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The Artificial Pancreas (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Doctors often suggest managing diabetes through diet and exercise, but that’s primarily for type 2 diabetes. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes ...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
The Evolution of AIDS
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Human hands unwittingly unleashed the AIDS epidemic and can now overcome it, if we learn the lessons of the past. This week on Interchange guest ho...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:04
Ole Kaven + Julie Greene: Earthquakes and Solar Cooking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
While the earth probably won’t shake the next time you turn on your gas stovetop, keep in mind it comes at a cost. This week on Sea Change Radio, w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
In the Department of Poetic Justice: Take Them Off Our Agenda (Ending Affordable Care)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The Senate Republicans have introduced a bill to send all Affordable Care Act funding back to the states so states can deny coverage to citizens an...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 02:01
Our Disposable Society: From Plastics to Prisons
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daphna Nissenbaum
Plastic and prisons: two of America’s most toxic habits. Happily there are people working to create alternatives. This week on Sea Change Radio we ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
Sunbeam Us Up: Solarizing Your Roof and the Electricity Grid
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Senior energy analysts Laura Wisland and John Rogers from the Union of Concerned Scientists discuss all things solar, from getting solar on your ro...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 31:24
ZILLAH EISENSTEIN discusses her long journey battling cancer
From: Out of Bounds
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Feminist writer, Zillah Eisenstein, author of "Feminism, Racism and the West" and "Manmade Breast Cancer" talks candidly about her personal struggl...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
2017-09-17 Harvey and Irma: A Hurricane’s Human Fingerprints
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Dark clouds are seen over Miamis skyline before the arrival of Hurricane Irma, Credit: ABC News
From Katrina and Sandy to Harvey, Irma and José - how is climate change fueling these increasingly destructive hurricanes? Greg Dalton and his gues...

Bought by 'The Sea', KTSW 89.9, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KUHF, WGCU and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
Avoiding unnecessary knee surgery
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: KNEE, Credit: Dr. Grelsamer
Dr Ron Grelsamer is a Doctor and the Author of "The Patient's Guide to Unnecessary Knee Surgery"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
Aaron Huertas on the Purveyors of Disinformation
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Aaron Huertas
Disinformation. It sometimes manifests in theatrical shows of ignorance, like Senior Republican Senator James Inhoffe bringing a snowball to the Se...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
Best-selling author Karen Joy Fowler discusses her novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves"
From: Out of Bounds
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Karen Joy Fowler talks about her compelling and heart breaking novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Killing The Red Pines in Charlotte: The Private Time Line of Environmental Contamination
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Red Pines on the cemetary edge in a Ted Cruz-kind-of-Christian town, Credit: Susan Cook/ Google Earth
I’ve been asking for about 9 years now why Red Pines that have thrived for hundreds of years would die. Not that I knew 9 years ago they would die....

  • Added: Sep 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
Daniel Kammen Spells Relief I-M-P-E-A-C-H
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Kammen
Recently, in response to the 45th president’s shameful mishandling of the incidents in Charlottesville, Virgina, UC Berkeley Energy Professor Danie...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
Dr. Cary Fowler former Head of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Founder of the Seed Vault and Author of Seeds on Ice talks saving the future of agriculture diversity.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Dr. Cary Fowler former Head of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Founder of the Seed Vault and Author of Seeds on Ic...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 27:03
  • Purchases: 2
It's A Jungle Out There (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The disappearing Amazon has lost 20% of its forest cover - Studying the toothy beasts of the Rio Negro - A Guyanan songbird's journey to NYC - How ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
It's A Jungle Out There (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The disappearing Amazon has lost 20% of its forest cover - Studying the toothy beasts of the Rio Negro - A Guyanan songbird's journey to NYC - How ...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
It's A Jungle Out There (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The disappearing Amazon has lost 20% of its forest cover - Studying the toothy beasts of the Rio Negro - A Guyanan songbird's journey to NYC

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Cory Doctorow, WALKAWAY & Zach Roberts on De’Andre Harris Assault in Charlottesville
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: Assault on De'Andre Harris, Credit: Zach Roberts
When disaster strikes, will we descend into dystopia — or cooperate? We talk with Cory Doctorow about his new work of speculative fiction, Walkaw...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 59:02
The Rising Tide (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Mapping the sinking shores of Tangier Island - Where do you go when your homeland disappears? - Measuring hurricanes with new technology - A previe...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
The Rising Tide (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Mapping the sinking shores of Tangier Island - Where do you go when your homeland disappears? - Measuring hurricanes with new technology - A previe...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Rising Tide (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Mapping the sinking shores of Tangier Island - Where do you go when your homeland disappears? - Measuring hurricanes with new technology - A previe...

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WCQS, WVAS, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Love & Drugs (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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How pop culture portrays romance and addiction -- when bad breakups bring out addictive personalities -- using e-cigarettes for illegal drugs -- ho...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Love & Drugs (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How pop culture portrays romance and addiction -- when bad breakups bring out addictive personalities -- using e-cigarettes for illegal drugs -- ho...

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, WCWP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 11
Love & Drugs (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How pop culture portrays romance and addiction -- when bad breakups bring out addictive personalities

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, WCQS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Love is a Drug (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When we’ve had a bad breakup, should we try to numb the pain? One Virginia professor has made answering this question their area of expertise, with...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 5