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The Unwanted Chemicals in Every Plastic Bottle with Mike Belliveau
From: Doug Wood
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When you drink from a plastic bottle, you're getting much more than you think. An array of toxic chemicals is going down your throat.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:11
756-Nice PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception asteroid Impact 65 million years ago, Credit: NASA (Don Davis)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Cancer with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizon...

Bought by KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
What White House COVID Coordinator Ashish Jha Learned on the Job
From: Tradeoffs
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Ashish Jha shifted from the role of academic theorizing about health policy into a calm, reassuring voice leading the White House’s COVID response....

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 19, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ohio GOP’s Aug. 8th ‘Issue One’ Referendum Threatens to Impose Minority Ru...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jul 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Beware What You Wear with Alden Wicker
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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After the news, author and investigative journalist Alden Wicker talks about toxic chemicals in the fashion industry.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 2
755-Geyser of Life-Maybe
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Enceladus spews water from cracks in its south polar crust., Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
In 2023 the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a geyser of water vapor extending more than 80% of the Earth’s diameter erupting from Saturn’s moon ...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line's First Year
From: Tradeoffs
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It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
753-Impactor Lights Up The Night Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Time Lapse Image 2022 WJ1, Credit: Image Credit: Dereck Bowen, Brantford Ontario Canada, November 19, 2022 3:26am
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Cetus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona w...

Bought by Raven Radio, WYAP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Special Episode - Under Pressure
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks from her experience conducting deep ocean research to answer questions raised by UCS scientists and staff about the recent disasters of...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 19:00
The Environmental Nightmare of Plastic with Erica Cirino
From: Doug Wood
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was just the beginning for author and photographer Erica Cirino.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:25
752 Lunker
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Johnson, Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/W. Reach (SSC/Caltech)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting , in the evening twilight, with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizo...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGHI and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
A New War on Cancer with Kristina Marusic
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Author Kristina Marusic talks about her new book A New War on Cancer about the environmental links to the dreaded disease.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 2
Never Drink from a Plastic Bottle with Dr. Jenny Davies
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Dr. Jenny Davies (MD, MPH and JD) talks about how chemicals in plastic leach into the contents of any plastic bottle.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMUU-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 3
750-Asteroid Slam(538)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: DART, Credit: NASA
Humans are slamming projectiles into space rocks. These experiments will give us the know how to deal with a dangerous space rock which has our num...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Dirt on PFAS with Tracy Frisch
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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NY Sierra Club's Tracy Frisch tells why spreading sewage sludge on farmland is a really bad idea that will contaminate fields forever.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMUU-LP, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 3
749-Earth Glow(537)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Earth Glow, Credit: NASA/ESA
In 1972 Apollo 16 astronauts took an ultraviolet image of the Earth from the Moon which shows that like the Sun ,the Earth too, has a faint corona ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Pt. 1
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
The PFAS Problem with Dr. Arlene Blum
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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The class of chemicals known as PFAS causes cancer and disrupts the endocrine system, and will pollute the world forever.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
747-Alone or Not(535)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Solar Sail and Laser Power Interstellar Spacecraft, Credit: Breakthrough Starshot
In our Milky Way Galaxy alone there are probably 25 billion planets located within the habitable zone of its star where there could be air to breat...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
746-Followups(534)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
Without followup data, many if not most of the Earth approaching objects would be lost as they move away from us leaving us with no idea when they ...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KICI Iowa City, KGLP, Raven Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
745-100 Moons(533)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Schmidt Telescope Mt. Bigelow, Arizona, Credit: CSS/U. Arizona
A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Raven Radio, KGLP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Study That Should Have Stopped Wireless
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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A government study showing cell phones cause cancer has been downplayed by the wireless industry, and for good reason.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WNED Buffalo, and WYAP


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 3
744-Teddy’s Debut(532)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Opening the 60 Inch on Mt. Lemmon , Credit: CSS/U. Arizona
On a recent training night with Teddy Pruyne at the controls of our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, this duo discovered six new Earth App...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, Raven Radio, WTIP, RADIOLEX, KGLP and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Glyphosate-Autism Connection with Dr. Stephanie Seneff
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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How the world's most popular pesticide is impacting kids

Bought by WRFA-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 2
743-Alex’s Catch(531)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroids, Credit: NASA
On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while obs...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KICI Iowa City, Raven Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9