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Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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An environmental success story.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 24:10
  • Purchases: 1
Poets and NEA Fellows Hadara Bar-Nadav & Kathryn Nuernberger
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poets Hadara Bar-Nadav and Kathryn Nuernberger, who were both chosen as 2017 NEA Literary Fellows, talk about their work in this interview at the K...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
M Jackson: It's Thin Where We're Skating
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: M Jackson
Have you ever noticed that scientists historically are mostly white men? Do you think that this fact has skewed some scientific findings? Well, our...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
34: Wombat Poop
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's there and it's square. And now we know why.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:47
Musician's Spotlight - Beth Nielsen Chapman - 687
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Singer songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has carved out a career of over two and a half decades writing hit songs for artist like Faith Hill, Willie ...

Bought by WZRE, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Happiness of Reading
From: Sue Williams
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Did you know that opening a book for the joy of it floods us with good feelings? Rana Dajani created We Love Reading to foster a love of reading in...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 16:49
  • Purchases: 1
Science and Gender
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Isn't the scientific method gender-neutral?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KRJF-lp, and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Gender & STEM Achievement
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 18.221: Dolphins May Help Us Understand Menopause, 11/5/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Dolphins May Help Us Understand Menopause

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Wonder Women
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Wonder Women, Credit: Seth Shostak
Science is supposed to be merit-based and objective. And yet the data say otherwise. A new study reveals widespread harassment of women of color i...

Bought by WMUU-LP, High Plains Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KUNM and more


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 23
SCIENCE FAIR -- Dr. Serena McCalla, Cristina Costantini, and Darren Foster Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Cristina Costantini, Dr. Serena McCalla, and Darren Foster, San Francisco, CA 8/22/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dr. Serena McCalla, Cristina Costantini, and Darren Foster talk catching a spark, finding your tribe, and manipulating teenage boys.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2018
  • Length: 16:32
10 Years of SU2C Leads to Major Breakthroughs in Cancer Research
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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Ten years ago a dream was born. That was when Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), a division of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), was founded by...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2018
  • Length: 42:02
The Life-long Appointment of Trauma: The Silence of Trauma and the Credibility of a Supreme Court Nominee
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Psychotherapists and trauma researchers can contribute to the understanding of how and why sexual assault victims remain silent and why that silenc...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 07:00
299: Our Invisible Universe / 300: Harassment In The Lab, 8/18/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Our Invisible Universe" - From our narrow vantage point on Earth, how can we see what's out there, beyond our skies? HOUR TWO: "Harass...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Ep.11: The Ninety-Nines
From: Air and Space Museum
Series: AirSpace Podcast
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It took a certain amount of pure grit to be a pilot in the early days of aviation – and even more for the women who had to defy convention just to ...

Bought by KCNP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Creationism and Breaking Up with God
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Sarah Sentilles and Eugenie Scott
Interviews with Sarah Sentilles, author of Breaking Up With God: A Love Story and Eugenie Scott, former executive director of the National Center f...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
MEN Part 1: Dick Move
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Scene on Radio logo , Credit: Mara Guevarra
Launching Scene on Radio Season 3 series—MEN—co-hosts John Biewen and Celeste Headlee look at the problems of male supremacy. And we visit Deep Tim...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 37:45
  • Purchases: 1
Advancing Treatment for Patients with Triple Negative Breast Cancer
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this edition of The Onco’Zine Brief, recorded during the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), held in Chicago, Il...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 43:00
C-HIT The WorkUp: Women and Depression Part 1
From: Lynne DeLucia
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. It’s the leading cause of disability worldwide.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 09:05
C-HIT The WorkUp: Women and Depression Part 2
From: Lynne DeLucia
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Women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. Poor and minority women are less likely to get help than affluent or white women.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 09:02
Transforming Cancer to a Treatable Disease.
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this edition of The Onco’Zine Brief Peter Hofland and Sonia Portillo are talking with Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, the 2018 - 2019 president of the ...

  • Added: May 19, 2018
  • Length: 35:53
05242018: Appearances DO Matter: Good Design Does a Body and Soul Good with India Hicks, Pamela Pekerman & Sally Augustin PhD, 5/24/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on lifestyle brandi...

  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 46:27
Manon Rinsma: 13 Diamonds – Life Before Death from a Child’s Perspective.
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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The Netherlands-born writer Manon Rinsma is the author of a new book called “13 Diamonds – Life before death from a Child’s Perspective.” In her ...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 35:27
Women in STEM battle gender bias
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / University at Buffalo engineering professor Liesl Folks leads the NAVIGATE Project at UB, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / University at Buffalo engineering professor Liesl Folks leads the NAVIGATE Project at UB
The STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math – have traditionally been dominated by men. And that can make it tough for women to bre...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WSKG, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WOUB


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
The Yoga Pant Problem
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The rise of synthetic fibers and the war on cotton

Bought by WSGE


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1

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