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Can spending time in nature make you smarter? Psychologist weighs in
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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What do these three words, inch, deal and peg, have in common? You might be able to answer more quickly if you've been spending time outdoors--it t...

  • Added: May 12, 2015
  • Length: 18:06
Meteorologist Mark Seeley on his updated best-seller, "Minnesota Weather Almanac"
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Mark Seeley, climatologist, meteorologist, and MPR commentator, is just out with the revised edition of his best-selling book, "Minnesota Weather A...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 26:13
Dragons of Inaction Feature
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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Today, about half of all Americans believe in human-caused climate change, and yet, few Americans modify their behaviors in any serious ways. Allis...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, WEZU and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
Dragons of Inaction (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are the "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WSKG, KMUD, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Dragons of Inaction (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are our "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by WXDU, KVSC, WKCC, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
02-09: True Biotechnologies: Nature’s Best Climate Change Solutions, 4/15/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Janine Benyus, Credit: Tim Porter
Some of the best minds on the planet are busy cataloguing possible solutions to the crisis of climate chaos. Scientists, entrepreneurs, and educato...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
The Madam Next Door
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KUNV, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
127-Tied for Third
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comets are one of nature's most spectacular displays. They are in most cases named for their discoverer.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Black folks in nature
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, leads a group on a white water adventure, Credit: Outdoor Afro
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...

Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
114-Rose's First Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The newest member of the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey team, Rose Matheny, discovers her first Earth approaching asteroid.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, KALH and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Bio-hackers Grow Their Own Ink
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Biohackers grow their own ink from soil-dwelling bacteria., Credit: La Paillasse
What does it mean to live in a world where biotech is done for and by the people? How long might it be until we are all growing our own ink, laund...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
106-Your Reality Fueled Spacecraft
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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NASA/JPL has developed a new computer program, based on software game architecture, which allows you to tour space using real NASA data.

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


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Gratitude: It's good for you
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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This is a great time of year to reflect on gratitude. WTIP's Ann Possis spoke with Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer, founder and director of the Center for Spi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 14:52
  • Purchases: 1
96-Target Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Students have the opportunity to do original scientific research and to discover and name asteroids.

Bought by Simply Beautiful, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Extra Babylon
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
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An hour of great Stones songs with a slant to the Bridges To Babylon record. John Lee Hooker is on the Stones Roots, The Faces on the Double Shot ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KSRQ, KRPS, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 7
Colliding galaxies, choosing a telescope, Perseid meteor showers, and more...from Astrobob
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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One of WTIP's favorite Roadhouse guests, Bob King (aka Astrobob), joined Dick Swanson to catch up on what's new in the sky and how best to see it.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 1
Furious Love (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KFOK-LPFM, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #215 - The Cardinals
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
Even though The Cardinals only scored 3 R&B hits, they are remembered as one of the most important vocal groups of the 1950s. This week, Matt The C...

Bought by WOUB, 90.5 WSNC, WLPR , WRNC-LP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Day Job 6: The Mind Reader
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How Musicians Pay The Rent (2014 Series)
Caption: Ivan Galvez of Picoso, Credit: Joshua McNichols / Day Job
Ivan Gálvez plays timbales with the Seattle band Picoso. He also scans my brainwaves with an electroencephalogram machine at the hospital where he ...

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 3
Snipe Hunt
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: A Wilson's snipe mid flight, Credit: NPS / Neal Herbert
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.

Bought by KALW, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
Planetary Radio Live: Partying Under Shuttle Endeavour on Yuri's Night!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Radio Host Mat Kaplan, Astronaut and Fragile Oasis Founder Ron Garan, Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, and Yuri’s Night Executive Director Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides on stage at Yuri’s Night Los Angeles. , Credit: Danielle Hanne
We’re back at the California Science Center, final home of Endeavour, the shuttle that made 25 flights into space. Join the party as we celebrate ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Wilderness Adventures Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Washington Aims To Be The Healthiest State
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: Sallie and Sharon on the MS-150
NO ONE LIKES A BAD GRADE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH. HOW DOES WASHINGTON STATE RANK AMONG OTHERS IN THE COUNTRY? REPORTER SALLIE BODIE H...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:04
Alaska Aurora Adventure
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: March 3, 2014 launch from Poker Flat Research Range, Credit: NASA/Christopher Perry
Join Mat Kaplan and other Aurora “virgins” as they seek the Northern Lights in Fairbanks, Alaska, and meet retired rocketeer and Director of the Po...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Exploring Black Holes and Supernovae With NuSTAR
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NuSTAR radioactivity map of a supernova., Credit: NASA
It’s the first high energy X-ray telescope in space, and it is providing theory-shattering data along with stunning images of some of the universe’...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WOUB, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3