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Audacious therapists who specialize in helping those on death row, the gifted, and the wealthy
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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Meet therapists who specialize in treating unique populations like those on death row or the extremely wealth.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
EE 24-08: Meet the guy who cooks for flies–and for science, 2/23/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Most of us, when we encounter a fruit fly, are focused on keeping it out of our food. But what if it was your job to feed fruit flies?

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Constant Wonder - A Pediatric Neurosurgeon Shares Stories of Triumph and Resilience
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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This pediatric neurosurgeon has saved the lives of countless children–from fetuses in the womb to teenagers. Here are their stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 19, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ohio GOP’s Aug. 8th ‘Issue One’ Referendum Threatens to Impose Minority Ru...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jul 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 14, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Georgia GOP Voter Suppression the Media Missed, Likely to Spread Across th...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Life As an Astronaut
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An astronaut experiences a juxtaposition of the sublime and the mundane, sensing God while floating weightless, fixing cables outside his spacecraft.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Immigration, Measles, and Precrastination
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: US Immigration Policy is Outdated. Here's a New Perspective. Topic 2: Measles Erases the Immune System's Memory. Topic 3: Precrastination ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 25, 2020
  • Length: 51:35
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 22, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump and GOP Governors’ Move to Prematurely Reopen U.S. Economy Will Trig...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meet Your Robot Barista
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Meet Your Robot Barista, Credit: Seth Shostak
We sip lattes in a robot café and contemplate the future of work. Our mechanical barista is just a start as robots and A.I. train to do a variety o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 28, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Spectrum 10/23/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: The dogged, interminable struggle with diabetes - This week on the show, DW reports from a special conference in Bochum, where experts ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
221: Burnout / 222: Getting Jazzed, 11/18/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Burnout" - Ever get the Sunday Night Blues? This hour, how to take back your weekends and the culture of overwork. HOUR TWO: "Getting ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
StoryCorps: Carla Saunders and Kyle Cook
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Kyle Cook (left) and Carla Saunders (right)
Kyle Cook and Carla Saunders are neonatal nurse practitioners at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville. They’ve spent decades caring for...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending September 8, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Texas Flood Linked with Extreme Weather Patterns Long Predicted by Climate...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXDU, WRIR, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Humility is the New Smart Age
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Edward D. Hess
If we were on a ship at sea, and learned of the impending tsunami, we’d do everything we could to prepare for the collision.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Burning Out and Feeling Overwhelmed - The Emotion Roadmap can Help
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Feeling the tension
Burn out and feeling overwhelmed seem to be on the rise again. Becoming more emotionally intelligent can help. Expert Cary Cherniss and a caller to...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 55:00
Ethical Systems Design: Bringing Behavioral Science Into Corporate Life
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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This is the first in a series of podcasts in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org to explore behavioral science in the workplace. In this installm...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 25:59
The Madam Next Door
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KUNV, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
The Beauty Premium -- Groks Science Show 2014-12-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jaclyn Wong discussed the beauty premium.

Bought by WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 4
Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
A Dream Job
From: Daniel Wanschura
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What exactly is a dream job? Is it one that pays a lot of money? One where you don’t have to do much work? Is it one that makes you famous? …Or, is...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:58
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
Trust Me
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Paul Zak, Credit: James Duncan Davidson/TED
Phalana Tiller talks with author Ron Ashkenas about his HBR blog "Learn to Trust Your Gut." She also interviews neuroeconomist Paul Zak about his r...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
StoryCorps NTI: Al Siedlecki and Lee Buono
From: StoryCorps
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Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1