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From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks

Groups have been running disinformation campaigns on Facebook and Twitter for almost as long as those platforms have been popular. In this episode,...

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Welcome to the Disinfo Industry

From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks

Are you contributing to a disinformation campaign without even knowing it? This week, we talk to Kate Starbird about unwillingly contributing to th...

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How Disease Conspiracy Theories Are Born

From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks

This week, we focus on COVID-19 misinformation, talking to Kolina Koltai, ethnographer of vaccine conspiracy theory communities; Jon Lee, a folklor...

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What Are Mis- and Disinformation?

From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks

In our first episode, Camille François to tells us how researchers identify mis- and disinformation, and Joan Donovan from the Harvard Shorenstein ...

Bought by WHFR and RadioFreePalmer

CBC S 1 E 5: COVID by the Numberss

From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts

If you're trying to cover the pandemic in seven Midwestern states, where do you start? WNIN partnered with data scientists from the University of E...

Sidewalks Versus Surgery

From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked

We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...

Can drownings be eliminated on the Great Lakes?

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Lifeguards performing a drill at Silver Beach County Park, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

With lifeguards, warning signs, 911 phones and education efforts, beaches across the Great Lakes are preparing for emergencies. But how effective a...

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

Great Lakes drownings hit small Michigan county

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Waves crash against pier near Silver Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Berrien County, Mich., is a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches and 50 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But the community also ha...

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

Reshaping the Coast

From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked

With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

A Perfect Storm

From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked

Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Best Medicine for Heart Disease

From: Richard Paul
Series: The Best Medicine with Dr. Ken Miller

A look inside the labs, treatment facilities, and homes of those closest to heart disease.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KHNS, MPR News Stations, Maine Public Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City and more

Episode 4: How to do science, part 2: From the beach to the lab

From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Measuring Marine Microbes

If you send scientists to the beach, they may come back with the next way to produce biofuels. But it takes a lot of collaboration along the way.

Dolphins ~ Stenella attenuata and Stenella longirostris

From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life

Where there is tuna, there are dolphins.... not always a good thing,

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Two Guys On Your Head: Sleep

From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head

Check out the show with Professors Bob Duke and Art Markman, and then have a nap; refresh and consolidate what you’ve learned. Sleep is a lot more...

Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman

Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...