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Waste Not
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Waste Not , Credit: Seth Shostak
Why create more landfill? Resist the urge to toss those old sneakers or last year’s smart phone. Instead, let global junk entrepreneurs repurpose ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Platypus Crazy
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Platypus Crazy, Credit: Seth Shostak
They look like a cross between a beaver and a duck, and they all live Down Under. The platypus may lay eggs, but is actually a distant mammalian co...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KZUM and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Catalogue of Life and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we highlight T...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:04
Light Life -- Groks Science Show 2022-08-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Raffael Jovine discussed his book, How Light Makes Life.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
DNA is Not Destiny
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: DNA is Not Destiny, Credit: Seth Shostak
We used to think that the genes you inherited didn’t change. You were stuck – or blessed – with what you got. Now we know that’s not true. Epi...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KTSW 89.9, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Climate Restoration -- Groks Science Show 2022-05-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Peter Fiekowsky discussed his new book, Climate Restoration.

Bought by KNCT FM and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Time to 1.5 | 10 | Prayers of Steel III
From: Auricle Productions
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is Threshold Season 4: “Time to 1.5” In this episode we travel to northern Sweden to explore how a greener process could revolutionize the iro...

  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 49:00
Planet Rescue -- Groks Science Show 2022-04-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Tony Hiss discussed his book, Rescuing the Planet.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Time to 1.5 | 5 | Not Rocket Science
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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We keep hearing (and saying) that solving climate change is really hard. But we actually know what we need to do—and have the technology to do it—r...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Grow Now -- Groks Science Show 2022-02-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Emily Murphy discussed her book, Grow Now.

Bought by KNCT FM, KDX Worldround Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
What happened to acid rain?
From: Possibly
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When I was a kid, acid rain was a hot topic. Now, I never hear about it. So we wondered, why doesn’t acid rain make the headlines anymore?

Bought by WRFA-LP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
Living Planet 01/07/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The future of water: Floating cities, geothermal power and water scarcity - We live on a watery planet — nearly three...

Bought by WXDU and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Energy Sources for the Future with Magnetic Miles
From: Ken Grey
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Energy Sources for the Future with Magnetic Miles. Magnetic Miles COO John Pierson and Maximum Health Radio talk self-perpetuating magnetic energy,...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 27:04
The Ocean Solution
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio, we're discussing the final declaration of the climate pact post-COP26, in which the ocean was finally acknowledged ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 05:13
Dimming the Sun
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Dimming the Sun, Credit: Seth Shostak
Does geoengineering offer a Plan B if nations at the U.N. climate meeting can't reduce carbon emissions? The Glasgow meeting has been called “the l...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
The Future of Aquaculture, part three
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Artistic rendering of an unmanned fish farm facility currently under development in Trondheim, Norway, Credit: © SINTEF
In this brief series we're exploring disruptive technologies for aquaculture, specific initiatives and other advancements to improve efficiency and...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 04:57
Thinking Like a Sponge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Intense weather events are calling attention to not just local but worldwide water crises caused by climate. Coastal inundation, community disrupti...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:17
The Spilhaus World Ocean Map
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Image The Spilhaus Projection World Ocean Map. A world ocean map based on the Spilhaus projection. The Spilhaus map projection was developed in 1942 by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus. Centered in Antarctica, the world oceans come together to form a singular, conn, Credit: Photo credit: StoryMaps ArcGIS
Visualization is a powerful tool for understanding beyond data, opening our minds and enabling transformative change through a new way of seeing. T...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 05:16
True Grit
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: True Grit, Credit: Seth Shostak
Without sand, engineering would be stuck in the Middle Ages and Silicon Valley would be, well, just a valley. Sand is the building material of mod...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Fossil Fuel Reparations
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: an idea to confront the big polluters of the fossil fuel industry for their indifference to redress, by attaching r...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
Deconsumerism -- Groks Science Show 2021-07-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
J.B. MacKinnon discussed his book, The Day the World Stopped Shopping.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Science Breaking Bad
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Science Breaking Bad, Credit: Seth Shostak
The scientific method is tried and true. The fallible humans behind the research, however, not so much. Find out why the hyper-competitive pursuit...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2021-06-09
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jennie Romer discussed her book, Can I Recycle This?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.02_Eco Cooler
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A clever re-using of plastic brings cool comfort to millions.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Under Sky -- Groks Science Show 2021-04-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kimberly Nicholas discussed her book, Under the Sky We Make.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1