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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

“Women bring something different”: The intense world of gifted women

From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery

The lives of highly intelligent women are significantly different than those of men. How does women's gender influence their experiences as gifted ...

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...

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

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...

Words, Words, Words: English-Language Dictionaries and the People Who Made Them

From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show

Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang

✨ Ever wondered who decides what goes into a dictionary? 樂 Join us here on PRX as we dive into the untold stories behind the pages with Bryan A. ...

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

Pulitzer on the Road - Episode 3: Jefferson Cowie on Freedom's Dominion in Alabama

From: Pulitzer on the Road
Series: Pulitzer on the Road

Caption: Jefferson Cowie and Kelly Lytle Hernandez examining the Eufaula Tribune archive

Jefferson Cowie’s book Freedom’s Dominion gives the history of white Americans fighting for the freedom to dominate others and won the Pulitzer Pri...

Extraordinary creatures - Women looking at ourselves

From: Suki Wessling
Series: Babblery Minibabbles

When mature women look at photographs of ourselves, we don't just see the photograph. We see it in the context of how society sees us and the bound...

Bought by PRX Remix

A deep connection to humanity: Motherhood in the 21st century

From: Suki Wessling

Women discuss the challenges but especially the joys of being a mother. In this time of social media oversharing, young women may get the message t...

Bought by WMUU-LP

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...

Exactly Who We Are: The Portraiture of Jana Marcus

From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery

What happens when a photographer, a mature woman herself, welcomes older women into her studio to get the full glamour treatment? In this episode o...

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 ...

Candice Millard on Good Citizen

From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V

Candice Millard tells intimate stories of great leaders, digging into their most vulnerable moments to reveal their true character. She is the auth...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

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