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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
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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
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Co-host Ray Suarez explores one of the underlying tensions that fuels the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by focusing on a single house in East Jerusale...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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It’s one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It’s another thing to try to ruin that stranger’s life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:08
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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
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How tuna became the queen of the buffet; a safe bet, a 'go to' fish. Should I also worry about buying eggs? And setting the seminary free from foss...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 16:14
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The RW comes home to Vancouver. Is this ship iconic in the city where Greenpeace began?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Capt of more than one Greenpeace ship Capt Peter Wilcox tells us what a RHIB is. (like a life boat, but not.)

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:36
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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
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In Aroostook County, life still revolves around the potato harvest even though few family potato farms are left.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:16
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An in-depth exploration of the history and cultural implications of the enigmatic world of Impossible Music and Black MIDI.

  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 18:52
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
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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
Caption: Fenwood Ranch, Credit: Minnie Sagar
This feature looks at the greening of Prather Ranch, a sustainable cattle hay and farming operation in Northern California. Through a partnership ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
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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
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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
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'Ghost In The Machine' examines computers in Music. David Cope is one of the main interview subjects; he's designed a remarkable computer program t...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 53:46
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
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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
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
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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
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The digital is expanding the definition of the print and creating a complex relationship between artists, their work, and the tools they use to cre...

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 17:30
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A handmade bicycle builder talks about his trade

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:09
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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
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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