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Laugh and then think: What it's like to win the Ig Nobel Prize
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet three Ig Nobel Prize winners! Their achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Working In Antarctica: “I Am My Weirdest Self!”
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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Today on Audacious... What kind of person works in Antarctica? Meet a chef, a supply technician, a physician, and a man who has worked on the conti...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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
National Writers Series: Bonnie Garmus
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Cynthia Canty talks with author Bonnie Garmus

Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
S5 EP2: Encounter on Aisle 9
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Emergency medicine and helicopter flight physician Mike Abernethy recounts an unexpected run-in at his local Walmart that made him feel as if he’d ...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 46:55
S5 EP1: Serendipity in Shutdown
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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OB/GYN Jackie Howitt and pediatrician Gretchen Volk bring us into the deserted airport where they first met in April 2020 on their way to offer COV...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:32
01-16: We're All Chimps: Or Are Animals People Too?, 3/1/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Deborah and Roger Fouts
In Western civilization, human beings are considered the exceptional species and uniquely intelligent. Yet science is consistently revealing our in...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
201: Ancient Prosthetic Eye
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 2007, a woman's 5,000 year old skeleton was found in Burnt City, Iran. She was at least six feet tall and had what researchers think may be the ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Conversations: Emily Maloney
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 33:59
  • Purchases: 1
Author Andy Weir and Project Hail Mary
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Andy Weir's new science fiction novel sends an unlikely protagonist on a mission to save humanity from an interstellar threat., Credit: Ballantine
The author of The Martian introduces us to his terrific new novel and shares his thoughts about the current state of space exploration.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
151: G. A. Morgan and the Traffic Light
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Traffic lights, a hair relaxant, gas masks, the zig-zag stitch on sewing machines...all of these important inventions have one thing in common, Gar...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:57
The Big Book of Mars: Our Obsession with the Red Planet
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Marc Hartzman's fascinating and entertaining book about Mars in popular culture and more., Credit: Quirk Books
Author Marc Hartzman’s new book celebrates the wonder of the Red Planet and how it entered popular culture.

Bought by WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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We revisit Sarah Aronson's interview with Doug Chadwick from 2017. Wildlife biologist and author Doug Chadwick engages in a lively discussion aroun...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Internet Challenges
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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This week, Isaak and Rhett remember old internet challenges and discuss the allure the makes them viral sensations.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
29th Ig Nobel Prizes awarded at Harvard - science that makes you laugh, then think
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The 29th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony took place on September 12 at Harvard University.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 16:33
National Writers Series: Daniel Pink
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Lead Star founder Angie Morgan talks with author Daniel Pink.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Aug 03, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Octopus Fever
From: Ruby Schwartz
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You might have seen the headlines. Scientists recently gave octopuses ecstasy. It was part of a study where they expected to learn about social beh...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., HowSound, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 4
Tornado
From: Ibby Caputo
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The story of a tornado, from three perspectives.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
10 - The Truth About The End - Part 2
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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We find out how it all ends.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
10 - The Truth About The End - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids arrive at the base. We come up with a simple way to separate fact from fiction.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:40
9 - Killing Zombies - Part 2
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids run into a problem. We explore the physiology of the zombie body.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 27:01
9 - Killing Zombies - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids continue their journey. We explore the zombie brain.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 17:33
8 - On The Road - Part 2
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The bike journey continues. We explore navigation.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 21:15
  • Purchases: 1
8 - On The Road - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids begin their journey to Vandenberg on bikes. We find out about transportation

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 23:39
  • Purchases: 1
Science Comics
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Communicating about science through comics.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6