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875: In Your Dreams / 876: Mysteries Of Migration, 2/24/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "In Your Dreams" - Did you dream last night? Or are you among the millions of Americans who are not only sleep deprived but dream deprive...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
2023-03-10 Stop, Listen, What’s that Sound?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Every place we inhabit has its own tapestry of sound, whether you’re hiking through the woods or sitting in a cafe with a friend. And not only are ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
20230310: Stop, Listen, What’s that Sound? , 3/10/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Every place we inhabit has its own tapestry of sound, whether you’re hiking through the woods or sitting in a cafe with a friend. And not only are ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
99% Invisible #30- The Blue Yarn
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Better (and less expensive) cancer treatment started with a sensei and ball of blue yarn...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #37- The Steering Wheel (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #33- A Cheer for Samuel Plimsoll (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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This simple graphic design has saved thousands of lives.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #23- You Are Listening To (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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When open-source data becomes a thing of beauty.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 13
99% Invisible #21- BLDGBLOG On Sound (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The word of the day is: archaeoacoustics.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #18- Check Cashing Stores (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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One could argue that check cashing stores do a lot of things that are just plain wrong. But given so many people use them, what are they doing right?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #15- Sounds of the Artificial World (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #10- 99% Sound and Feel (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Even though he was deaf, Beethoven wrote some of the greatest works of music of all time. So when Chris Downey started losing his sight, he didn't...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #19- Liberation Squares (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Tompkins, Tiananmen, Tahrir...why do revolutions always start in public squares?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
Brazilian Multifuel Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Brazilian Automotive developers create the car that runs on most any fuel

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 06:01

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