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Fuhgeddaboudit
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Fuhgeddaboudit, Credit: Seth Shostak
A thousand years ago, most people didn’t own a single book. The only way to access knowledge was to consult their memory. But technology – from pap...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KMUN, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Space Oddities: Episode 1-Moon Dust In Your Lungs, Stars In Your Eyes
From: Joe Cuhaj
Series: Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space
Caption: Terry Slezak accidentally came in contact with moon dust during the Apollo 11 quarantine period., Credit: NASA
Episode 1 of Space Oddities discusses NASA's plans to keep the Earth from being contaminated with lunar germs during the Apollo missions. Unfortuna...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 10:47
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Fabric: History Hidden in Plain Sight
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The history of fabric is the history of life and death on this planet.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Voyager Mission: A 45th Anniversary Celebration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: On board each Voyager spacecraft is a time capsule: a 12-inch, gold-plated copper disk carrying spoken greetings in 55 languages from Earth’s peoples, along with 115 images and myriad sounds representing our home planet., Credit: NASA/JPL
It’s a party for Voyager and the team of scientists, engineers and others who have followed it across our solar system. Then we’ll visit with Ann D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jon Marshall
Former President Donald Trump attacked the press relentlessly before and after his term in office. A master at manipulation, he even admitted that ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, and KCBX


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party t...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
BD - America's first satellite: the inside story of Explorer 1 and JPL
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave gets to talk about one of his favorite topics, spaceflight history, with NASA/JPL Historian Eric Conway. We cover the roots of the CalTech Pas...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Marathon Mayhem, Wacky Inventions and World's Fairs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Why the mishaps of the 1904 Olympic Marathon almost led to the event being banned in all future Olympic Games. Topic 2: How world's fairs ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Here There Be Dragons: Part 2 of The State Made Visible
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: "Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena 1585" by Baptista Boazio, 1589
This is Part 2 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence, published by Routle...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Next Stop: Mars (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Next Stop: Mars (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

Bought by WFAE, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Next Stop: Mars (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WJCU, KMUN, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Next Stop: Mars (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, WNED Buffalo, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
The Wide World of Video Games (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For decades, video games have inspired hit songs and have been adapted into countless movies.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, WNYO and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Wide World of Video Games (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For decades, video games have inspired hit songs and have been adapted into countless movies.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WTJU, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, KEDT and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Wide World of Video Games (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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For decades, video games have inspired hit songs and have been adapted into countless movies.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WJCU, WJCT, KYUK and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Wide World of Video Games (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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For decades, video games have inspired hit songs and have been adapted into countless movies.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
All Societies Die
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Samuel Cohn
The adage: If one does not learn from the past, one is doomed to repeat it. Although that doesn’t mean people or their governments are going to rep...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
595: Our Time Of Mourning / 596: Should You Delete Facebook?, 6/19/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
Blue Dot: ​Mercury Rising: Jeff Shesol's New Book Casts New Light on The Right Stuff
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave delves into some familiar territory for him, the early space program, but with some fresh takes on the space race with author Jeff Shesol. Hi...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
589: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff? / 590: Born, Again, 5/29/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?" - From baby showers to estate sales, we fill our lives with material possessions. Why do we do it? HOUR...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Railroads & Fire
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
The High Frontier: A New Documentary About Gerard K. O’Neill
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's concept of a giant O'Neill cylinder space settlement., Credit: NASA, Art by Rick Guidice
Gerard K. O’Neill envisioned vast, magnificent human settlements in space. His followers, including Jeff Bezos, are working to turn his vision into...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WFHB, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Episode 159: Spiritual Developments
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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One Sunday afternoon, a man named William Mumler decided to take a self portrait. He said he was alone in the photography studio, but as the photog...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 36:51
The First Space Shuttle Pilot: Bob Crippen on the 40th Anniversary of STS-1
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: THE BOLDEST TEST FLIGHT IN HISTORY John Young (left) and Bob Crippen pose for a crew portrait prior to STS-1, the first flight of space shuttle Columbia, in April 1981., Credit: NASA
Robert Crippen and John Young became the first humans to fly a space shuttle into orbit when Columbia launched on April 12, 1981.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WFHB, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10

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