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935: Beyond Death / 936: How Should We Tell Our History?, 9/21/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Beyond Death" - Want to know what happens after we die? From biology to consciousness, scientists are exploring some surprising new answ...

Cold Comfort

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Air conditioning and refrigeration may beat the heat, but they also present a dilemma. The more we use them, the more greenhouse gases we emit, the...

Bought by KZUM, WMUU-LP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMUN, KBBI Alaska and more

Shipwrecks

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

Shipwrecks are scenes of tragedy, but they are also bits of history frozen in time that can provide insights into events and ideas from long ago. T...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZUM and more

925: Going For Broke: Can Work Be Love? / 926: More Than Just A Game, 8/17/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Can Work Be Love?" - In this final part of our series, we’re talking about work — about the right to meaningful work, t...

Michelle Valentine Show - S3E5 - Hot Tub Singles Game

From: Michelle Valentine
Series: Michelle Valentine Show

Special guest, Mike McDaniel, of the hit TV show, “Havin’ a Beer with Mike” and “The Singles Game”, a classic TV show he produced at Universal Stud...

249: Indigenous Rising: From Alcatraz to Standing Rock, 8/21/2024

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

Caption: Julian Brave NoiseCat, LaNada War Jack and Clayton Thomas Müller

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. From the historic Indigenous occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 to the fossil fuel fights througho...

Not Just a Phage

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

We’re hurtling towards a post-antibiotic world, as the overuse of antibiotics has given rise to dangerous drug-resistant bacteria. Can we fight bac...

Bought by WVTF, KTXK, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM and more

Spilhaus World Ocean Map

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Caption: The Spilhaus Projection World Ocean Map based on the Spilhaus projection, developed in 1942 by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus. Centered in Antarctica, the world oceans come together to form a singular, connected, contiguous body of water. , 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...

Bought by WETS

915: What Is Tribal Sovereignty? / 916: Going Underground, 7/13/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "What Is Tribal Sovereignty?" - Americans often celebrate something most of us take for granted – national sovereignty. Our nation’s righ...

Trains

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour

This time on The Children's Hour we get onboard and learn about trains. The Kids Crew went on a field trip to The Wheels Museum of Albuquerque, and...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRSC, KICI Iowa City, KSTK and more

It's All Happening - Rebel Scum (IAH 026)

From: Andy Valeri / Big Beef Productions
Series: It's All Happening

Episode #26 of this weekly music-based program delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves about and experience the world we live...

Bought by WSLR and KSRQ

Interbellum Constitution -- Groks Science Show 2024-07-03

From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show

Dr. Alison LaCroix discussed her book, The Interbellum Constitution.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KICI Iowa City

911: Against Capitalism / 912: Walk With Me, 6/29/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Against Capitalism" - Congress has passed a Republican resolution "denouncing socialism." But what does that even mean? This hour, a soc...

Vanishing Aeronautics -- Groks Science Show 2024-06-26

From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show

Dan Hampton discussed his book, Vanishing Act.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City

909: The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe / 910: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/22/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe" - Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke recor...

EE 24-25: Historian Rebecca Spang on the strange origins of the restaurant, 6/21/2024

From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats

The restaurant underwent a dramatic transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about how restaurants came to be, and speculate on where t...

Protest History -- Groks Science Show 2024-06-19

From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show

DW Gibson discussed his book, One Week to Change the World.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City

070824: Trains, 7/8/2024

From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)

This time on The Children's Hour we get onboard and learn about trains. The Kids Crew went on a field trip to The Wheels Museum of Albuquerque, and...

901: Tasting the past / 902: When mountains are gods, 5/25/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Tasting the past" - What food reminds you of a certain time - or maybe a particular person - in your life? This hour, we’ll meet kitchen...

Jenny Odell and Discovering Life Beyond the Clock (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Excerpt from the book cover, reading "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" superimposed on top of orange and pink geological features, Credit: Penguin Random House

This week, we talk to Jenny Odell, about the ideas behind her book Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock and How to Do Nothing: Resistin...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN

Nuts and Bolts

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

How frequently do you think about fasteners like screws and bolts? Probably not very often. But some of them a storied history, dating back to Egyp...

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

895: Reframing the portrait / 896: Hope: Are we really doomed?, 5/4/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Reframing the portrait" - Have you ever stood in front of a portrait at a museum and wondered what was that person thinking? Portraits h...

Shelf Discovery: Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery

On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin two flower-selling sisters as they search for a killer in Chinatown in Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee.

Bought by WUTC, WCNY, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida

893: Giving up / 894: Hope: How do you make it?, 4/27/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

Lost Oldies of the '80s & '90s, New Indie Music!

From: The Goober Hour
Series: The Goober Hour

It's a wacky selection of tunes from decades past – Todd Rundgren just wants to bang on the drum all day, the California Raisins are sweet and deli...

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