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Sizing Up Extinction
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Being the “right-size” helps protect species from extinction.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Keeping Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 10
Ed Stone and Forty Years of Voyager in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Voyager image of Jupiter's moon Io taken as the volcano called Loki erupted., Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS
It is most space fans’ favorite planetary science mission, and with good reason. We visit with the man who has been in charge of Voyager mission sc...

Bought by WTJU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Whale Genes & Diet
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A genetic difference between the two types of whales that could partially explain why some became so gigantic.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Social Mouse Aggression
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A social upbringing can offset the activity of a mouse’s attack circuit.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Water Bear DNA
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Studying tardigrades’ DNA to learn what makes them so tough.

Bought by WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bored Animals
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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An animal welfare researcher calls the study of the biological basis of boredom in animals.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Drumming Cockatoos
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Buzz Aldrin and Other Martians
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Apollo astronaut and engineer Buzz Aldrin, Credit: Gage Skidmore
He walked with Neil Armstrong on the moon, but that may not be his greatest legacy. Buzz Aldrin was joined by other space stars at the recent Human...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTJU, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Aerospace Corporation President and CEO Steve Isakowitz
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s concept of Brane Craft about to wrap itself around space debris. The paper-think spacecraft will then slow and deorbit the potentially dangerous object., Credit: The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation has been innovating since 1960. Now it’s headed by a former leader of “New Space” company Virgin Galactic. President and...

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


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Colin Flaherty
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interview with Author Colin Flaherty

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:34
Education in Prison, Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We return to the topic of education within the prison system. After some prison news, we hear a statement written by someone who taught in prisons ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:04
Nazis in Space? Rod Pyle’s Amazing Stories of the Space Age
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Declassified artist's concept of the 1960s Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Credit: National Reconnaissance Office
Rod Pyle reveals bizarre yet fascinating space projects of the past in his new book. Pyle also exposes previously classified information about mis...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Earth Microbes! Welcome to Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bacteria samples in the Pegasus Mars chamber., Credit: University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas grad student Rebecca Mickol and her team have demonstrated that some Earth bacteria can survive in the extremely thin atmosp...

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


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Birdsong Warm-Ups
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Songbirds, like people, may need to warm up their voices before they sing.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KSFR, WLPR and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
March on Momument
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Robert E. Lee Statue on Moument Avenue, Credit: Kelley Libby/Radio IQ
This past Saturday, over 1,000 Richmonders streamed down Monument Avenue in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, planned for this weeke...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 01:21
Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Deafness & Brain Structure
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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The brain architecture for processing sound is the same in deaf people as in hearing people.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, KSFR, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 7
56: Anna Lappé & Jess McIntosh; Plus "Vote!" OpEd by Katie Goodman
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anna Lappé
James Beard Leadership Award winner Anna Lappé has spent most of her career as a sustainable food advocate. We talk big food and marketing to kids-...

Bought by Public Radio for All, KUT, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Subcontractors: Making Space Happen
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bob Hoffman and Bill Galary of Nye Lubricants, Credit: Mat Kaplan
You may never hear their names, but there are thousands of small to medium-sized companies without which space exploration and development wouldn’t...

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 1625
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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A variety of styles from within the Blues spectrum, all off new and recent album releases.

Bought by KSRQ and WJSU


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 15: Acre for Acre - The Fight For Strawberry Field
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we take a close look at all sides of a controversial land deal and that bitterly divided the Colorado Springs...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
Episode 1622
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Back from vacation, Johnny Full-Time has a huge stack of new CDs that recently arrived.

Bought by KSRQ and WJSU


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2