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Skeptic Check: After the Hereafter
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: After the Hereafter, Credit: Seth Shostak
There are few enduring truths, but one is that no one gets out of life alive. What’s less certain is what comes next. Does everything stop with d...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KREV-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, and WRGY


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Real Cost of Fracking - Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald, authors of The Real Cost of Fracking: How Ame...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Real Cost of Fracking - Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald, authors of The Real Cost of Fracking: How Ame...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:37
Deadly River: Cholera & Cover-Up in Post Earthquake Haiti
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Epidemiology Professor Ralph Frerichs
A controversy involving United Nations Peacekeeping forces, the World Health Organization, and scientists --- not to mention the people of Haiti -...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician’s Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Steven Hatch
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Doesn't Negotiate: Robert Jensen #112
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“One of the ways that radical ideas become more mainstream is when those of us who hold them aren’t afraid to speak about them.” This thought has g...

Bought by Bandon Community Radio, WYAP, WMUU-LP, KRZA, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Future Tripping
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Hal Niedzviecki
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Cornucopian Myth: William Catton #107
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“The age of growth and the age in which growth is going to be considered a good thing is coming to an end.” The late sociologist William R. Catton ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
What's So Smart About Growth? Al Bartlett #102
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Legendary physics professor Al Bartlett was quick to tell us “smart growth” and “dumb growth” both lead us to the same undesirable end; “smart grow...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
Wealthier Than You Think? Juliet Schor #101
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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According to Juliet Schor, many of us are giving up “the good life” in our quest for material possessions. Symbols of success, instead of enriching...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 10
The Next Chapter - Program 78
From: Allen Hundley
Series: The Next Chapter
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Investigative reporter Judy Bachrach talks about her new book Glimpsing Heaven. Scientists may have underestimated green energy's potential for fi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 57:53
Mike Magner - A Trust Betrayed - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Mike Magner, author of A Trust Betrayed: The Untold Story of Camp Lejeune and the Poisoning...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Tyrone Hayes - Rebel WITH a Cause
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Rebel WITH a Cause - Dr. Tyrone Hayes is a Harvard trained biologist that has courageously stuck to his research find...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:35
The Humanist Hour #101: Exploring Naturalism with Tom Clark
From: Bo Bennett
Series: The Humanist Hour
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In this episode, Bo interviews Tom Clark from naturalism.org. Tom is currently a research associate at the Institute for Behavioral Health, Helle...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Sandra Steingraber - Part Two - Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents: A two part interview with Dr. Sandra Steingraber, award winning author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:33
High Tide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
KUT's Views and Brews: Clairvoyants Working in Law Enforcement
From: KUT
Series: KUT's Views and Brews Remix
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With shows like Medium and The Mentalist providing the basis for the general public’s idea of the relationship between parapsychologists and police...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 42:30
Evolutions Purpose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steve McIntosh
The debate around evolution is often misrepresented as a simple choice between science and creationism. A primary question posed by philosopher St...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Moon in the Nautilus Shell
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Biology of Belief - Dr. Bruce Lipton
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Do your beliefs affect your biology? Cell biologists Dr. Bruce Lipton's research shows conclusively that they do! Until recently, conventional sc...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2007
  • Length: 28:41
Mind Over Matter in the World's Religions - exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking (first program in an on-going series)
From: MaryLynn Schiavi
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This is the first program in an on-going series exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking through interviews with people from all walks of life...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2007
  • Length: 09:00
CamForum - The Planets
From: Cambridge Forum
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THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's historic and scientific tour of our solar system.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 13:21
Computers, Videos and TV: Their Effect on Children
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Effect on the developing brain of computers, video and television

  • Added: Dec 13, 2003
  • Length: 29:00