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Dispatch 352 - The incorrigible vice
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chewie wears his mask. Be like Chewie., Credit: Sandip Roy
…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. — From ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Episode 2: On pulsars, wavelengths, and beating hearts
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Johanna explore the physical, emotional, and spiritual planes of our existence while exercising on Zoom.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 08:47
Future of Learning: The Evolving Classroom
From: After the Fact
Series: The Future of Learning
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Teachers and experts discuss the evolving classroom and how teachers are trying to prepare students to be flexible, motivated, and lifelong learner...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 21:28
Foraging For Mushrooms
From: NANCY GUAN
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Long-time mushroom enthusiast Andre Kohler takes us on a foraging trip through the Santa Monica mountains.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:28
"Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19"
From: Shirley Jahad
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We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...

Bought by Valley Public Radio, KCSB-FM, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 11
For COVID Patients, Recovery is a Hurdle of Its Own
From: Lucas Woods
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Many recovering COVID patients need rehabilitation before they go home. That's stretching inpatient rehab facilities to their limits.

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:36
Citizen Science & Porcupines
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Kids are the scientists studying porcupines in the Southwest United States, as part of a citizen science project. Learn about citizen science oppor...

Bought by WCNY, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Earth Day Special {Vol.3}
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Celebrating this precious Earth we all inhabit and impact via bluegrass, jazz and music bridging the divide betwixt.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:40
The Refuge | Series Promo 2
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 1
The Refuge | Series Promo 1
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio and KSKA


  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 2
The Refuge | Episode 4 | Path Dependence
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: A polar bear ambles across a grassy plain just outside Kaktovik, Alaska, Credit: Nick Mott
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 7
The Refuge | Episode 3 | Do It In a Good Way
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Sarah James on her four-wheeler in Arctic Village, Alaska, Credit: Amy Martin
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 7
The Refuge | Episode 2 | Atauchikun
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Robert Thompson, Kaktovik polar bear guide, Credit: Nick Mott
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Refuge | Episode 1 | Sibling Rivalry
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Vebjørn Aishana Reitan, polar bear guide and certified U.S. Coast Guard captain, on the refuge., Credit: Nick Mott
The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KSKQ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Wyoming Public Radio, Prairie Public, WITF and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
Pi Day With Einstein
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour celebrates Pi Day with Albert Einstein and learn about the number Pi.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WCNY and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Resilience & Adaptation In Climate Change
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Kids presenting adaptation ideas at a CAVU - Climate Advocacy Vocas Unidas event , Credit: CAVU
How can we learn to be resilient and adapt to a changing climate? Plus we meet a child prodigy who has talents far exceeding expectations.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, KMXT, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
A Green Idea to Power Rural Nepal
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Series: Ways & Means Podcast
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Researchers are investigating a method of creating power from fast moving streams in Nepal. Sometimes these micro-hydro minigrids work and sometime...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 16:08
  • Purchases: 1
Polio Pioneers
From: Elaine Vitone
Caption: What was life like before childhood vaccines?, Credit: Illustration by Frank Harris
In this episode, hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, “polio pioneers,” schoolkids from the clinical trial...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Whale Fall
From: Katz Laszlo
Caption: Screenshot from Nautilus Livestream, October 2019, Credit: Nautilus
In this piece we hear the process of musicians and scientists who collaborated to turn deep sea research into a song. Produced in Woods Hole, MA, ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 11:46
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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Learn the science of earthquakes and volcanoes

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Refuge | Preview
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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The Refuge takes a deep dive into the controversy over drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with a particular focus on potentia...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
SERENDIPITY -- Prune Nourry Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Prune Nourry, San Francisco, CA 10/9/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Prune Nourry talks creation, lipstick, and what happens when chance meets intuition

  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 21:04
THE CURRENT WAR: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT -- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon talks lighting, adaptation, and how he went rock-and-roll to tell a 19th-century story.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 12:51
Sounds of Incredible Scanning Procedure
From: Paul Messing
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The incredible never-before-heard sounds of the AFSMPT (Amazing Futuristic Scanning Machine Process Technology) :48

  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: :47
Episode 122: Professor Quaalude
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:12

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