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This I Believe - Dan Tani
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Looking back at Earth from space, astronaut Dan Tani is optimistic about the future of the planet.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Tipping Point Jumps Shark!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Tipping point meme loses lustre! Ian examines why.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:39
The Trouble with Cyborgs
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
IF everybody's a cyborg, who's doing tech support?

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Curiosity Aroused Pilot
From: Rebecca Watson
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, Texas Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Crusts - Ed Reynolds - APL Project Manager
From: Ray Gard
Series: Crusts
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Careers Vignettes: The passion that got them started: Ed Reynolds - APL Project Manager

  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:01
Audio postcard from Costa Rica: The Search for the Red-eyed Tree frog
From: ComRadio
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WPSU student intern David Klatt is in Costa Rica this semester. Recently, he ventured into the rainforest in search of the red-eyed tree-frog . . ....

  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:34
Hearing Things
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Sonic Rainbow
An experienced narrator explains how to hear ghosts

  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
Unreal reality?
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New research indicates reality's only there if we're looking. Ian is depressed.

  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 01:55
Where Do Cadavers Come From?
From: Lawrence Lanahan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What happens after a person donates his body to science? Follow the process from embalming table to medical school to waterfront plot.

  • Added: May 09, 2007
  • Length: 12:58
New Planet for Old
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science has discovered a new planet. Can we go there?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 01:27
This I Believe - Joy Harjo
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Native American poet tells of her belief in the Sun and our sacred connection to it.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WEZU, KUER, WORT and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 16
This I Believe - Bill Nunan
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Engineer Bill Nunan believes he needs God and science to understand the universe and our place in it.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, WXLV-FM, and KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Richard Rohr
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Some people prefer clarity and closure but Father Richard Rohr finds belief and comfort in mystery.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
21 Secrets of Spawning Eels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Researchers in Japan have discovered the spawning grounds of Japanese eels.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Temple Grandin
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Temple Grandin explains that as a person living with autism, she thinks in pictures and in sounds.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WEZU, WEZU, KVNF, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 9
This I Believe - Whitney Harris
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nuremberg prosecutor Whitney R. Harris believes we honor God by acting with respect, mercy and peace.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
This I Believe - Roald Hoffmann
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann believes the middle is a good place to be, both in life and in science.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Herbert Hoover
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
President Herbert Hoover speaks on faith and science.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KMUZ, WKYU, and KBYI


  • Added: Jun 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Anthony Fauci
From: This I Believe
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A belief in personal responsibility drives Dr. Anthony Fauci?s work to find a cure for HIV-AIDS.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Kay Redfield Jamison
From: This I Believe
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Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
This I Believe - Kathy Dahlen
From: This I Believe
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A college anatomy class taught Kathy Dahlen that the human experience is more than blood and bone.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:51
This I Believe - Alan Lightman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Astrophysicist and novelist Alan Lightman believes that mysteries inspire our greatest creativity.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, Remix Radio, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Phil Powers
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Mountaineer climber Phil Powers believes pacing is important whether on steep cliffs or level ground.

Bought by WEZU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KJZZ, and KZSC


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Dolphins
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Dr. John C. Lilly, noted polymath and sort of a mad scientist, was obsessed with dolphin intelligence and his experiments with interspecies communi...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2006
  • Length: 03:32