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National Writers Series: Daniel Bergner
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Rick Coates talks with author Daniel Bergner about his latest book, "The Mind and the Moon."

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
2022-04-29 Dismantling White Supremacy to Address the Climate Crisis
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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A fundamental injustice of the climate crisis is that those who have contributed to it least are already bearing the brunt of the impacts, and that...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCPW Salt Lake City, WDET Detroit Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 13
20220429: Dismantling White Supremacy to Address the Climate Crisis, 4/29/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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A fundamental injustice of the climate crisis is that those who have contributed to it least are already bearing the brunt of the impacts, and that...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
677: Writing The Climate Change Story / 678: Living In Skin, 4/2/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Writing The Climate Change Story" - Floods, wildfires, winds and extreme temperatures. This hour, the novelists and journalists who are ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Conversations: Jenny Qi
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with cancer biologist and poet Jenny Qi, about her poetry collection Focal Point, which examines science, disease, lo...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 32:59
  • Purchases: 1
2022-03-25 Coping with COVID and Climate Fatigue
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Since March 2020, the global community has grappled with an unprecedented pandemic. At first, most people were willing to do what it takes to keep ...

Bought by KUHF, KGUA, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
20220325: Coping with COVID and Climate Fatigue, 3/25/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Since March 2020, the global community has grappled with an unprecedented pandemic. At first, most people were willing to do what it takes to keep ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
673: Secrets Of Alchemy / 674: Wonders Of The Human Body, 3/19/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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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: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Conversations: Ross Douthat
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Emily speaks with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat about his book The Deep Places, which chronicles his harrowing experience with chronic Lyme...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 50:44
Part Four: Shapeshifting
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World
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Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the world. What are they trying...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Part Three: When Mountains Are Gods
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World
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Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are. This hour, we'll remember a time whe...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Part Two: Plants As Persons
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World
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If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should they have rights?

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Part One: Eye-To-Eye Animal Encounters
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Kinship With The More-Than-Human World
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Have you ever locked eyes with an animal in the wild? It can be a shattering experience.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
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
665: Worshipping Waterfalls / 666: Is The Universe A Number?, 2/19/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
2022 Spring Fundraiser: How To Be A Better Listener / Changing Our Minds For The Better
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about better list...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio (ops) and Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:23:01
  • Purchases: 2
S4 EP8: House Call
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Physician Tobin Greensweig makes an unannounced visit to a patient’s house to check on him after he leaves the hospital.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 46:58
663: Rewriting The Romance Script / 664: Hope: Are We Really Doomed?, 2/12/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Rewriting The Romance Script" - Love is in the air, as it has been every Valentine's Day since 496. And we're still trying to get it rig...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
S4 EP7: Bearing Witness
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Psychiatrist Shaili Jain tells the story of a pivotal experience on a road trip with her father, and how it catalyzed her career as a PTSD speciali...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 40:19
S4 EP6: The Ride
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Pediatrician Christina Lee recounts a memorable ambulance ride from residency, in which she helped transport a child from the hospital to hospice.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 39:20
S4 EP5: Elective Procedure
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Medical student Pablo Romano tells the story of losing his mother to complications of surgery, and how he continues her legacy as a medical student.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 38:03
S4 EP3: Authentically Me
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Internist Ashley McMullen decides to let her hair go natural for the first time in over a decade — a process which serves as a metaphor for self-ac...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2022
  • Length: 41:05
S4 EP2: See One, Do One, Teach One
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Interventional Radiologist Bobby Chiong's patient codes on the table during a procedure, prompting a frantic but successful resuscitation. Afterwar...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:45
Conversations: Michele Harper, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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The emergency room is a place of intensity—a place of noise and colors and human drama. This is the setting of Dr. Michele Harper's memoir, The Bea...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 36:02
651: Time Beyond The Clock / 652: Up All Night, 1/1/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Up All Night" - On...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00

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