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Those of us who use the internet are subject to the words and wisdom, or lack thereof, provided by the people and or machines that upload ideas and...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Kl...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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Originally Broadcast: December 6, 2006 A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order Putting your affairs in order before you die is the top...

Bought by KMUN and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Originally Broadcast: November 8, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experienc...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Originally Broadcast: April 18, 2006 The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain Do people over a certain age necessarily loose mental...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Stargazer, the Life and Times of the Telescope The history of the telescope is a rich story of human ingenuity and perseverance involving some of ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rahima Banu and her mother in 1975, Credit: Daniel Tarantola/WHO
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
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If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:18
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How race was invented to support racism.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:44
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When the polar ice caps melt, sea level will rise. That’s happened earlier in the history of the world, and it appears it will happen again. In th...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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When the polar ice caps melt, sea level will rise. That’s happened earlier in the history of the world, and it appears it will happen again. In th...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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Adam’s Curse, A Future Without Men The Y chromosome, compared to the body’s 45 other chromosomes, is very fragile. It has been worn down by millio...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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Genome & Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience and What Makes Us Human Are we humans defined by nature or nurture? Matt Ridley, the author of “Gen...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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The Journey of Man, A Genetic Odyssey Around 60,000 years ago, a man – identical to us in all important genetic respects – lived in Africa. Every ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness Hope is one of the most fundamental and powerful of human emotions, and also one of...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble Our earth is in big trouble. The environment and our economy are in crisis. E...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteries of Maleness Professor Steve Jones, author of the book, Y, The Descent of Men, Revealing the Mysteri...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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Originally Broadcast: July 22, 2003 From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel Biodiesel, ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome jo...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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In this program we visit concepts of evolution and intelligence, some of which were raised after our series on near term human extinction. What is...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Blood, an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce Human blood has been compared historically and sociologically to a river that defines human societ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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A generational discussion about nursing as of 2003

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:08
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Recorded in August of 2002, a generational discussion about smoking

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 24:40