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Labor Day Music Special - One Hour or Two Hours
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: MTPR Music Specials
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Two 1 hour music specials for Labor Day or Labor Day Weekend. Each hour is newscast compatible. Each hour stands alone and either hour can be chos...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Prairie Public, KHNS, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WVTF and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 25
A MEDITATION ON AMERICA Music Mix - Hour 4
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Great for on or near the Fourth of July...or other patriotic holidays. Fourth of 4 music mix hours featuring a host of performers expressing the ...

Bought by KHNS, WXXI Rochester, WHYY, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KSLU and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
A MEDITATION ON AMERICA Music Mix - Hour 3
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Great for on or near the Fourth of July...or other patriotic holidays. Third of 4 music mix hours featuring a host of performers expressing the c...

Bought by KHNS, KXCV, WXXI Rochester, WHYY, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
A MEDITATION ON AMERICA Music Mix - Hour 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: 10,000 Good Songs
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Great for on or near the Fourth of July...or other patriotic holidays. Second of 4 music mix hours featuring a host of performers expressing the c...

Bought by KHNS, KRPS, KXCV, WXXI Rochester, WHYY and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Holding Space While Maintaining Social Distance
From: Suzanne LaGrande
Series: We Are All In This Together
Caption: Tara Atkinson
Suzanne LaGrande interviews Tara Atkinson, a yoga therapist and teacher who teaches diverse communities in Portland, Oregon. Since the Covid-19 Pan...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:17
Speakeasy with Denene: Black
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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The theme for this episode of "Speakeasy with Denene" is black.

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
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
Trans in the Eyes of God: Toni Newman
From: Interfaith Voices
Series: Trans in the Eyes of God
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In our new special series, we hear the personal stories of transgender people of faith and where they are finding spiritual homes among America's r...

Bought by WPSU


  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Loneliness
From: Safe Space Radio
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This hour-long program is about loneliness: what it is, why so many of us feel it, and the surprising toll loneliness takes on our physical and men...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WAMU, KUT, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 37
Estate Planning and Trust Management for a Brave New World: It’s All in the Family, What’s A Family? Pt 3 of 4
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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ACTEC Fellow Hugh Magill continues his lecture by discussing how trusts need to evolve to serve new family dynamics and issues in designing trusts ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 25:29
Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?
From: Bishop Sand
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Taxonomists are scientists (usually in museums) who classify life. They're field has open boundaries which creates tension for the Taxonomists and ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:08:52
Batteries Save the Day
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Installing battery in Sterling
A story of 3 towns who find that storing solar energy in giant batteries is cheaper and safer than power plants.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (2 of 2)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Scholars and religious leaders explore the impact of Husayn and the devotion of the 20 million pilgrims who visit his shrine. Part 2 of 2.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Philosophy of Cancer
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Health & Healing
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A philosoper of biology shares her struggle with breast cancer and her opinions on ongoing debates over breast cancer screening.

Bought by KVSC and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 2
Are All-Girls Engineering Classes Different?
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Teachers at all-girls schools might have insights on how to engage more young people – especially girls – into engineering. Several teachers at The...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2017
  • Length: 52:36
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
Hackademics 1
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 42:40
Going the Distance
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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Some people run long distances. Why do they do this? What happens to the body when it goes long distances and when it can’t go anymore? Why are som...

Bought by KVSC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Oil and Nuclear Power
From: Climate One
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In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched California's attack on climate change by signing a pioneering law to reduce carbon poll...

Bought by WCPN, WCQS, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Motor Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 15:54
Faster, more efficient... guaranteed
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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If you dip your toe into the running world, you'll notice a variety of claims about efficiency and speed from coaches and athletes. Surprisingly, w...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 07:39
Automatic Athlete
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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The best athletes are experts at automatizing their movements. When monitored correctly, they experience peak performances. Hear psychologists and ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 12:55
Claude Monet and the Science of Style
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
Caption: Poppies, Credit: Claude Monet
Mark Rollins explores the ways that our brains encounter and interpret art.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 11:00
  • Purchases: 1
Anishinaabenaajimon: Teaching Diversity
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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How can teaching about diversity lead to empathy? Anton Treuer is an educator and founding member of Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation committee. ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 03:11
Anishinaabenaajimon: Education
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Anton Treuer discusses how education and prosperity go hand in hand. Can we restructure the system to make education more equitable? Anton speculat...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 08:12