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The Art of Space (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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As a visual effects artist for movies like Star Wars, Watchmen, and Jurassic Park, Matt Wallin has built his career on melding art with science.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KXCV, WNMU-FM, and WSGE


  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Jonathan Fetter-Vorm - 408
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Graphic novelist Jonathan Fetter-Vorm takes us into the world of his book, "Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight."

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Art of the Eclipse Turns Our Gaze to the Sky
From: Cathy Byrd
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Looking up to the sun, moon and stars, The Art of the Eclipse revisits our live studio show from 2017 on Jolt Radio, in Miami. We begin with a conv...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:35
Studio Drift Drones Swarm an Ode to Apollo at 50
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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To honor the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this July, we introduce Studio Drift, the Amsterdam-based artist duo whose poetic work ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2019
  • Length: 13:58
  • Purchases: 1
Experience A Message From Earth—Inspired by the Voyager Gold Record
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: • The cover for the Voyager Golden Record, headed into interstellar space on Voyagers 1 and 2, Credit: NASA/JPL
It has been 40 years since Carl Sagan and others shared the best of humanity with the stars. A new online multimedia project has been created as a ...

Bought by KDNK, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
“Why Did Humans Evolve Into Artists?”
From: Prairie Public
Caption: Valerius Geist
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Valerius Geist, professor emeritus of environmental science, University of Calgary.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
Renée Fleming: Music's Ability to Heal
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Renee Fleming with Hartmut Hoell, Credit: Bob Millard
Renée Fleming along with other musicians and scientists look at the remarkable ability of music to make us whole.

Bought by KZUM, KVNF, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 3
The National Endowment for the Arts speaks with poet Kim Roberts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kim Roberts
Kim Roberts brings a poet’s eye to The Scientific Method

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Interfaith Understanding & An Artist Who Points To Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Conversation with religious scholar Will Keepin and artist Paul Re who established a peace prize to honor modern day peacemakers in New Mexico.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUNM, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Water's Edge; The Guana Tolomato River
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Water; Guana Tolomato River; saltwater; September 2016; Warm; 80 degrees.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:01
Footsteps #2 Winter NYC
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Walking on packed snow, on a city sidewalk in January 2017. Cold: 19 degrees: Prospect Ave & Terrace PL: Brooklyn, NY. Early evening...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :48
Chris McKay, Larry Niven and Andy Weir at the Contact Conference
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Fact and fiction Contact Conference all-stars. Left to right: Carol Stoker, Michael Sims, Kim Stanley Robinson, Andy Weir, Penny Boston, Chris McKay and Larry Niven., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Space art and science fiction joined science fact at the 2016 Contact Conference in Sunnyvale, California. We talk with three well-known visionarie...

Bought by KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
39: Dr. Dava Newman, Deputy Administrator of NASA & Write On Campaign founders Sabrina Moyle and Tess Darrow
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Dava Newman, Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Dr. Dava Newman, the Deputy Administrator of NASA has a goal to usher in the next mission to Mars. Will this next mission be one giant step for wom...

Bought by WRIR, KUT, KSJD, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Fugitive Red (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We go in search of the origins of a "perfect red," which once eluded scientists, pirates, and kings. Plus, how scientists are now tracking down rar...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WABE, WKCC, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
When Artists Experiment With Science
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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We bring you a story about how experiments can uncover hidden truths. In science, experiments lead to medical breakthroughs and newer, faster techn...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Arts and Healing in Cleveland
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jennifer Steinkamp's video installation"Kelly 1" at Cleveland Clinic, Credit: Courtesy of Cleveland Clinic
What happens when innovative medical practitioners join with a lively arts community? Find out from Maria Jukic, executive director of Cleveland’s ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, KVSC, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Alchemy's Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: An Alchemist in his Studio, Thomas Wijck. , Credit: CHF Collections
This episode explores the colorful (and sometimes risk-filled) history of pigments and painters, and the conservators who save paintings from the r...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:34
  • Purchases: 1
A Work of Art, For Your Mouth
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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You’ve probably heard of fusion restaurants that combine two different types of cuisine in their cooking. Well, this story’s about a restaurant th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 3
09: Babble Machine (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
A conversation with director Jeff Orlowski
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jeff Orlowski, Credit: courtesy of Chasing Ice
Jeff Orlowski goes to the Arctic to film James Balog’s documentation of the rapidly disappearing glaciers. We hear all about it.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 30:20
Rainbows on Demand
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Spotting a rainbow requires a bit of luck—you know, being in the right place at the right time. But not if you make them yourself. For over two wee...

Bought by WCNY and WVTF


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
21: Nick Zammuto
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Books were known for making use of sounds and audio samples that aren’t typically heard in music. The Books disbanded in 2012, but Nick Zammuto...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
09: Babble Machine
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 1
Healing With Music
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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For teenagers dealing with substance abuse issues, talking about what they’re feeling can be a challenge. So one music therapist uses rock and heav...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KPIP-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Painting from the Ashes
From: Sarah P. Reynolds
Caption: Kevin King painting in his studio, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
Kevin King is a painter. His paintings aren't controversial, but his medium is.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 4