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885: Does AI dream? / 886: Why do we have so much stuff?, 3/30/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...

881: Taking Pop Seriously / 882: Weird World Of Mushrooms, 3/16/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

Season 1, Episode 14 - 'Cosmic Consciousness' feat Brian Thomas Swimme

From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1

We are the universe experiencing itself, as told by a world class student of the cosmos.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB

855: Luminous: Is It The Drug Or The Trip? / 856: Original Sin, 12/16/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Is It The Drug Or The Trip?" - Psychedelic therapy is poised to be the next big thing in mental health. But what if you want t...

Are you very superstitious or just a little 'stitious'?

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

Whether you’re superstitious or, as Michael Scott from The Office says, “a little stitious”, in this episode of Audacious about superstitions, you’...

851: How Should We Tell Our History? / 852: Searching For Order In The Universe, 12/2/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "How Should We Tell Our History?" - Debates over history are front-page news, from critical race theory to AP history classes. How should...

Top of Mind - Who Owns Our Cultural Heritage? — Museums, Repatriation, and Appropriation

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

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

Skin Deep

From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix

Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.

Bought by WORT

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.

839: Luminous: Can Psychedelics Be Decolonized? / 840: Living With Loneliness, 10/21/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Can Psychedelics Be Decolonized?" - Psychedelics are a multi-billion dollar industry. But many come from plant medicines first...

AMOS 23-170: The Invisible World of Manuscripts, 8/25/2023

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

The Invisible World of Manuscripts

Oppenheimer’s omission and other secrets of the Atomic Age

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

Caption: Paul Pino of Carrizozo, New Mexico., Credit: Nate Hegyi

From NHPR's Outside/In comes two stories that shed light on unseen consequences of America's nuclear ambitions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Vermont Public, and Valley Public Radio

815: Taking Pop Seriously / 816: Secrets Of Alchemy, 7/29/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: 'Taking Pop Seriously" - Korean pop music has been breaking global charts and hearts, selling millions of records every year. Is is time ...

Constant Wonder - Body, Soul & Memory: What would you do with a lock of George Washington's hair?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Clippings of Washington's hair were, for some, like a "selfie." For others, they were used to claim racial superiority.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

My Iron Lung

From: Radio Diaries

Caption: Martha Lillard in an iron lung in the 1950s., Credit: Courtesy of Martha Lillard

Martha Lillard is one of the last two people in the United States who depend on an iron lung to breathe.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

The End of Smallpox

From: Radio Diaries

Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO

Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

765: Shapeshifting / 766: Plants As People, 2/4/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...

AMOS 23.29: Ancient Roman Parasites, 2/9/2023

From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science

Ancient Roman Parasites

753: When Mountains Are Gods / 754: The Sound Of Silence, 12/24/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "When Mountains Are Gods" - Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are...

Submerged history in the land of 10,000 lakes

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: A volunteer with the non-profit Maritime Heritage explores a boat wreck at the bottom of Christmas Lake, Credit: Josh Knutson / Maritime Heritage

Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...

735: Our Time Of Mourning / 736: Secrets Of Alchemy , 10/22/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - Is there a better way to talk about death? And to grieve? The pandemic has brought us a period of global mournin...

Constant Wonder - Float Like a Butterfly, Major Taylor

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

The man who changed the course of boxing history.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

The Untold Story of Tony Abfalter's Trip to Antartica

From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us to Antarctica with KVSC Alumnus Tony Abfalter...

The Voyager Mission: A 45th Anniversary Celebration

From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio

Caption: On board each Voyager spacecraft is a time capsule: a 12-inch, gold-plated copper disk carrying spoken greetings in 55 languages from Earth’s peoples, along with 115 images and myriad sounds representing our home planet., Credit: NASA/JPL

It’s a party for Voyager and the team of scientists, engineers and others who have followed it across our solar system. Then we’ll visit with Ann D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more

719: The Secret Language Of Trees / 720: Pick Your Poison, 8/27/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: 'The Secret Language of Trees' - Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly...

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