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Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media an...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Is melanin a genetic marker for superiority?

Bought by KCHW, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 31
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Dr. Mindy Romero, founder of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California, talks with Jess about current election sc...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Science fictions are widely held dangerous beliefs that are not supported by science. Jess explores a few of these in anticipation of the continued...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Jess investigates what connects giant salamanders, community organizing, and fracking via a conversation with journalist Annie Roth and biologist J...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
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Cindy Gagnon was betrayed by her friends for a very common reason. And you'd do the same.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 16:55
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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
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Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
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Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
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What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
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Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:03
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Concepts like extreme choice and mobility are some of the modern realities leading us toward depression and suicide. In this episode, we look at fo...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 12:48
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Our ideas about how the anatomical differences in male and female brains explain the behaviors of men and women may be based on bias rather than sc...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Ever have those moments when you just can’t find the right words to express your thoughts? They happen. Articulation isn’t always easy. Sometimes,...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
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Just how does the hard drive in your computer differ from the information storage system that is DNA? This is the story of the very real possibilit...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask how it's possible to reduce the ocean's health to a single number, and will outline...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:52
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James Kakalios discussed the amazing story of quantum mechanics.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Tom Djokovich discussed solar energy technology and net metering.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 29:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Where were you last night?

Bought by Raven Radio and BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2009
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2