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893: Giving up / 894: Hope: How do you make it?, 4/27/2024

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

HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

887: Total eclipse and other wonders / 888: Eye-to-eye with animals, 4/6/2024

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

HOUR ONE: "Total eclipse and other wonders" - Millions of people are traveling to see the total solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the exact nature of the u...

027: Tapping your way to serenity: your brain and heart on ASMR, 3/15/2024

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

If you’ve spent some time on TikTok or YouTube recently, you might have stumbled across ASMR content without even knowing it. From long acrylic nai...

026: What human eggs are worth: egg donors share their stories, 3/8/2024

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

Egg donation in the U.S. is a multibillion dollar industry designed to provide infertile folks with the eggs they need to conceive. But how do we d...

[Simulated Part Three] Building an AI afterlife: an exploration of new grief technology

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials

If you could speak again with a loved one who has passed away, would you? With recent advances in artificially intelligent grief tech, this questio...

Bought by KWGS

024: [Simulated Part Three] Building an AI afterlife: an exploration of new grief technology, 2/23/2024

From: Embodied
Series: Embodied

If you could speak again with a loved one who has passed away, would you? With recent advances in artificially intelligent grief tech, this questio...

865: The Year Of Return / 866: Wintering In The Wild, 1/20/2024

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

HOUR ONE: "The Year Of Return" - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores ...

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...

811: Luminous: Your Brain On 'Shrooms / 812: Finding Your Voice, 7/15/2023

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

HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Your Brain On 'Shrooms" - More and more scientists believe psychedelics can open a window into how our minds work. And for som...

805: Wonders Of The Human Body / 806: Loving Bees, 6/24/2023

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

HOUR ONE: "Wonders Of The Human Body" - What's so wondrous about the human body? An hour on transplants, chronic illnesses and the familiar in ours...

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

793: For The Love Of Moms / 794: Weird World Of Mushrooms, 5/13/2023

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

HOUR ONE: "For The Love Of Moms" - If it weren't for them, there would be nobody on the planet, because they literally gave us the world. This hour...

791: A Parenting Revolution / 792: The Resilient Brain, 5/6/2023

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

HOUR ONE: "A Parenting Revolution" - The pandemic has made clear that parents are walking a tightrope with no safety net. Is it time for a parentin...

2023 Spring Fundraiser: Unconventional Healing / Predicting Success

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers

In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about better list...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KALW, WUFT, and KRCU Public Radio

749: Astonishing African Futures / 750: Thinking With Animals, 12/10/2022

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

HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," is dominating the global box office. This hour, a litera...

747: Forged By Hand / 748: If Your Clothes Could Talk, 12/3/2022

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

HOUR ONE: "Forged By Hand" - You would think that handcrafting, like iron forging and copper smithing, would be on the way out. But COVID has shown...

713: Journeys Through Gender / 714: The Resilient Brain, 8/6/2022

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

HOUR ONE: "Journeys Through Gender" - Once upon a time there were two genders. He and She. Not anymore. So what are your pronouns? HOUR TWO: "The...

2022 Fall Fundraiser: Empathizing With Nature / Choice In The Food Industry

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers

In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about humans in n...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, Kansas Public Radio, KRCU Public Radio, and Wisconsin Public Radio (ops)

677: Writing The Climate Change Story / 678: Living In Skin, 4/2/2022

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

HOUR ONE: "Writing The Climate Change Story" - Floods, wildfires, winds and extreme temperatures. This hour, the novelists and journalists who are ...

673: Secrets Of Alchemy / 674: Wonders Of The Human Body, 3/19/2022

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

HOUR ONE: "Secrets Of Alchemy" - The leading science of the 17th century was alchemy, the transformation of matter. What was it really? Could we st...

Part Four: Shapeshifting

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World

Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the world. What are they trying...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more

Part Three: When Mountains Are Gods

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World

Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are. This hour, we'll remember a time whe...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more

Part Two: Plants As Persons

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World

If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should they have rights?

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more

Part One: Eye-To-Eye Animal Encounters

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World

Have you ever locked eyes with an animal in the wild? It can be a shattering experience.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WHRV and more

665: Worshipping Waterfalls / 666: Is The Universe A Number?, 2/19/2022

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

HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...

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