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Ep 1: Fighting the opioid epidemic with Suboxone and telemedicine
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season One
Caption: A patient video conferencing with a medical provider at Ideal Option the clinic in Everett, WA., Credit: Leah Nash for Finding Fixes
At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. This episode we're...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 25:34
  • Purchases: 1
Earth Overshoot Day 2019
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's annual demands on Nature exceed the capacity for Earth's ecosystems to regenerate those resource...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:14
2019-07-05 Winners and Losers
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The new climate reality means that those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, while those living in the North will be affec...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
190628: The Uninhabitable Earth, 6/28/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book The Uninhabitable Earth, Wallace-Wells explores how climate change will...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-06-28 The Uninhabitable Earth
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book "The Uninhabitable Earth," Wallace-Wells explores how climate change wi...

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
Concerns about legalizing marijuana? Use revenue to support social and emotional learning
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Feel Better and Live Healthier
Children who experience social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools are less likely to drink alcohol, take drugs, or smoke. On the plus side the...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 52:25
190510: Sea Changes: Why Oceans Play a Bigger Role in Climate Than You Think, 5/10/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Global temperatures would be soaring even higher were it not for a powerful heat-trapping ally: oceans. From regulating the temperature of the plan...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Citizen Science and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: "Charlotte’s Hope” was tagged and observed by scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, and filmed by BBC 1 for Blue Planet Live, in Charlotte Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula on March 11, 2019. Charlotte's Hope was then adopted and named by Peter
There has never been a better time to be a citizen scientist--those individuals interested in the collection of data toward solutions, the expansio...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
2019-04-12 Climate One at Harvard With Obama’s Climate Team
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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With the Green New Deal in the national spotlight, a vigorous debate is happening: how ambitiously and broadly must the U.S. act on climate? Are is...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
190412: Climate One at Harvard With Obama’s Climate Team, 4/12/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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With the Green New Deal in the national spotlight, a vigorous debate is happening: how ambitiously and broadly must the U.S. act on climate? Are is...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
C-HIT The WorkUp: Public Charge
From: Lynne DeLucia
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Some people rely on Medicaid to access health care. Or they use other federal benefits, like food stamps and housing assistance, to build the found...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2019
  • Length: 05:52
05-14: Don’t Fence Me In: Linked Landscapes, Citizen Science and Wild Nature, 1/23/2019
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Mary Ellen Hannibal
As lion populations crash in Africa, baboon numbers explode. Associate Professor of Ecology and Conservation Justin Brashares illuminates how to st...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 28:29
Rearranging the Numbers
From: Martine Chaussard
Caption: Ted Davis’ completed (and oddly shaped) Sudoku puzzles from a book called “Tricky Sudoku”
Pat and Ted Davis have been married for more than fifty years. But since Ted started showing signs of depression and dementia, he has become so qui...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 10:52
Science and Gender
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Isn't the scientific method gender-neutral?

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
C1 Fundraiser
From: Climate One
Caption: L-R: Bill Nye, Jane Goodall, Al Gore
Former Vice-President Al Gore, famed primatologist Jane Goodall, and TV scientist-turned-activist Bill Nye are three climate veterans who have lost...

Bought by KUSU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 40:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Psychology of Evil
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What is the mind of a truly evil person really like?

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Overcoming the Terror of Death
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What exactly is it that frightens us about death?

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
California Greenin'
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: David Vogel is author of the new book California Greenin’ How the Golden State Became an Environmental Leader. , Credit: James Meinerth
California. Land of sunshine and seashore. In an effort to protect the state’s magnificent landscape, California has led the country in environment...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
2021-04-04 Does Science Over-reach?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are there questions that science is powerless to answer?

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
2018-07-22 Conversations with Climate Storytellers
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: L-R: Andrew Revkin, Elizabeth Kolbert, David Roberts
Science and environmental reporter Andrew Revkin has been writing about climate change since the 1980s, including 21 years for The New York Times. ...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Dr. Philip J. Landrigan. Dr. Landrigan is a pediatrician and a specialist in preventive medicine and environmental he...

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  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: Climate Science and the Environment (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Leading experts in climate science and environmental research join WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer to discuss the most pressing concerns facing Iowa...

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  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1