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann

The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more

Added: Sep 09, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 20

RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide

From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities

Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann

Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more

Added: Sep 09, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 18

RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story

From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities

Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann

Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WFHB, CI Dolphin Radio, WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more

Added: Sep 09, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 20

A Buddhist's Obsession

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift

Michelle discovers Buddhism through a friend's death and tries to improve her mental control.

Added: Aug 12, 2011
Length: 08:18

Living with Hypochondria: The Real Costs of Imagined Illness

From: Karen Brown

Woody Allen made hypochondria famous as a source of self-deprecating humor, but this clinical condition can be seriously debilitating for individua...

Bought by PRX Remix and Jazz 91.9 WCLK

Added: Jul 11, 2011
Length: 28:56
Purchases: 2

Donald Jeffrey Herbert (Mr. Wizard), June 13, 2007

From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today

If his name doesn't ring a bell, it's because we knew him ... millions of television viewers ... from the 1950s all the way through to the Nickelod...

Added: Jun 11, 2011
Length: 03:00

Single Male with Strong Roots Searching For Fertile Ground to Plant Seed and Grow Together

From: SQRadio

The Pando Aspen is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (populus tremuloides) also known as the trembling giant because of its elliptical...

Added: Apr 17, 2011
Length: 27:33

Grounded: The End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight

From: KUT

KUT News’s hour-long special report: Grounded: the End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight, explores the launch of U.S. space mission...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio

Added: Feb 02, 2011
Length: 59:33
Purchases: 1

When Sheep Fly

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Biologists attach a tracking collar to a blindfolded desert bighorn sheep. , Credit: Kamila Forson

When Elephant Mountain gets too crowded with desert bighorn sheep, and it’s time to start a new herd in Big Bend Ranch State Park, how do you move ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Jan 26, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

The Troubled Rio Grande

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde

Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 19, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Texas' Aspens

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: Quaking aspens in Big Bend National Park, Credit: James Zech

With their towering white trunks and fluttering leaves, quaking aspens are icons of the Rocky Mountains. Yet every fall, aspen stands paint West Te...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 11, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Bats in Peril: White-nose Syndrome

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: An infected little brown bat., Credit: Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation

A fungal disease has been destroying bat colonies in the northeastern United States and is now spreading south and west across the country. What is...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 05, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Return of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow

From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes

Caption: A Rio Grande silvery minnow, Credit: Aimee Roberson/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

These tiny fish disappeared from Texas almost fifty years ago. But today, silvery minnows swim again in the Big Bend reach of the Rio Grande. What ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Nov 05, 2010
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 1

Without bugs there would be no chocolate!

From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects

A conversation between David Inoue and Dino Martins about the value of African insects to the worlds favourite things. Without bugs there would be ...

Added: Oct 31, 2010
Length: 04:49

Twice Lost

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs

The 2010 Grand Prize Winner of the New York Festivals Radio and Promotion Awards. 'Twice Lost' is the story of a damaged relationship that may yet ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis