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Episode 2: Into the Field
From: David Levin
Series: Deep Soundings: Stories from the Ocean Floor
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In this episode, go into the field with a team of scientists working to map the coastal seafloor in detail—and learn how their technologies could r...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:11
Time to 1.5 | 6 | Extreme Home Makeover: Threshold Edition
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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A lot of the changes needed to keep global heating below 1.5 degrees have to occur at a huge, international level. But nearly a fifth of carbon emi...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:24:16
  • Purchases: 1
The High Resolution Life
From: Elaine Vitone
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Ernest Sternglass' work made possible Apollo 11's first videos from the moon, and he pioneered digital radiology while working at the University of...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 18:58
Stephen Hawking-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Stephen Hawking
Celebrating the world's most famous theoretical physicist, author of A Brief History of Time and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Camb...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
Upgrade
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
Caption: A Dangerous Things kit, Credit: Alison Bruzek
Hacking your hearing aid to implanting NFC tags into your hands -- we are now in the age of DIY Bio. We dive into the growing underworld of body mo...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 18:22
Ep.10: Green Design
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Green Design: Why revolving doors rule. They give buildings the LEED badge when they are environmentally friendly. Why is a bldg a LEED bldg? A gr...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 14:57
A Rainbow of Noise
From: marnie chesterton
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There is a rainbow of noise out there - white, pink, brown, blue, purple. We try to recreate a scientifically accurate sonic rainbow and, along the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Hark!, Radio Newark, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 9
Mad Scientists of Music - Episode 6 - Postcards From The Edge
From: Gareth Stack
Series: Mad Scientists of Music
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The final episode of the series looks at the future of Irish experimental music. We find out how techniques like ‘Live Coding’ (where computer prog...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
13.5: England Bells (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The story of the church bells in England during WWII. (Note: This is the intro to episode 13: The Sounds of East London)

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
DJ Carl Sagan and His Golden Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
Digging Deeper: The Miner Details of a Major Industry
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Mining provides the resources for many products we use every day, but it's more than just a big corporate enterprise. Listen in for a look at some ...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:34
13: The Sounds of East London
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Living Fossil
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every drug we take is tested with crab blood. And it all started with a walk on a beach.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 3
Searching Space
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Listen to peoples' first reaction to Saturn alongside astrophysicists who gaze up at the universe for a living. Learn the new techniques scientists...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 2
Alder Hey's Dawn Chorus
From: Ed Prosser
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Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
Wells to Wheels: Can shale gas power cars?
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Making way for the Marcellus, Credit: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:57
Grounded: The End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight
From: KUT
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KUT News’s hour-long special report: Grounded: the End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight, explores the launch of U.S. space mission...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
Engineering Pharmaceuticals
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Engineering Pharmaceuticals explores one of the major causes of rising health care costs – development of new drugs. It can cost up to a billion d...

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, KZYX, WMRA, WRPI, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2010
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 16
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KWIT, KCNP, Radio Catskill, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WVPE and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 12
A Shortcut Back To 1969 -"The Lunar Module"
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11
50th Anniversary Mix of man's trip to the moon which began on July 16th, 1969

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Jul 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 4
How to ID a Bullet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What if every bullet could tell you who fired it?

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Waiting for California's High Speed Rail
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Getting from San Francisco to LA in two-and-a-half hours -- and a $10 billion ticket price

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 08:08
How to Make Your Own Supernova
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Will the world's largest laser be strong enough to create nuclear fusion in a can?

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 3
When Asteroids (almost) Attack
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What if that Mars-bound asteroid had set its sights on Earth instead?

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST The New Clean Tech
From: KQED
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Who will be the Googles and Yahoos of clean tech?

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1