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Keepers of the Flame
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Follow the money that props up racist science, and you'll find it all leads back to one man.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:03:24
Ninety Seconds to Midnight
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A philosophy that suggests we take a very long view of human existence has started gaining ground among the rich and powerful. Its called longtermi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
02182021: The Art of Practice: Harnessing the Power of the Creative Mind with Eric Maisel Ph.D. & R. Douglas Fields Ph.D., 2/18/2021
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
Caption: Happiness [is an inside job]...
Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on Harnessing the P...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2021
  • Length: 53:43
Episode 149: Dr. Parkman Is Missing
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a “den of body snatchers.” And then, in November 1849, the school’s most promin...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 36:45
Episode 23: Into the Ice
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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The B-15 iceberg in Antarctica was the largest iceberg in recorded history. Explorer Jill Heinerth wanted to see what it looked like from the insid...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 1
Generation AIDS: Minnesota's HIV/AIDS Crisis
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Bruce Brockway and Rene Valdes, 1980., Credit: Alan Lessik
In July 1981, the New York Times published an article about a mysterious illness plaguing gay men in New York City. After reading the article, Bruc...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:31:39
S1 E9 Too Important to Die
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Cardiologist Dhruv Kazi recounts the heart-stopping tale of an emergency medical encounter in North Korea.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 36:33
S1 E7 Missing It
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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The electronic medical record and a list of to-dos distract family medicine resident Milana Pebenito from her patient's impending death.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 30:04
S1 E5 I Am Enough
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Grand Smith, chief resident in internal medicine at UCSF, recounts the story of his first code blue.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 23:16
S1 E4 Not Always Wonderful
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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In the hospital, pediatrician Dana Gal struggles with a young patient who asserts her autonomy in ways that are frustrating, and even dangerous.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 34:33
Highways & Aliens
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 90: Sharks
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The U.S. Navy attempted to develop a shark attack repellant after many sailors were attacked during WWII. The first step was the formation of a “Sh...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:15
The Man, the Myth, the Laser
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The disputed origin story of one of the 20th century’s most important inventions.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
Spring Migration -- Groks Science Show 2018-02-14
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Bruce Beehler discussed the springtime songbird migration.

Bought by Bandon Community Radio, KUPR low power FM, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 20:21
  • Purchases: 3
Treed by a Jaguar
From: Outside Magazine
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The story of two explorers chased down—well, technically up—by a jaguar.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:08
RDD: The Lake and the Doctor (part 1)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we'll be entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the for...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
Episode 13: Bigfoot
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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For our 13th episode, we venture off the beaten path to hear about Bigfoot and the scientist who’s on a mission to find him.

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 18:38
  • Purchases: 2
289-Strange Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new comet is likely to have the characteristics of a really weird traveler in the night.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Mosquito Crusader
From: Jake Smith
Caption: Fred L. Soper crossing a bridge to investigate an area where yellow fever occurred, Credit: Photo by Wilbur A. Sawyer courtesy National Library of Medicine
Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
Ninety Three Men
From: Scott Christy
Caption: Research Vessel Atlantis
An American scientific research ship responds to a sinking boat full of refugees in the Mediterranean.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Mystery At The Lake
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
Caption: Lake Oneida, Credit: National Environmental Education Foundation/Flickr
In the 1970s, a geochemist and a biologist banded together to solve a mystery at Lake Oneida in upstate New York. What they found is changing the w...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:03
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Three: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: St. Paul, Alaska, Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
228-Alien Contact
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Humans are searching the Universe to discover life outside of our Planet.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Haunting Tale of Why Clara Barton's Memorial Was 60 Years In The Making
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Did Clara Barton's ghost commune with the living?, Credit: National Park Service/Clara Barton NHS
A so-called spiritual medium, Clara Barton’s so-called spirit, and the man whose dedication swayed him to fall for an elaborate swindle.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:20