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The Guardian's Science Weekly: Christmas at the Large Hadron Collider
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Shutdown screen at Cern, Credit: Andy Duckworth
As the Large Hadron Collider goes into hibernation for the winter, producer Andy Duckworth visits the Atlas experiment at Cern, Geneva, to ask, wil...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes Special
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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Over this hour, we'll bring you highlights from the show's first half-year. We’ll learn about why kids play with fire, how vibrations let us peer ...

Bought by KUT and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #25, Bill
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We have a chat with arborist Bill Eck. He grew up in the forest, like a little elf or something! Seriously, he’s a great guy and he really knows hi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 10, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Maggots are our friends
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Mass of maggots
One of the most disgusting creatures is in fact one of the most useful. Join Paula Kahumbu and Dino Martins on a smelly journey of discovery.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Future Sucks
From: Jamie Courville
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I felt nervous about changes in technology and unsure of where the future was heading. I knew I was not the only one. Was I the only one?

Bought by XRAY.fm and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 14:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #23, Ellen
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a fascinating discussion with anthropologist Dr. Ellen Basso. She has spent many years living with, studying and writing about the Kala...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #18, Linda
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Science is good and fun. We decide to restate that through our conversation with Linda Leigh, botanist, naturalist, farmer. Or is it rancher? We're...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
The Mikie Show #6 Skylar
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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A very interesting discussion with Skylar Kahn, certified master grapho-analyst and forensic document examiner. In other words, a handwriting analy...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
Lipstick from a bug
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Cochineal Bug
You can't help but love insects when you listen to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins. In this short piece he explains the natural history of the Coc...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:37
The Learning Barge
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Learning Barge, Credit: Phoebe Crisman, UVa
The world’s first floating wetlands classroom comes to the aid of one of the country's most polluted waterways.

Bought by WFIU and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
The enigma of existence -- and the economy -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Jim Holt, Credit: Michael Todd
ThoughtCast speaks with science writer Jim Holt about his upcoming book on the "Puzzle of Existence", followed by interviews with MIT economist Jam...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 56:22
  • Purchases: 1
Brain Painting and Music of the Mind
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Still from brainwave animation, Credit: Paras Kaul
You know what it's like to have a song stuck in your head. But what if your brain was constantly making music of its own without your knowledge?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WFIU, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
NJ Medical Marijuana - Chuck Kwiatkowski: Multiple Sclerosis Patient
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Kwiatkowski
An interview with a medical marijuana patient, Chuck Kwiatkowski, who testified before the NJ Senate Health Committee. Chuck suffers from MS.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:03
On Insects and Humility
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
Caption: The Mystical Mantis, Credit: Paul Messing
NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy interviews Joanne Lauck, author of "The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Revisioning the Insec...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
Vertical Farming: Food for the future.
From: Matthew Fidler
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Matt Fidler and Dr. Despommier of Columbia University in New York talk about his new concept of Vertical Farming. That is, growing our food in a s...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: The Neuroscience of Compassion (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, an exploration of brain research suggesting that compassion can be learned and increased with practice, simil...

Bought by WGDR and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2008
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: The Neuroscience of Compassion (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, an exploration of brain research suggesting that compassion can be learned and increased with practice, simil...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 8
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Part 2
From: Carl Stiansen
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Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 11:01
small world/small wonders
From: Laurel Collins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
community responses to tamarisk beetle infestation

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 1
To peddle pleasure
From: Ryan White
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Voices of those who bring joy to those in need

  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:09
Double Bill on ThoughtCast! An hour with Alex Vilenkin and Jay Allison
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Jenny Attiyeh speaks with cosmologist Alex Vilenkin about the search for other universes, followed by a talk with public media guru Jay Allison

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 57:42
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah on "Cosmopolitanism" -- and psychologist Marc Hauser on "The Moral Mind."
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast speaks with Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah about his new book, "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" -- followe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
The End of Our Universe, and other timely topics
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Russian cosmologist Alex Vilenkin on the search for other universes, and the end of our own "O-region" -- on ThoughtCast!

Bought by KPVL and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 2
Higher Ed in the Round Special: ?The Future of Science in America?
From: Michael Black
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Dr. Harold Varmus talk and Dicussion

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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