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HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...
- Added: Mar 29, 2024
- Length: 01:59:00
We are the universe experiencing itself, as told by a world class student of
the cosmos.
Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB
- Added: Feb 12, 2024
- Length: 57:56
- Purchases: 2
This time on The Children’s Hour, we explore the skin we are in. We are joined by Dr. Holly McGee and Dr. Nina Jablonski, who have written a book t...
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, KECG, RadioFreePalmer, KDLG and more
- Added: Feb 05, 2024
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 6
HOUR ONE: "How Should We Tell Our History?" - Debates over history are front-page news, from critical race theory to AP history classes. How should...
- Added: Dec 01, 2023
- Length: 01:59:01
Clippings of Washington's hair were, for some, like a "selfie." For others, they were used to claim racial superiority.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jun 14, 2023
- Length: 52:49
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...
- Added: Feb 03, 2023
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "When Mountains Are Gods" - Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are...
- Added: Dec 23, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - Is there a better way to talk about death? And to grieve? The pandemic has brought us a period of global mournin...
- Added: Oct 21, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
It’s a party for Voyager and the team of scientists, engineers and others who have followed it across our solar system. Then we’ll visit with Ann D...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more
- Added: Aug 30, 2022
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 14
HOUR ONE: 'The Secret Language of Trees' - Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly...
- Added: Aug 26, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
An exploration of delectable foods and the people who make them: pho, Italian grandmothers' pasta, and preserved sourdough.
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP
- Added: Aug 15, 2022
- Length: 52:50
- Purchases: 3
HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2022
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - Year three of the pandemic. Where should we go to mourn our losses? We'll look for answers from generations past...
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Searching For Order In The Universe" - The universe is full of mystery. This hour, what do fish and eels have to do with the maddening s...
- Added: Jan 21, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
HOUR ONE: "Secrets Of Alchemy" - The leading science of the 17th century was alchemy, the transformation of matter. What was it really? Could we st...
- Added: Jun 04, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
Gerard K. O’Neill envisioned vast, magnificent human settlements in space. His followers, including Jeff Bezos, are working to turn his vision into...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WFHB, KWMR, KRZA and more
- Added: Apr 14, 2021
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 10
Robert Crippen and John Young became the first humans to fly a space shuttle into orbit when Columbia launched on April 12, 1981.
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KIYU-FM, WFHB, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more
- Added: Apr 07, 2021
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 10
HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...
- Added: Oct 30, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KCNP, KWMR and more
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 10
This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? -
We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....
- Added: Mar 19, 2020
- Length: 30:00
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 22:21
Hugo Fruehauf, one of the co-inventors of GPS, explains the nitty-gritty of what GPS is. He also details his critical engineering work on the GPS s...
- Added: Jan 16, 2020
- Length: 32:27
Bill Nye says of Sasha Sagan’s new book, “Sagan finds the meaning of life everywhere—with her family, around the world, and especially among the st...
- Added: Oct 30, 2019
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 8
HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...
- Added: Oct 25, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on the balance of m...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 48:25
