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Diverse musical stylings converge in "Estuary"
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: The group behind Estuary performs, Credit: Zack Baltich
The sound of ice underlays a new music project called Estuary, named after the place where a river converges with other waters. Musician player Zac...

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 05:08
The Bird Connection
From: Michigan Radio
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A documentary about the decline in bird populations in the Great Lakes region and how the causes also are a warning for humans.

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 55:31
Season 1, Episode 44 - 'Maintaining Monkeys' feat Andrea Dempsey
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Exploring the fight to save monkeys from extinction with Andrea Dempsey

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Feeling Risky, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s not just facts that inform our decisions. They’re also guided by how those facts feel. From deciding whether to buckle our seat belts to addre...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM, WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?
From: Possibly
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One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Will Solar & Wind Power Our Future? Part 1
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Robert Bryce, a best-selling author, and Leia Guccione, Managing Director of Carbon Free Electricity at RMI, discuss solar and wind energy.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 2
800-Telescope Reborn
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: In an artist’s rendering, light from quasars passes through intergalactic clouds of hydrogen gas. The light offers clues to the structure of the distant cosmos, Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld and DESI
In an astonishing rebirth, the Mayall 4-m telescope has jumped to the forefront of astronomy once again because it is sturdy and precise enough to...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: May 26, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
AMOS 24-119: Male Mammals Aren't Always Bigger Than Females, 6/14/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Male Mammals Aren't Always Bigger Than Females

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-118: Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise, 6/13/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Robert Hooke's Cork Surprise

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-117: Heat Lightning, 6/12/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Heat Lightning

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-116: Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the Barrel, 6/11/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why One Rotten Apple Can Spoil the Barrel

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-115: Speedy Snails, 6/10/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Speedy Snails

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-114: Discovered in a Museum Drawer: Simbakubwa Kutokaafrika, 6/7/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Discovered in a Museum Drawer: Simbakubwa Kutokaafrika

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-113: The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally), 6/6/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Fruit That Grows on Trees (Literally)

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-112: Why Can't We Remember Dreams?, 6/5/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Can't We Remember Dreams?

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-111: Otter Heroes, 6/4/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Otter Heroes

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-110: Predominant Animals of the Future, 6/3/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Predominant Animals of the Future

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-108: Saved by the Boil, 5/30/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Saved by the Boil

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-109: Cold Parenting and Telomeres, 5/31/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cold Parenting and Telomeres

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-107: Color-Coded Glass, 5/29/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Color-Coded Glass

  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Peter Annin, author of Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming Our Water.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that astronauts’ liquid wastes are recycled into drinking water in space? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melind...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Family Embraces "Dad 2.0" After Traumatic Brain Injury
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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After a father suffers a traumatic brain injury, his filmmaker son documents his recovery and his advocacy for others.

  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
BD - The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave visits with UC Davis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences geophysics professor Magali Billen to talk about one of Earth's most dynamic a...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 05/14/2024 - Do drugs make us more creative?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's program - What (and how much) you should eat if you're pregnant. How do elephants greet one another? And a definitive answer to a qu...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Return of the River Otter
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Employees of the DNR releasing a river otter into the wild, Credit: Carrol Henderson
Next year, Carrol Henderson has a memoir coming out from Afton Press about his 41 years as the Minnesota DNR's first Nongame Wildlife Program Super...

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 06:00

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