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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 19, 2019
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: Trump’s Iran Strategy of Escalating Confrontation Could Soon Spin Out of ...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 05/21/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: You sound emotional - We human beings make a lot of strange sounds with our mouths, and if you listen carefully, a lo...

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 05/07/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Kaboom - Like destroying things? We all do. So much so that scientists in even Europe are planning a 100-kilometer meg...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Living Planet 03/08/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Waste not - From Scotland to South Africa, the Himalayas to Hawaii, this week we feature stories from around the wor...

Bought by KRZA, KMUN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
World in Progress 01/17/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The world's largest airport, an gigantic bridge, an new canal: ambitous infrastructure projects are supposed to make Istanb...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Conquering the Classroom
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Laptops have become standard in colleges across the country. Seemingly all professors are using them for the benefits of technology, but it isn't a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
World in Progress 11/01/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How three brothers are bringing the internet to rural Zimbabwe, the young entrepreneurs building a future for themselves in ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 09/25/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Can an electronic dog nose perform better than the biological one? Also, why sweat smells, a dip into perfume and Cambodia's...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:58
493-Ringed Dynamo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Even though humans have been aware of the planet Saturn from from the dawn of history this beautiful object still offers mysteries for us to explore.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KKRN, WLPR , and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Living Planet 06/15/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: The new gold rush We live on a planet of finite resources but our demand for new consumer products and technologies keeps growing....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
World in Progress 05/31/18
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Working against the odds - South Korea's automation craze is taking a toll on employees. Former gang members in El Sal...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Making Data Shift Power: Bex Hong Hurwitz and Rashida Richardson
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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It seems like the only tech headlines we have are about disasters. But what about the original promise of tech to innovate and empower? Bex Hong Hu...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 05/22/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Inside out - On the show this week: Hike Elba's trails without ever leaving the armchair, Germany's young hackers aren't really hack...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 28, 2018
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump's New National Security Advisor John Bolton is a Threat to World Pea...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Experts push for more African-Americans in STEM fields
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Doctor Scott Williams, African American mathematician retired from the Unviersit at Buffalo, discusses what it's like working as an African American in the STEM field., Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Great Lakes states have produced several influential African-Americans in the sciences. There’s astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson – he’s from New ...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 7
Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR
The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
Planes, drone monitor harmful algae in Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo captured by Ansari 9-24, Credit: Dr. Rafat Ansari
Algae blooms continue to color western Lake Erie a deep green. Now researchers and scientists want to know more about toxins produced by the algae....

Bought by KPIK-LP, WBFO, WOSU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 9
Bored Animals
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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An animal welfare researcher calls the study of the biological basis of boredom in animals.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
How can cities keep sewage out of Great Lakes? Go underground
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the finished Euclid Creek Tunnel, the first of 7., Credit: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Combined sewer overflows are common in over 700 cities and towns in the country. Several cities are under consent decrees to solve this problem --...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending April 14, 2017
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: With Rollback of Obama Climate Regulations, Trump Declares War on Planet E...

Bought by WMUU-LP and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How Ecosystems Change Due to Climate Change
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Two UCSC professors discuss their research into how water resources and whole ecosystems are changing and adapting to climate change.

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lorry Wagner, CEO of LEEDCo, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The nation's first offshore wind farm recently began operating in New England, and developers now are eying vast body of water: the Great Lakes. Pr...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUVO, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 8
EP 8 When Vermont's "Precision Valley" Changed The World
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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The tools, techniques, and the methods which make mass production possible were pioneered at the Robbins & Lawrence Armory in Windsor, Vermont. But...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:49
Rural Pinetops Disconnected from Internet Thanks to Telecom Monopolies
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
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Last week, Wilson’s City Council voted to halt Greenlight Internet service to the community of Pinetops, North Carolina. City leaders, faced with t...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4