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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...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
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This is a 1 on 1 interview with Author Dan Levitt, and Radioactive's Nick Burns. From Levitt's Website "For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 12:04
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Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:20
Caption: William Halal
For the past 20-years or so, our society has been deep in the Knowledge Age. Now, it’s about to be replaced by the digital revolution and artificia...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Weird World Of Mushrooms" - They can heal you. They can also kill you. This hour, take a trip into the wild world of toadstools. HOUR ...

  • Added: May 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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How Capt. Chris Cassidy seized opportunities to become a Navy Seal/Astronaut.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
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The late Dr. Bernard F. Erlanger, a long time associate of the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, talks about a promising treatment ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 14:51
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Dr. Sharon Akabas, PhD, Director of the MS Program at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, talks about her early interest in educa...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 34:02
Caption: The cover art for this episode alludes to the activity mentioned where a class of forms a scale model of the solar system with the sun as a basketball.
Science education occurs in juvenile detention centers, as part of the schooling available to young people there so that they can receive their hig...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 40:25
Caption: H. Chris Ransford
Mathematician and Physicist, Chris Ransford, elevates the debate regarding infinity, the universe, godhood, and irreducible mathematics.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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It probably won’t surprise you but boys and girls are not on a par with STEM programs: That’s the shorthand term for science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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Psychologist Walter Mischel talks about his new book The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control. It’s about his famed experiment testing delayed ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
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Today on our show, four stories of people who tried to see themselves clearly

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
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What should consumers do who worry their data is being misused?Whose job is it to educate people about their responsibilities?Does privacy mean any...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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In the past few years medical companies have been producing a range of devices to help aging people keep track of their vital statistics: pulse rat...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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In this episode, Bo, Kim, and Todd host this episode in front of a live audience at the AHA Conference in Philadelphia. Our guest is Lifetime Achie...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
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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
Caption: Frederick Banting (right) joined by Charles Best in office, 1924
Diabetes is one of the first recorded diseases. When was it first treated by physicians and how prevalent was it?

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
When Bill Moyers announced his intention to retire just weeks ago, he received – and read – thousands of messages on his website and Facebook urgin...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, KRDP, KVMR, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 24:00
  • Purchases: 32
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Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke explain more about the ways advertising works, and why it’s important to understand the madness behind the “Mad...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vintage Tomorrow's jacket cover, Credit: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Two scholars from the Berkeley School of Information share thoughts on their research and the future of the Internet.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 11:25
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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
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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