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Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
From: Tradeoffs
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Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 1
Sports Analytics -- Groks Science Show 2024-02-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Tim Chartier discussed his new book, Get in the Game.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Tradeoffs LIVE! Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Tradeoffs host Dan Gorenstein, ONC Director Micky Tripathi and Oracle Health Government Services Chief Health Officer James Ellzy onstage in Washington, D.C., at the ONC Annual Meeting on Dec. 15, 2023.
A live conversation between a top federal health official and a health care executive about how they must work together to keep AI from exacerbatin...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 24:19
The Write Question - Kathleen McLaughlin
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist Kathleen McLaughlin discusses "Blood Money: The Story of Life, Death, and Profit Inside America's Blood Industry," recently released in ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sugar Sugar -- Groks Science Show 2024-02-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Maria Dello discusses health issues arising from excessive sugar consumption.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The State of the Science
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Dr. Mindy Romero, founder of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California, talks with Jess about current election sc...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
A public health expert’s guide to climate change
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and well-being. Professor of public h...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Medical Legacy -- Groks Science Show 2024-01-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Uche Blackstock discussed her book, Legacy.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Why Are People Afraid of the Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?
From: Tradeoffs
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Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 23:50
Adrenaline Dominance -- Groks Science Show 2024-01-24
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Michael Platt discussed his book, Adrenaline Dominance.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Don't throw away your refrigerator
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more of them in the years to come. The...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 01/23/2024 - Video games help you recover from work
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week we dive into whether video games help us recover from work stress. (Spoiler: They absolutely do. But there is a catch.)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Central Florida Public Media, and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
2024-01-21 The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
2024-01-14 Frege and the Language of Reason
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What is—or should be—the relationship between logic and thought?

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
Space Shuttle -- Groks Science Show 2024-01-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Tom Jones discussed his book, Space Shuttle Stories

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
2404: The Mysterious Timelessness of Math, 1/23/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2403: Frege and the Language of Reason, 1/16/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What is—or should be—the relationship between logic and thought?

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
How Einstein Understood E=mc Squared
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Poetry Month and Einstein creating E=mc squared

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainable Aluminum -- Groks Science Show 2024-01-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Saleem Ali discussed his book, Soil to Foil.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Doctors turn to AI and wearable monitors to measure the effects of burn pits on veterans' health
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At his office on Long Island, New York, Dr. Anthony Szema models the smart ring that tracks health data for veterans who were exposed to fumes from toxic burn pits overseas., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KTEP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, WHRV, KUT and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
Planetary Insides -- Groks Science Show 2023-12-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Sabine Stanley discussed her book, What's Hidden Inside Planets?

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Will the Future Be Abundant?
From: Open to Debate
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Today, humanity is thriving, but there are fears the good times will not last. Will tomorrow be better than today? Those arguing “yes” say people h...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-12-22 Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead aut...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
231222: Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner, 12/22/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead aut...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
Technological Marketing -- Groks Science Show 2023-12-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Technological advances in areas such as artificial intelligence are informing creative decisions in marketing. How will this affect businesses and...

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KICI Iowa City, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3

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