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The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic are behind us and it’s time for an early reckoning of our successes and failures. An epidemiologist shares...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 21:30
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Six out of nine planetary systems key to the survival of the human species are under threat. Is Earth still a safe operating space for human beings...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
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Author and biologist Sandra Steingraber talks about the impact of fossil fuels on our oceans, ahead of the March to End Fossil Fuels.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:48
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Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become one of the most controversial health poli...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 16:16
Caption: Peter Lee, outgoing Executive Director of Covered California, Credit: Photo used with the permission of Covered California
This week, we speak with Peter Lee who has led Covered California, the state’s Affordable Care Act health benefit exchange, for a decade. As he pre...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:08
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In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 22:47
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In this segment of EPIDEMIC, Dr. Celine Gounder looks at disinformation during the pandemic. Specifically, we’re going to look at how the Russian g...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
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Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID as white Americans. Despite this, polls show that African-Americans are less interested in re...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:58
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We’re looking at the variant that emerged in South Africa: 501Y.V2. This variant is not only more transmissible, but has demonstrated the troubling...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
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This week on the show: In late January 2020, a doctor in Munich made a startling discovery about COVID-19 with major implications. It ended up be...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: California Climate Map, Credit: Photo by: Ali Zifan (CC BY-SA 4.0) (derived from World Köppen Classification (with authors).svg)
In this episode, we explore California’s dynamic and shifting climate, which impacts so much across the Bay area, region, and state, including our ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: How astronomers feel about SpaceX expansion plans. Topic 2: Why is antisemitism on the rise? Topic 3: Why do physical ailments seem more l...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 49:36
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, is director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and author of the book, Dead...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 2
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Topic 1: Political ads and social media. Topic 2: Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others? Topic 3: What is AI's role in religion?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: University partnerships with corporations. Topic 2: A conversation with a CDC ecologist.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 49:49
  • Purchases: 2
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Topic 1: Downstairs at the White House. Topic 2: A new way to counter the generic drug shortage.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 49:49
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Topic 1: Using brain scans to make pain objectively measurable. Topic 2: Augmented reality for the blind. Topic 3: The evolution of motherhood in p...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:02
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Sat up - As we enter the age of satellite mega-constellations, it’s time to celebrate an unsung satellite hero that’s wa...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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David Meiswinkle and Barbara Honegger of The Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, and Richard Gage AIA, of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth ...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Kalpana DePasquale and Warren Miller
On the third segment of "The Empowered Patient" pilot program -- the organic revolution has changed how we buy food, where we buy it, and our relat...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 24:31
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:01