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Farming - recorded 4/2003

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

A 3 generation family farm business discusses farming

Nursing recorded 1/2003

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

A generational discussion about nursing as of 2003

The Write Question - Jack Nisbet - 409

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Writer and naturalist Jack Nisbet discusses his book, "The Dreamer and The Doctor: A Forest Lover and a Physician on the Edge of the Frontier."

Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio

Randall Fuller, author of "The Book That Changed America"

From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra

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

337-Lucy

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

The Lucy Spacecraft, named after the human fossil Lucy, will revolutionize our knowledge of the origins of our solar system.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW, Radio Newark, and WLPR

277-Old Girl

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Imagine a telescope old enough for Senior Citizen discounts, which has traveled between mountains, and started life with a metal mirror measuring o...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more

States of Mind: Mental Illness in America

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: A woman in a "state of hysteria.", Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of Americans will suffer from a “mental disorder” at some point in their lifetime, making the once “abn...

Bought by WEZU, WXDU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR

The River in the Atlantic Ocean

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The Gulf Stream was essential to the early exploration of the New World and continues to influence our climate, weather, environment, and shipping ...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, KVSC, WEZU, WLIW and more

248: The Oranjemund Shipwreck

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Caption: Diamond mining on the Namibian coast., Credit: DeBeersGroup.com

Ownership of cultural discoveries such as shipwrecks has long been debated by governments, historical institutions, private business and salvers an...

Starry-Eyed: A History of the Heavens

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Depiction of the 1833 Leonid meteor storm, in Bible Readings for the Home Circle (1889).

On this episode of BackStory, we’re examining Americans’ ongoing fascination with the skies above us. How have people made sense of comets, eclipse...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WABE, KBRP Community Radio, KREV-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Not Just for the Birds

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

New research shows one key to curtailing West Nile disease may lie in increasing the diversity of birds.

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, Radio Newark, and WTJU

Patent Pending: A History of Intellectual Property

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: 1814 wood engraving of two types of locking mechanisms., Credit: (Library of Congress).

Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? This week’s BackStory explores how Americans have viewed “i...

Bought by WUFT, XRAY.fm, WSKG, KUOW, WRPI and more