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Dr. Peter McCullough - The Vaccine as the Manifest Destiny of the Pandemic
From: Ray Samuels
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In this explosive interview, cardiologist and epidemiologist Dr. Peter McCullough speaks to Dr. Sam Dubé as to why he, as well as a multitude of hi...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:18:30
Randall Fuller, author of "The Book That Changed America"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Randall Fuller who's written an historical take on how Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited leaders and thinkers in the US in...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 10/09/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How do you "graduate" astronaut school? We ask Europe's newest astronaut. Also, the strange story of a roaring Himalayan flo...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 08/21/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week's Spectrum: An apple a day keeps the doctor away - We take a look at how South Africa has become a world leader in penis transplant...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum 07/03/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep - On this week's show: If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too?...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 05/15/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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On this week’s show, it’s all about insects… An unbelievable collection of data gathered by the entomological society in Krefeld shows that the bio...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 03/27/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Things you have to think about when eating in zero gravity - Can you eat rice in space? Do we digest food differently in zero g's? An...

Bought by KRJF-lp, WXDU, KRZA, WYAP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 8
Spectrum 03/13/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Germany’s wild boar Problem - For German hunters, it’s open season on wild boars all year round. There is, perhaps, good reason for t...

Bought by KRJF-lp, KRZA, WYAP, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 6
UnCommonCore Podcast Episode 17 | Reef-A-Palooza: Part I
From: Tom Howell
Series: The New York (High-End) Audio Show
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Recorded live to tape from the streets, businesses, trade shows, homes, garages, work spaces, factories and classrooms, The UnCommonCore Podcast ex...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 55:54
Clinical Trials and Tribulations: Steve Hauser's quest to cure MS
From: Carry the One Radio
Caption: A B Cell, Credit: NIAID
In this episode, a team of researchers disprove a decades-old dogma. The result? The first ever FDA-approved drug for primary-progressive multiple ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 38:45
Episode 52: The Checklist
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 51: Money Tree before you listen to this one. While working on our last episode, we became curious about ...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 23:23
  • Purchases: 1
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Interchange - A Measure of Choice: Vaccine Opposition and Public Health
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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"A Measure of Choice" explores the reasons that some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. The so-called “anti-vax” movement has be...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:44
Learning from the Uncivilized
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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We tend to view our hunter-gatherer ancestors with pity for their primitive ways. But what if they employ strategies for leading a depression-free ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:13
Brave Genius
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Writing from History
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Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll shares his findings on the friendship between writer Albert Camus and biologist Jacques Monod.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 13:25
History of Automated Transportation
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Maglev - Hi-speed transportation
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The most common element in all accidents is the human element. In the quest to eliminate driver error and make our roads safer, we’ve been searchin...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Electrifying Transportation
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Maglev - Hi-speed transportation
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Believe it or not, electric vehicles used to be more popular than gasoline engines. The first practical electric car in 1884, and for decades many ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
The Magnetic River
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Maglev - Hi-speed transportation
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Imagine waiting to catch a train. You show up at the station and wait for the familiar clanking of wheels and squealing of brakes. This time, howev...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
The Magnet and the Train
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Maglev - Hi-speed transportation
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By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Planet of the Apes -- Groks Science Show 2014-02-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dale Peterson joins us to discuss chimpanzee behavior.

Bought by 'The Sea', 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 27:44
  • Purchases: 5
Fishing in Fossil Lake -- Groks Science Show 2013-07-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Lance Grande discusses his new book, "The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time."

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
Origins Research Motives
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Size of Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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How small and how large can life be? Hear scientists consider various answers to these questions and even attempt to convince you that life can be ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:49
  • Purchases: 2
Sticking a thermometer in a dinosaur's mouth
From: Laurence Yeung
Series: Measure Twice, Cut Once
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Today, we measure the body temperature of something that's been dead for 170 million years. Our guest is Dr. Robert Eagle, a researcher at UCLA.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:16
Radical Evolution
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Bestselling author Joel Garreau shows in his book, Radical Evolution, that we are at a turning point in history. At this moment we are engineering...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:58