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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
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Four stories of people who have done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in-between.

Bought by WYSO, WUNC, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 27:13
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An exploration into the life and legacy of Richard Buckminster Fuller

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Conversations with people who take a DIY approach to science and to life: DIY biologists working to democratize the lab, a single mom who says some...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KUOW, WYSO, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
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In the past decade, dark sky festivals have become attractions in parks across the U.S. 

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 6
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Electricity, pumps & shunts: A forensic pathologist on life.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:23
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Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about? From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:30
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At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 4
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Impromptu responses contemplating death and astral mobility

Bought by KUT and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 10:06
  • Purchases: 2
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Wildlife cinemaphotographer Steve Kroschel tells us how his career began, his move to Alaska and about the wild creatures that share his home and l...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 19:34