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Hope, Hype or Harm? What We Know About New Cancer-Screening Tools
From: Tradeoffs
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Companies claim they can catch cancer sooner with new blood tests and full-body MRI scans. What are the risks and benefits?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 19, 2024
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 1
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to stu...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:29
A new school will train U.S. troops to fight a growing threat: small weaponized drones
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. Spicer tests a "Nightfighter" anti-drone system at Fort Bliss, Texas in December 2022. The manufacturer says the system interrupts the radio signals that are used to control drones., Credit: Raquel Birk / U.S. Army
The Pentagon said the new institution - housed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma - will train about 1,000 troops a year to plan, install, and operate a variet...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KTEP, WHRV, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 6
Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 2
From: Tradeoffs
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There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 23:21
Correcting Race
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 48:57
Black Pills
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:18
The African Burial Ground
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 44:44
As data plays a bigger role in warfare, the military is building a new center to analyze it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to move into its new St. Louis building in 2025. The Pentagon is spending close to $2 billion on the facility, which will increase the government's capacity to analyze maps and satellite imagery., Credit: Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio
The new western headquarters for The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis will mainly deal with mapping and satellite imagery.

Bought by KUT, WRFA-LP, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 3
To prepare for new international threats, the Air Force is readying pilots for the unexpected
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Air Force Capt. Dylan Rabbitt guides student pilots through a training scenario using virtual reality simulators at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
The Air Force is revamping the way it trains pilots so they can better respond to potential challenges from countries like China and Russia.

Bought by WRFA-LP and KWMU St. Louis


  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Space Force will track troops' fitness with wearable devices. Will that keep them healthier?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Air Force troops run a timed 1.5 miles during their annual physical fitness test at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois on June 9, 2022. The U.S. Space Force intends to do away with a once-a-year assessments in favor of wearable technology that constantly tr, Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront
Instead of an annual fitness test, the devices will monitor troops' activity throughout the year.

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
Misunderstood and sometimes parodied, the U.S. Space Force is educating the public about its mission
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Troops operate the Space Based Infrared System satellite constellation from Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado. The system enables service members to report ballistic missiles and space launches, nuclear detonations, and other data to the President, S, Credit: JT Armstrong / U.S. Space Force
The newest military service branch is responsible for protecting satellites and other objects in space, which it expects will be critical parts of ...

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, and KUT


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
From: Tradeoffs
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We explore “cascades of care” — how a doctor’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 18:18
Answering the Call, Part 1: America’s New Mental Health Crisis Line
From: Tradeoffs
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Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 25:04
  • Purchases: 1
GN_5.05_CaliforniaWinWin
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The ‘California Air Resources’ board in the summer of 2018, conclusively showed that California had met its 2020 emissions goal four years earlier ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
The poison PFAS which is in most of us and wildlife!
From: Debra Grobman
Series: Green Under Pressure
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The stuff in Scotchguard and Teflon coatings is poisoning water supplies and never goes away It's even been found in animals on the North Pole! Wit...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
These Air Force trainees spend less time in the cockpit, more time in flight simulators
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Airman 1st Class Jack Pepper (with goggles) attempts a maneuver on a simulator while Lt. Col. Paul Vicars looks on. Pepper is among the first participants in Pilot Training Next, which uses off-the-shelf virtual reality technology., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
Facing a shortage of pilots, the Air Force is experimenting with ways to make training programs faster and less expensive.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WUSF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, and KPCC


  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 5
Distillery along Great Lakes turns booze into food – fish food
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York distillery and fish farm turns waste into supper, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Two companies in the Great Lakes region are teaming up for an unusual experiment in sustainability. They’re starting an aquaculture business. And a...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
Experts push for more African-Americans in STEM fields
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Doctor Scott Williams, African American mathematician retired from the Unviersit at Buffalo, discusses what it's like working as an African American in the STEM field., Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Great Lakes states have produced several influential African-Americans in the sciences. There’s astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson – he’s from New ...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 7
Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR
The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
Planes, drone monitor harmful algae in Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo captured by Ansari 9-24, Credit: Dr. Rafat Ansari
Algae blooms continue to color western Lake Erie a deep green. Now researchers and scientists want to know more about toxins produced by the algae....

Bought by KPIK-LP, WBFO, WOSU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 9
Who uses spider silk? The Army and Stella McCartney, for starters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: These silk threads are produced by silkworms but based on the protein spiders use to spin a web. , Credit: Kraig Biocraft Laboratories
The silky strands made by spiders are prized for their strength and suppleness. Now, scientists in the Great Lakes region are using technology to r...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 8
The Legal Codes
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 2
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How are algorithms and data science making their way into the American criminal justice system?

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 32:20
How can cities keep sewage out of Great Lakes? Go underground
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the finished Euclid Creek Tunnel, the first of 7., Credit: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Combined sewer overflows are common in over 700 cities and towns in the country. Several cities are under consent decrees to solve this problem --...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Got pollution? Canadian city puts it in giant box
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: John Gee with Environment and Climate Change Canada stands on a platform overlooking the Randle Reef restoration project., Credit: Veronica Volk
Imagine a huge steel box – whose lid is 10 football fields across. It's being built in Hamilton's harbor on the western end of Lake Ontario. It’s d...

Bought by WMUK, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WLPR , WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lorry Wagner, CEO of LEEDCo, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The nation's first offshore wind farm recently began operating in New England, and developers now are eying vast body of water: the Great Lakes. Pr...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUVO, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 8