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GN_4.08_Small Town Buzz
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Bees are good for much more than stinging. With bee populations rapidly declining, Cedar Rapids is finding a way to give them a second shot.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Daily Tweet Cycle
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Can tweets reveal how thoughts and moods shift throughout the day?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reversing Addiction
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Hitoshi Morikawa., Credit: University of Texas, Austin
Could a drug erase the memories that keep addicts coming back for more?

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Historical Speech Acoustics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Pericles' Funeral Oration., Credit: Philipp von Foltz/1852
How did historical leaders once address crowds of thousands, unaided by modern amplification

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Infidelity & Breadwinning
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
People who are financially dependent on their spouse June be more likely to cheat on them.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fatherless Fish
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A juvenile smalltooth sawfish., Credit: (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A critically endangered fish may be making up for to a lack of mates by reproducing without sex.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Measles vs. the Immune System
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Measles vaccination in Ethiopia., Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia Creative Commons License BY-NC-ND 2.0, via flickr
The measles vaccine protects the immune system from other infectious diseases.

Bought by KENW, KMXT, and WLPR


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nichole Labor
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Dr. Nicole Labor is an alcohol and drug therapist who is also in recovery. She offers a clear description of addiction.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Virtual Bodyswapping & Racial Bias
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Virtual “bodyswapping” helps people set aside unconscious biases towards others.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
MRSA Skin Vaccine
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: SEM of MRSA, Credit: (Janice Carr/Deepak Mandhalapu/M.H.S./CDC)
Researchers are testing a vaccine against life-threatening antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Bought by KMXT and WXDU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Smoker’s Brain Scans
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Caryn Lerman, Ph.D. led the MRI study of smoker's brains., Credit: Caryn Lerman (University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Brain scans can predict a quitter’s likelihood of smoking again.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Neurosexism
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Time of Day Medicine
From: Susanne Bard
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The outcome of a medical test could be affected by the time of day.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spotting Liars
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: The Cardsharps, 1594, Credit: Caravaggio
People’s unconscious reactions to liars and truth-tellers are more accurate than their conscious judgments.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Robot Gaze Aversion
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Humans relate better to robots that avert their eyes at well-chosen moments.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Save the Whales
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of the most successful conservation campaigns in history was launched back in the 1970s, when bellbottoms were still in style.

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Up the Creek!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever wanted to help "green up" your town, but the project seemed too daunting? This inspiring story is about how a handful of folks in Tac...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1