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Music Ownership, Tweeting Tree, Video Game Music
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: How can a megastar like Taylor Swift not own the recordings of her hits? Topic 2: The tweeting tree. Topic 3: The author of "A Composer’s ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:04
Perpetual Emotion Machine
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Perpetual Emotion Machine, Credit: Seth Shostak
Get ready for compassionate computers that share your pain, your joy. But wait, our own emotions can be conflicting and irrational. A suite of unc...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Personalized Ads, Cat Training, Disability Bias
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Ads for you. Topic 2: Training cats. Topic 3: Prejudice against disabled persons.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 49:54
Ocean Alchemy: Clean Water for Kiunga and Beyond
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fresh drinking water from brackish seawater in Kiunga, Kenya , Credit: © GivePower
In the middle ages, alchemists for a time believed they could turn base metal into gold. This early endeavor may be the origin story for modern inv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
Your Brain's Reins
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Your Brains Reins, Credit: Seth Shostak
You are your brain, everyone agrees. But if your brain is damaged, are you still responsible for your actions? We hear of the first person to pl...

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


  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Anti/Vax
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Bernice Hausman
Very few issues cause heated debate like the vaccination controversy. From their introduction, vaccines have created concern and skepticism.

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shell on Earth
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Shell on Earth, Credit: Seth Shostak
Shells provide straightforward defense against predators. So then why did squid and octopuses evolve to lose their shells? Find out what these cep...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WVTF, WMUU-LP, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Emoji Evidence (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Be warned: everything you say on Facebook can and will be used against you in a court of law!

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRZA, WMMT, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Emoji Evidence (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Be warned: everything you say on Facebook can and will be used against you in a court of law!

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WLPR , WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12
Emoji Evidence (Promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Be warned: everything you say on Facebook can and will be used against you in a court of law!

Bought by KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Science out in the World (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a lot to learn in science class: the periodic table, the stages of a butterfly, but also how to be an American citizen.

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WMMT and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Science out in the World (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a lot to learn in science class: the periodic table, the stages of a butterfly, but also how to be an American citizen.

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KXCV, WTJU and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Stopping Ebola
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Stopping Ebola, Credit: Seth Shostak
A new vaccine may help turn Ebola into a disease we can prevent, and a new drug may make it one we can cure. But the political crisis in the Democ...

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


  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Emma Rutin
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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I am a senior at the University of Arizona majoring in Public Health, and I am a member of Dr. Jean McLain’s lab looking at microbial contaminants ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
Randall Eck
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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My name is Randall Eck and I am a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science and Political Science at the University of Arizona. I work ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 03:58
Episode 35: Getting Ahead of the Competition
From: Stanford Space Initiative's This Week In Space
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This week in space, Blue Origin gets ahead of the competition by, well, not competing, nobody can find India's lunar lander, and we discuss how ast...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2019
  • Length: 16:54
Q&A with a Chemical Engineer
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What does a chemical engineer do? What makes a good one? What should young people know about the field? Chemical engineer Will Mullen helps us ans...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 54:38
Deviced! Balancing Life and Technology in the Digital World
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much time we spend online. We might even ask if it really matters. The digital world is so ...

Bought by KCBX and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Victoria Howard
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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Victoria Howard is a junior at the University of Arizona double majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural Resources with an emphasis...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:23
Yadi Wang
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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Yadi Wang PhD Candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Environmental Science PhD Research Project: Landscape Evolution Observatory (LEO), Biosphere ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:03
Erica Spence
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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Erica is a senior studying molecular and cellular biology (MCB) and biomedical biology with minors in music and public health.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:32
Lithium Nevada is on schedule to begin Thacker Pass construction in 2021, a carbon neutral mine
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Lithium is rare. According to the US Geological Survey, the lightest of all metals makes up a tiny fraction of the Earth’s crust at .0007 percent. ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 27:13
Nobel Efforts
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nobel Efforts, Credit: Seth Shostak
For two Swiss astronomers, it’s “Stockholm, here we come.” Their first-ever discovery of a planet orbiting another star has been awarded the most ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WLPR , WRGY and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Angela Smith
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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My name is Angela Smith and I study Neuroscience and Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona. I currently work in the Vanderah lab, a lab th...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 05:18

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