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The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The famous court battle over the right to teach evolution in public school comes to life.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 37
Earth Life -- Groks Science Show 2023-04-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Henry Gee discussed A Very Short History of Life on Earth.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KICI Iowa City, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Make Space For Animals
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Make Space for Animals, Credit: Seth Shostak
Long before Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go into space, Laika, a stray dog, crossed the final frontier. Find out what other surprising sp...

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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Flower Power
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Flower Power, Credit: Seth Shostak
Before everything could come up roses, there had to be a primordial flower – the mother, and father, of all flowers. Now scientists are on the hunt...

Bought by WVTF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
AMOS 23.69: Flowers Choose the Best Pollinators, 4/6/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Flowers Choose the Best Pollinators

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 23-55: Grounded, with Wings, 3/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Grounded, with Wings

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
769: Walk With Me / 770: Whose Land Is It?, 2/18/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Walk With Me" - Walking prolongs our life and makes us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? HOUR TWO: "Whose Land Is It?" -...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Conversations: Iain McGilchrist, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with psychiatrist-philosopher Iain McGilchrist about his book The Master and His Emissary, which explores the relatio...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2023
  • Length: 42:01
AMOS 23.27: Magpie Egg Hormones Create Bold Offspring, 2/7/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Magpie Egg Hormones Create Bold Offspring

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 23.025: Why Are Parrots So Smart?, 2/3/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Are Parrots So Smart?

  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 23.010: The Bloodsucking Vampire Finch, 1/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Bloodsucking Vampire Finch

  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
Cosmic Roots -- Groks Science Show 2022-12-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Ira Mark Egdall discussed his new book, Cosmic Roots.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Is Life Inevitable?
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Is Life Inevitable?, Credit: Seth Shostak
A new theory about life’s origins updates Darwin’s warm little pond. Scientists say they’ve created the building blocks of biology in steaming hot...

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


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
717: Eye-To-Eye Animal Encounters / 718: A Parenting Revolution, 8/20/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Eye-To-Eye With Animals" - Have you ever locked eyes with an animal in the wild? It can be a shattering experience. HOUR TWO: 'A Parenti...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Rip Van Winkle Worm
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Rip Van Winkle Worm, Credit: Seth Shostak
Your shower pipes are alive. So are your sinks, books, and floorboards. New studies of our homes are revealing just what lives there, from bacteria...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KZUM and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
711: Walk With Me / 712: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?, 7/30/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Walk With Me" - Walking prolongs our life and makes us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? HOUR TWO: "Why Do We Have So Mu...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Identity Crisis
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Identity Crisis, Credit: Seth Shostak
DNA is the gold standard of all identification methods. Except when it’s not. So, while we refine our ability to work with the double helix, scien...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
You Are Exposed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: You Are Exposed, Credit: Seth Shostak
There is no place like “ome.” Your microbiome is highly influential in determining your health and the course of disease. But it’s not the only “om...

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


  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
665: Worshipping Waterfalls / 666: Is The Universe A Number?, 2/19/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Bare Bones
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bare Bones, Credit: Seth Shostak
Without your skeleton, you’d be a limp bag of protoplasm, unable to move. But bones are also time capsules, preserving much of your personal histor...

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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Home Invasions
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Home Invasions, Credit: Seth Shostak
As we struggle to control a viral invader that moves silently across the globe and into its victims, we are also besieged by other invasions. Murde...

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


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
You've Got Whale
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: You've Got Whale, Credit: Seth Shostak
We’re all missing out on important messages, and no amount of refreshing your browser will help. That’s because eavesdropping on the communications...

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


  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Skeptic Check: Anti-Vax
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Anti-Vax, Credit: Seth Shostak
They were developed in a matter of months, and they’re 90 percent effective at stopping infection. They protect against serious illness or death. A...

Bought by WVTF, KZUM, CHSR-FM 97.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 23
Skeptic Check: Rational Lampoon
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Rational Lampoon, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why a cognitive scientist says that the very idea of individual thinking is a myth: most of our thinking is done in groups. Also, you know much les...

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


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13