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Sean Doolittle discusses "Device Free Weekend"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Sean Doolittle is an American author of crime and suspense fiction. This is his seventh book.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 27:38
Spectrum 24/03/20
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The coronavirus lockdown - Never in history have so many human beings been stuck inside their homes. This social isolatio...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
WorldCanvass: Fracking and the Iowa Divide (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environme...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 26:14
WorldCanvass: Encountering New Technology (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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We live in an age of new technology, expecting any day to wake up to yet another jaw-dropping device or a discovery that simply changes everything ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2016
  • Length: 27:24
WorldCanvass: Research to Real Life (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What does it mean to be a ‘research university?’ WorldCanvass guests answer that question from multiple perspectives on this program called “Resea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
Episode #24: The Re-Issue Revolution
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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Independent labels have long been at the forefront of bringing great music to the public, especially lost gems and overlooked greats that went out ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Big Rockets and Little LightSails
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Space Launch System on the Launchpad, Credit: NASA
Digital editor Jason Davis is a lucky guy. He follows and reports on human spaceflight progress, as well as the progress of the LightSail solar sai...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? (And more...)

Bought by WJCT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WKCC, KVSC, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Starting Up (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Designed to be the front page of the Internet, Reddit is now one of the most talked about and influential spots on the web. We talk with one of its...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, KUNV, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Truth About Cultural Bias (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Hoodie Rally in Memory of Trayvon Martin, Credit: Madison Guy, on Flickr
Sharply different reactions to the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial reveal the racial divide that persists in America. We speak with the autho...

Bought by WJCT, KSFR, WFHB, KPVL, KRZA and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
HIV Education in the African American Church (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Psychologist John Fife is working to address what he says is a critical need for HIV interventions that target older Americans, specifically older ...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reading the Founding Fathers' Mail
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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More than 30 people who spent the last three years immersed in thousands of letters written by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigai...

Bought by WCNY, KUNV, KKRN, WTJU, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KKRN, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Pathways to Exploration: Space Analyst John Logsdon on the National Research Council Human Spaceflight Report
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Gemini Spacewalker, Credit: NASA
The National Research Council released its long-awaited report June 4th. Distinguished space policy analyst John Logsdon returns to Planetary Radi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
New Treatments for Lymphoma and Heart Disease
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Discussions with renowned doctors about advances in both lymphoma and heart disease.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WEZU, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence?

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the future of...

Bought by WCNY and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
STEM vs. the Humanities? (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We have a way of talking about STEM fields as the opposite of the humanities–but it’s hard to have one without the other.

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 3
The Opera Singer
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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John Aler made his operatic debut in 1977 as Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale. Since then, he’s performed in some of the greatest opera houses i...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WCWP, WABE, and WTJU


  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 5
Giddy-up: A Therapy for Autism
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Horses and humans have long had a special relationship, but now therapeutic horse riding is helping children with Autism in some life-changing ways.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and KVLU


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Coming Prosperity
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In spite of the current state of the economy, the next 25 years will see an unprecedented rise in human wellbeing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Democracy Online
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Using the web to foster more open and accessible government.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with openSUSE's Community Manager
From: LISNews Netcast Network
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Taking a look at a Linux distribution backed by an American company.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 10:41
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1