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Constant Wonder - Street Vet
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Kwane Stewart cares for the pets of the homeless, and blesses human lives in the process.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WYAP, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Bill Shanabruch, Credit: Charles McGuigan
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 24:26
Episode 188: Going Deep on Nature with Dr. Francis Collins, 4/14/2024
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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Meet my new favorite person...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:02
Top of Mind - Is Weight an Indicator of Health?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is weight an indicator of health? We often think that skinny people are healthier than people with obesity, but research suggests we may be wrong.

Bought by KOWS, KMXT, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KSTK and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - Many Students Lack Motivation to Learn. What Can We Do?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Is Sports Fandom Good for America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Most Americans are sport fans. But is all of that obsession with wins, losses and rivals good for us? How sports fandom could be the antidote to is...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMXT, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - How Native Americans are Reclaiming Their Narrative
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Native Americans are reclaiming their narrative. A new wave of research, activism, and representation is changing the conversation.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WXDU, KOWS and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Immigration and America's Labor Shortage – Are Guestworkers the Solution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We are reframing the debate about immigration. We think of immigration of being exclusively a permanent thing. Most of it, in fact, is intended to ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Meteorite!
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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The first meteorite to crash land into Earth - and have its date recorded - impacted the hamlet of Ensisheim (in modern-day France, then Austria) o...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:33
Top of Mind - Who Owns Our Cultural Heritage? — Museums, Repatriation, and Appropriation
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Who should decide how stories and artifacts of a cultural heritage are shared? What's the difference between appropriation and appreciation?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 5
Ghostly Encounters of a Third Kind Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: ILLUSTRATION, Credit: by Doug Dobey
More ghostly encounters of a Third Kind with a woman named Sarah who seems to have something of a shine.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 25:23
Top of Mind - Why Do We Insist on Proper English — and What Does That Say About Us?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We all have English pet peeves (and judge people who break the rules). Why do we insist on proper English — and what does that say about us?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 5
Birders flock to Hawk Ridge to observe the fall migration
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Birders gather at Hawk Ridge to watch the fall migration, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
Every fall, a geographic phenomenon funnels thousands of raptors (birds of prey) just past Duluth. This creates both an opportunity to monitor spec...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:01
Top of Mind - Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Constant Wonder - A Humble Farmer Walks the Globe and Meets the World's Elite
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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By age 25, a young Croatian had come down with a bad case of wanderlust. So much wanderlust that he lived out his days as a perpetual pedestrian, w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Facing Our Fear of Grief
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Death and loss are a normal part of life, but American culture is uncomfortable with intense grieving. How can we face our fear of grief?

Bought by RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Do Traffic Stops Contribute to Public Safety
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Police officers spend a lot of time on routine traffic stops because they make us all safer, right? We're assessing our assumptions about public sa...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, WVTF, KSTK, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Adoption from the Adoptee Perspective
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A lot of us think about adoption as a happy ending for a child and a new family. But many adoptees have a different take. We're assessing our assum...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

Bought by KOWS, KSTK, KMXT, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, and KSTK


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Environmental Sound
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we responded to a listener request about trees by looking at environmental soundscape recordings,...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:35
Top of Mind - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Free Expression
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We cherish the right to free speech in America. But words can also cause real harm. Where is the balance between free expression and protecting the...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, KTNA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - How Can We Help More Kids Thrive in America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Many children in America are really struggling. We are dealing with kids that are in a different space mentally than we've ever experienced before....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Should Being a Bystander Be a Crime
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Why do some people help when others stand by? Every heroic act starts with paying attention to what other people need. Resisting the urge to stand ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Constant Wonder - Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2