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Metabolism: The Google Maps of Cancer Research
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chemist Gary Patti shares how the emerging field of metabolomics, the study of metabolism, may hold clues for cancer research.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 1
A Chemist's Quest for New Antibiotics
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is spreading around the world; chemist Tim Wencewicz explains what his lab is doing to solve the problem.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 1
Milk at Altitude: Exploring Health in the Himalayas
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How is human milk different in the Himalayan highlands than in the United States, and what can these differences reveal about what moms and babies ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 16:40
  • Purchases: 1
Breaking Down Persistent Myths About Eating Disorders
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Treated for her first eating disorder at 11, Rebecca Lester now studies eating disorders as an anthropologist and psychotherapist.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 1
Eating Organic in Nazi Germany
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A historian shares the story of the Nazis' obsession with natural foods, and discusses how their ideas about nutrition compare with how we think ab...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 13:38
  • Purchases: 1
Galen and the Elephant's Heart
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
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What can an ancient debate about an elephant tell us about the history of medicine?

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 1
Mapping Asthma: The Geography of Inequality
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A doctoral student in education seeks to discover solutions to health inequities in the St. Louis region and beyond.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 12:15
The Dead Ladies Show Podcast Ep 6: Constance Markievicz
From: Susan Stone
Series: The Dead Ladies Show Podcast
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TED Talks meets The Moth meets The History Channel? ...with Dead Ladies. In this episode -- Constance Markievicz. The Irish revolutionary known as ...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 33:11
Listening for Our Ancestors
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Eighth Fire Starters Radio
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Guest: Sherrie Dennis speaks with us on reclaiming Indigenous familiarity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Healthy Living Series: Body Image Issues and Food in our Society
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Teri Tenseth hosts the Healthy Living Series, Credit: Winona Daily News
On this episode of Culture Clique, we continue our Healthy Living Series in partnership with the Winona Daily News. We visit with local Registered ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 47:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Many Lives of Michelangelo
From: Hold That Thought
Caption: Michelangelo's David
Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet - how can one man be so many things? And what did he keep in his basement?

Bought by KVSC and WABE


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 2
Success, Motivation, and the Brain
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Neuroscientist Todd Braver explains how and why we use cognitive control.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 1
How to Strengthen Your Willpower
From: Hold That Thought
Caption: Dumbbells, Credit: Runs With Scissors
Psychologist Tim Bono describes how willpower is like a muscle and provides some research-driven tips for resisting temptation.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:54
How to Control Your Emotions
From: Hold That Thought
Caption: Mixed Emotions, Credit: roboM8
Psychologist Tammy English discusses a few common strategies for managing emotions and working toward long-term happiness.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
Remembering Baghdad
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
Caption: Baghdad Radio Orchestra 1938, Credit: Shlomo Elkivity
Professor Nancy Berg examines the legacy of Iraqi-Jewish writers, along with questions of home and identity.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 1
The New Anthropology of Love
From: Hold That Thought
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Cultural anthropologist Dredge Kang explains how political economics and other societal influences sometimes play as Cupid's arrows.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 15:57
Mapping the Brain
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
Caption: White Matter Fiber Architecture, Credit: The Human Connectome Project
Pull our your compass, because researcher Deanna Barch is about to guide us through the Human Connectome Project.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:51
  • Purchases: 1
Your Brain on Movies, Pt. 1
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Psychologist Jeffrey Zacks explains why people (even psychologists!) get so emotionally involved in movies.

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 4
"The Quality of Mercy": A Shakespearean theme
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Robert Wiltenbug surveys the great moments of mercy, both granted and withheld, in Shakespeare's many plays.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
Islam, Immigration, and What It Means to Be French
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
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Anthropologist John Bowen shares a brief history of Islam in France and offers commentary on the ongoing European migrant crisis.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 2
In a Global Economy, What Happens to Elections?
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
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Two political scientists explain how globalization is changing political parties and elections in the European Union and beyond.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 1
Anarchism and Dissent in Medieval Islam
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics
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Professor Hayrettin Yucesoy explores the turbulent political and religious climate of the medieval Islamic world.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
NCAA Tournament Returns To Madison Square Garden
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
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The Garden celebrates the return of the NCAA Tournament for first time in 53 years.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 33:02
African American Voices
From: Daniel Gilliam
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten
Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 45:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Academy's Celluloid Ceiling
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The red carpet rolls out in March -- a time when hopefuls, hacks, and superstars alike chase the most coveted prize in show business. But are wome...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:18