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Culture Making in Downtown Miami - Jolt Radio - 08Nov2017
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: FreshArtINTL Live Radio
Caption: Rina Carvajal with Cathy Byrd
In this live streaming talk show on Jolt Radio, we explore the ways that Downtown Miami sparks creative interventions—how the city's cultural lands...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 53:13
A Cosmic Voyage with Astronomer Sandra Faber
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: • New Very Large Telescope image of galaxy Messier 77 , Credit: • European Southern Observatory
Veteran astronomer and cosmologist Sandra Faber has just been awarded the Gruber Prize for Cosmology, honoring more than forty years of pioneering ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTJU, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Thomas Edison, Eclipse Chaser!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "American Eclipse" by David Baron, Credit: Liveright/W.W. Norton
The great inventor was just one of many men and women who made their way across the American West to view and document the total solar eclipse of 1...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WJSU, KISU, Kansas Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 10
Repairing BRCA1 (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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About 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cance...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Cancer Research and Treatment (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Repairing cancer-causing genes - A new app designed to make more informed patients

Bought by WJCT, WXDU, WCQS, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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How women's friendships sustained the British Empire - Getting aggressive in the job market in the digital age - How memoirs tackle motherhood and ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How women's friendships sustained the British Empire - Getting aggressive in the job market in the digital age - How memoirs tackle motherhood and ...

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 8
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How women's friendships sustained the British Empire - Getting aggressive in the job market in the digital age

Bought by WJCT, WNSB, WCQS, WJCU, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Ice, Snow and Lava: Exploring Antarctica’s Mount Erebus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Rosaly Lopes on the slopes of Antarctica's Mt. Erebus, Credit: Michael Carroll
Earth’s southernmost active volcano may also be its most remote. Rosaly Lopes and Michael Carroll recently spent a few frigid days on the slopes o...

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


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan Leaves NASA
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Outgoing NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan, Credit: NASA
For well over three years, planetary scientist Ellen Stofan has worked directly with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to help coordinate and expan...

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


  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Cat Parasite (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Cat-lovers know that their feline friends carry a certain risk… and it’s not the danger of snagged sweaters. One Virginia scientist says the notori...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 4
The Car Mechanic
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Dahl Automotive Museum, Credit: Teri Tenseth Market
On this episode of Culture Clique, we get underneath the hood and learn about the automotive repair field. We visit with two technicians, Hannah an...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 19:06
Gender Bias & Online Sales
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Buyers shell out a lot less on online auctions for when the seller is female.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Girl Power -- Groks Science Show 2015-06-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Rachel Swaby discusses women in science.

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPVL, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 4
Mother of Invention
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A mother and a nurse created a device to help other breast-feeding moms.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
Mind-Controlled Medicine
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A brainwave-triggered implant which could potentially turn on genes controlling the production of therapeutic proteins., Credit: March Folcher/ETH Zurich
Could brainwaves one day trigger an implant that stops epilepsy and chonic pain episodes before they begin?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Burden of Care
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Stem Cells - Self-help health care
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Diabetics suffer from many health complications and disabilities, but they’re not the only ones who are affected by their condition. In this episod...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
“In science, you have to be very humble.”
From: Distillations
Caption: Juana Acrivos
Juana Acrivos, professor emeritus of chemistry at San Jose State University, reminds us that sometimes we must leave our expectations at the door—w...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
The Broad Experience, episode three - women in tech
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode three, we ask why so few women work...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Broad Experience, episode one
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode one: why we need a show like this, ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #41- The Human-Human Interface (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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We're used to interacting with objects. But we're not used to objects that teach us how to interact with each other.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KVNF and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, January 3, 1923
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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While many of the most-told love stories are fairy tales, hers was real and it changed YOUR life.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Grace Murray Hopper, January 1, 1992
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Even if you've never heard of Grace Hopper, she changed your life.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Needle and Conductive Thread
From: Jen Nathan
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Do-it-Yourself goes beyond knitting. Pick up a soldering iron and some conductive thread to explore "tech crafting."

  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:41