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Episode 113: Live From College with a Jolly, Brilliant Computer Science Professor Named Zach Dodds, 11/6/2022
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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What's happening on campus?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
actuator
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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To control and steer kinetic energy is an actuator's ultimate apogee. This is Episode 89 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favo...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:34
Declutter the Mind for Greater Peace - Episode 12
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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This is the second half of a Happy News feature on Decluttering for greater peace and happiness - focusing this time on the mind!

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Sound Ecology: Marine Protected Areas
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Marine Protected Areas conserve the diversity and abundance of marine life, the habitats they depend on and the integrity of marine ecosystems. Cal...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Redwoods
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the magnificent Redwood trees of northwestern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #100: LIVE LAW NSF: Translating (law and social) Science
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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To celebrate Life of the Law’s 100th Episode, Life of the Law and the National Science Foundation brought five NSF funded scholars to the NSF Headq...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 01:07:16
Sound Ecology: three-spined stickleback
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An Audio postcard highlighting the tiny, beautiful and behaviorally unique three-spined stickleback fish.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Phenology
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard exploring seasonal changes and timing of wildlife events, a field called phenology.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Coho Salmon
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting Coho Salmon - their spawning habitat and behavior and their specialized adaptation for long-term survival.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
In India, Everyone Wants To Be An Engineer
From: Bianca Vazquez Toness
Caption: Students study math at a cramschool in Kota, Rajasthan, India, Credit: Bianca Vazquez Toness
Getting into the top engineering schools in India is statistically harder than breaking into Harvard. So hard that students study for two years in ...

Bought by Outer Voices, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 3
Clever Apes: Nature and human nature
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Megan Bang helped incorporate systems-level thinking into the design of an early education classroom., Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
We go back to one of the first lessons kids learn about science, and what it says about how human minds develop. As children discover the natural w...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, PRX Remix, KUT, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 5
Puffin Stuff
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Saving the puffins is a tough job. But folks in Maine miss the colorful little birds resembling miniature penguins that can fly.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Stop Dragging that Net Around
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The cold-water coral gardens of the Gulf of Alaska are one of the largest protected areas in U.S. waters.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Sea Star Blooms Endanger Coral
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A predator is threatening the coral. It's a huge sea star known as the Crown-of-Thorns, which usually lives in a natural balance with the coral. My...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Elephants Sniff Out Poachers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the past 20 years, poachers have killed nearly one million elephants. Poachers have driven the giant pachyderms -- which are prized for their iv...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3