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Food Sleuth Radio, Michael Graziano Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Can you imagine a world without functioning antibiotics? Sadly, we’re headed in that direction due to overuse and misuse of these precious drugs, ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Margaret Carrel Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Antibiotics are given to animals living in concentrated feeding operations for two reasons: disease prevention and growth promotion/feed efficiency...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jeff Ritterman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India. Join Food...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jaydee Hansen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Consumers may be surprised to learn that nanotechnology is being applied to foods and food related products without labeling, or a full safety revi...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Expanding agriculture selectively could produce more food, save more carbon
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Justin Andrew Johnson, an economist with the Natural Capital Project at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, spoke ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 36:54
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Harold Goldstein Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year convincing us that sugary beverages will make us “happy.” In reality, sugar-laden drink...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Courtney White: Grass, Soil, Hope
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Courtney White
What if the solution for reducing our collective carbon footprint were right under our feet? Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio believes it is...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:20
Intoxication & Civilization: Beer's Ancient Past
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Solid Comfort, 1906., Credit: Library of Congress
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 1
Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Crisco and chicken nuggets, Credit: CHF collections and Evan Amos, Wikimedia Commons.
Have you ever wondered how chicken nuggets are made? Or what propylene glycol monostearate, monocalcium phosphate, or other listed ingredients are ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WTJU, RadioFreePalmer, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, John Pastor Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Politicians and analysts mark progress by quarterly earnings, but scientists who study life cycles in the real world may need years to document cha...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
It's not rocket science...it's food science for rockets! Feeding people on deep space missions
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Grace Douglas, project scientist on A...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:55
Would you like a side of crickets with that? The future of insects as 'people food'
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Biochemist and entomologist Dr. Aaron Dossey is the founder/owner of All Things Bugs, a Georgia company dedicated to insect-based applications incl...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:07
How The Tractor Ruined Farming
From: Erik Olesund
Caption: Matt and his dad Larry on the combine. Colorado, 1979
Food has become cheaper and more abundant in the last 150 years, largely thanks to technological advances. Irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and ...

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
Shellfish
From: Hillary Sanders
Series: Peril on the Salish Sea
Caption: Shellfish larvae at Penn Cove Shellfish Farm., Credit: Hillary Sanders
Shellfish farmers, researchers, and chefs share their concerns about water contamination in the Sound and the danger is poses to shellfish.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Steve Suppan Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The size of a nanometer -- one billionth of a meter – is hard to imagine, but a sheet of newspaper is 100,000 nanometers thick. Nanoscale materia...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Obsession
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, we're looking at obsessions, the helpful and the debilitating.

Bought by WMUU-LP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:46
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, Robert McCaleb Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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With so many herbal products and supplements on the market, it’s easy to be confused and overwhelmed. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered D...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Work of Art, For Your Mouth
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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You’ve probably heard of fusion restaurants that combine two different types of cuisine in their cooking. Well, this story’s about a restaurant th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 3
The GMO Deception
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2014
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Are we being told the truth about GMO foods in our midst? Sheldon Krimsky is Editor/reader here and Ralph Nader wrote the foreword to this informat...

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
The Business with Bees
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
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An exploration of the causes behind honeybee population declines, featuring discussions with beekeepers and scientists.

Bought by WSKG, WNIJ, Boise State Public Radio, KSFR, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 57:48
  • Purchases: 12
Olive Oil vs. Pollution
From: Susanne Bard
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Olive oil may help protect the cardiovascular system against the ill-effects of air pollution in cities.

  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Kelly Tappenden Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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It may seem hard to imagine, but we have more microbial cells in our guts than we have human cells in our bodies. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and R...

  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 28:01
Big Fish Ideas
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Tuna purse seiner: illegal fishing by an Ecuadorian tuna boat in Panamanian waters., Credit: CONAMAR Foundation | Marine Photobank
Fish supplies are being rapidly depleted due to overfishing, especially in the deep ocean outside of national jurisdiction. The EU has developed ac...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:20
Food Sleuth Radio, Kathrynne Holden Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Did you know that farmers who use pesticides are at greater risk for developing Parkinson's Disease (PD)? Or ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
The Insomnia-Junk Food Connection
From: Stephen Provizer
Series: Cultural Curmudgeon
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I don't suppose it would surprise anyone to find out the Cultural Curmudgeon is an insomniac. When a person takes on the troubles of the world, the...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:29

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