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RDD: Ring The Bell
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're headed to meet Dr. Crawford Strunk, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, at ProMedica's Children's Hospi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Right Ear Advantage
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The right ear listens and comprehends slightly better than the left.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Visiting Engineers Virtually
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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How can teachers expose their students to more engineering role models? What do they do if they don’t have time to arrange visits and field trips? ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 15:22
StoryCorps: Carla Saunders and Kyle Cook
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Kyle Cook (left) and Carla Saunders (right)
Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders are neonatal nurse practitioners at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville. They’ve spent decades caring for...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
AMOS 17.130: Helping Kids Lose Weight, 6/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Helping Kids Lose Weight

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
The Growing Epidemic of Infertility, its connections to endometriosis, lifestyle, diet & what we can do to restore Fertility with Dr. Ken Grey Holistic Physician, Jerisa Berry MD & Shanicka Scarborough MD
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Growing Epidemic of Infertility, its connections to endometriosis, lifestyle, diet & what we can do to restore Fertility with Dr. Ken Grey Hol...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Twelve-year old Deamonte Driver died following brain surgery in February 2007. His original diagnosis was meningitis. After his death, the culprit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mindfulness Calms Students Before School
From: WCPN
Series: StateImpact Ohio
Caption: Congressman Tim Ryan with Inner Explorer co-founder Laura Bakosh , Credit: Mark P. Urycki
Non-religious meditation appears to lower stress and behavioral problems. Gets support from Congressman Tim Ryan

  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
Patricia McConnell & The Education of Will: A Mutual Memoir of a Woman and Her Dog
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author is a zoologist & animal behaviorist. She describes herself as “stupid in love with dogs” and is known for her work with troubled canines...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 09:30
Ornithophobia
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Tippi Hedren in "The Birds" (1963)
There was something about the flamingo area at Marineland that attracted four year-old Megan Whitman.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
How to promote gratitude in kids all year long
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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With Thanksgiving around the corner, now's a natural time for parents, grandparents and teachers to encourage gratitude in kids. Dr. Giacomo Bono, ...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 18:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dating The Earth
From: KUNM
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The Children's Hour crew discovers how scientists know the age of the earth

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 36:13
SARCEF Science Fair
From: KXCI
Series: The Weekly Green
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The Weekly Green spoke with Liz Baker, SARSEF’s Director of Research.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
A.D.H.D. Nation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Schwartz
A high percentage of children in the United States are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, as it’s become known.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
New York Mandates All Schools Test Water For Lead But Experts Say The Effort May Be Misplaced
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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This year, in the wake of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis school districts around the country have been testing their tap water for lead contaminati...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of Pokemon Go and the Unrelenting Rampage of Cuteness and Community That's Taking Over St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack finds the city of St. Cloud inund...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Positivity and Progeria
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This story on The Rough Draft Diaries was given to us by Lexi Staples and it involves the Kudzia family. Tune in to hear how Heather Kudzia chooses...

  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
Dr. James Downing and St. Jude: Giving All Children a Chance Against Cancer and Other Illnesses
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. James Downing, president and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, on how the organization provid...

  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 45:26
Kitchens of the Future (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-How to get kids excited about learning science. -The kitchens of the future: pre-fabricated and internet interactive. -The state of bridges in thi...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KEDT, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 8
Children’s Formation of Social Categories - Marjorie Rhodes - PHM
From: Public Health Minute
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Adults can guide whether children categorize based on race or ethnicity through subtle changes in the way they use language. Bill Latimer finds out...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: :59
Take Care #63
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Video games and childhood obesity and bedbugs.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WRIR, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nearsightedness skyrocketing all over the world...and it's not why you might guess
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Severe myopia (nearsightedness) is on the rise among youth everywhere, and scientists think they know why. And it's likely not, as might seem obvio...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 16:26
Episode 20 - Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Sara, Mateo, and Max
Imagine a future where deadly tornadoes are a part of daily life. That's writer Kate Messner's world in "Eye of the Storm." 5th graders from Belved...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 20:10
Imagine All The People
From: Pien Huang
Caption: Casey and his mother Sarah., Credit: Pien Huang
Casey's just four, but he already has a grandson - or so he says. What can imaginary friends do for kids and adults?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 4