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Farming - recorded 4/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A 3 generation family farm business discusses farming

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 23:15
UBI and Utopia: Part Two of The Automation Ruse
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest is economic historian Aaron Benanav, and our show is about automation and the future of work where the road to Utopia (yellow brick and o...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Book of Mars: Our Obsession with the Red Planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Marc Hartzman's fascinating and entertaining book about Mars in popular culture and more., Credit: Quirk Books
Author Marc Hartzman’s new book celebrates the wonder of the Red Planet and how it entered popular culture.

Bought by WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
NM Historic Sites Holidays, 2020 Edition
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Jemez Ruins
Join Patrick Moore and Timothy Roberts, the director and deputy director of New Mexico Historic Sites, who together with interpreters and educators...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
What's Old Is New Again: Going Medieval on the Cult of Innovation (2015)
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: The astrolabe was a marriage of the planisphere and dioptra, effectively an analog calculator capable of working out several different kinds of problems in astronomy.
It’s December 29th. For our last show of 2020 we’ll turn back to a program from July 2015 as an attempt to hit the reset button. While the book of ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Transportation Is A Human Right
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The U.S. transportation system has long been rife with inequality, making it more difficult for low-income people, people of color, and people with...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Dot: LUNAR OUTFITTERS: a conversation with space suit historian Bill Ayrey
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave once again delves into the Apollo Program 50 years ago with this in depth look at the iconic space suits that Neil Armstrong and his 11 fellow...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Vietnam Stories, Artificial Intelligence Friend
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 and 2 - “The Mountains Sing”: Trauma, Resilience and the Legacy of War in Vietnam, Topic 3 - An App That’s Designed to Be Your BFF

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 52:07
  • Purchases: 3
135: Moon Junk
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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A word on sound quality: We're still recording remotely. Just pretend Amy is on the moon, reporting from her own personal spaceship. Besides the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: Where the Stars Are the Stars: Griffith Observatory with Director Ed Krupp
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Griffith Observatory overlooking Los Angeles
Dave takes a virtual field trip to one of his childhood haunts -- the Griffith Observatory perched above the Los Angeles Basin in Griffith Park. Ou...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dot: Jim Hartz
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave talks to legendary NBC anchor and correspondent Jim Hartz. While perhaps best known for co-hosting the Today Show for two years from 1974-1976...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rediscovered Radio: WYSO’s Lost Tapes
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:33
  • Purchases: 1
Teaching Slavery, WWII Spies, and Online Reputations
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Teaching Slavery in an American Classroom. Topic 2: The London Mansion Where British Spies Eavesdropped on Nazi German Generals. Topic 3: ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 51:23
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Stanley Donner – Origins of Public Television
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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We all know that people listen to radio and watch television. The difference between radio and television is in the image. When you listen to radio...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Manitos Community Memory
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
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Shane Flores and Rebecca Sharp, both from New Mexico Highlands University, talk about building and activating the digital archive of the Manitos Co...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Collecting Scientific History, Fighting Dirty Money, Choice Overload
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Collecting scientific artifacts. Topic 2: How to fight dirty money. Topic 3: Are more choices better or worse?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 49:28
  • Purchases: 1
106: Civil War Candy
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Necco Wafers and Jelly Beans were candies citizens were urged to "send to the troops" during the Civil War. Easy to transport and not likely to mel...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Tale of Lady Montagu
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Smallpox… the word sounds harmless enough, but this “speckled monster” was the scourge of Western Europe throughout the 1700s. Why did it disappear...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Royal Astronomical Society at 200
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Burlington House, the home of the Royal Astronomical Society on Piccadilly, London., Credit: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK - Burlington HouseUploaded by tm, CC BY 2.0
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KCNP, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
What's in a Name?
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Viruses cycle through many names. Recently, the World Health Organization has limited the types of words used to label viruses. However, these rule...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 03/17/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? - We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
The History of Carbonated Beverages
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, our hosts dive into the history of pop, soda, cola, and other popular fizzes liquids.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 11:31
  • Purchases: 1
Nobel Prize
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, our hosts will discuss the most notable Nobel prizes in history.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 11:27
  • Purchases: 1

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