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The King of Klutter
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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At my age I should being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I like to tell our daughters Katy and Sarah that some da...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:23
227: Whatever...Mom
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why won't your teenager listen to you? Their brain. For real. Insert teenage eye roll here.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 2
225: Bees vs Mirrors
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Fresh off the research presses in early 2022, a new study on how honey bees navigate the world while they fly. Turns out still water and mirrors ar...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Thomas in his lab., Credit: Public Domain
Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris remember their mentor, Dr. Vivien Thomas, a surgical researcher who developed groundbreaking medical techniques.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
221: Harriet the Tortoise
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
216: Parachuting Beavers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
214: Sky Puppies
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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While baby Egyptian fruit bats start life getting carried around, once they get too heavy, their mothers leave them in a cave while they forage. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Small Goddess of Wisdom
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The riparian woodland Ms. Mesquitey and I were hiking in is at around 6,000 ft. in elevation. I think that may be the upper limits of the elf owls'...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:33
Esperanza
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Tecoma stans angustata is in the Bignonia family Bignoniaceae and there are a bunch of species of Tecoma starting here in the borderlands with our ...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:51
Penny Cress Saves the Day
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Our one flowering wildflower on this wonderful day was the very pretty perennial called penny cress or candy tufts. It is the former Thlaspi fendl...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:36
Occupied, Not Vacant
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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There are 2 species of walnuts here in the borderlands of southern Arizona; the Arizona walnut (Juglans major) that I talked about and a species ca...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:34
201: Ancient Prosthetic Eye
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 2007, a woman's 5,000 year old skeleton was found in Burnt City, Iran. She was at least six feet tall and had what researchers think may be the ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
206 part two: Skeet Shooting Fish
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Sure, Archerfish can use a squirt of water to knock prey into the water to be eaten. But researchers wanted to know, could they count?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Conversations: Emily Maloney
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 33:59
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry Walk Reception 2021
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Poems were written, submitted, read and even etched in concrete! Today on Art Beat we get a taste of the 2021 Winona Poetry Walk. A reception for t...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 27:08
202: Honeypot Ants
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine you're an ant living in an arid climate. There's no grocery stores! How do you keep enough food on hand for when things are scarce? You won...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
S4 EP1: Burn the Map
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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An improv workshop transforms the way psychiatrist David Elkin approaches a patient on the psych consult service, and catalyzes a philosophical shi...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 46:00
197: Singing Gorillas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Give a captive gorilla tasty food, they often vocalize in ways that sound a lot like singing. It's so charming! But scientists thought this "singin...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
194: Iris Sphincters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You might think you're special because you can flex your nostrils or flap your ears--but it turns out that there's a person out there who can volun...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 11:34
  • Purchases: 1
193: Navy Seals
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
190: Beard Power
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Those of you with a thick beard, that hair does more than make you look suave or rugged. Turns out, a beard might be protecting your face. There's ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Completeness
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A hilarious and heady mix of math, computer science, and romance.

Bought by KKRN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 32
National Writers Series: Mary Roach
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Kendra Carr of Interlochen Public Radio talks with science writer Mary Roach.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 3
Skeptic Check: Brain Gain
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Brain Gain, Credit: Seth Shostak
Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help – smart drugs, neurofeedback exercises, and specially-designed vi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Radical Cosmology
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Radical Cosmology, Credit: Seth Shostak
400 years ago, some ideas about the cosmos were too scandalous to mention. When the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno suggested the existence of plan...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZUM, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13

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