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Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🍄✨ Exciting News for Nature and Wellness Enthusiasts here on the Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series ✨🍄 Join us for a grou...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 24:30
Return, Rebury, Repatriate
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Activists were angry that a museum held the skulls of enslaved people. Then they discovered it also had remains of Black children killed in 1985.

  • Added: May 14, 2023
  • Length: 56:58
Health Care’s Climate Change Contradiction
From: Tradeoffs
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The U.S. health care system is responsible for 8.5% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. We discuss how health care contributes to climate ch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 1
S2 Ep 5: Treating the wounds of trauma
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Musician and artist, Becka Baker, at band practice in Tacoma, Washington.
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2020
  • Length: 32:36
9/11 Unmasked, Part 3: David Chandler and the Day of Magical Physics
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: David Chandler
David Chandler shows that for the official story of what happened to the three World Trade Center Towers to be true, the laws of physics would have...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
9/11 Unmasked, Part 2: A Conversation with Dwain Deets about Able Danger
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dwain Deets, Former NASA Engineer
Former NASA engineer explains evidence that an intelligence operation, Able Danger, knew Mohammad Atta was in the US yet was forbidden to share thi...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 1
9/11 Unmasked: A Conversation with Elizabeth Woodworth and Graeme MacQueen about the 9/11 Consensus Panel
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Graeme MacQueen and Elizabeth Woodworth
The 23-member 9/11 Consensus Panel is building a body of evidence-based research into the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Unprecedented Crime: Peter Carter and Climate Science Denial
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Peter Carter and Elizabeth Woodworth, Unprecedented Crime
Climate Scientist Peter Carter calls out the villains who are destroying Earth.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 2
Why Good People Become Silent (Or Worse) About 9/11
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Frances Shure
Psychotherapist, Frances Shure, explains the difficulty of accepting truths that shake our world-view.

Bought by 'The Sea', KPIP-LP, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
(Natural) Childbirth
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Illustration from Obstetric tables depicting the correct use of forceps in 1850., Credit: Spratt, G. (George). Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Once upon a time all births were natural. A lot has happened since then.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:12
Ep17: Outcome-oriented capitalism
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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This week, we discuss the economics and ethics of hedge fund bets on life-saving medication. What’s wrong with companies like Turing Pharmaceutical...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:45
Unspun Grieves with Guy McPherson Over the Demise of Homo Sapiens
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Guy McPherson
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, where he taught and conducted research for...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 59:37
This Is Crohn's Disease
From: Jack Rodolico
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A patient with a nasty case of Crohn’s disease visits the best doctor in the world. That patient is this radio producer's wife.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Here and Now, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 18:15
  • Purchases: 4
The GMO Deception
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2014
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Are we being told the truth about GMO foods in our midst? Sheldon Krimsky is Editor/reader here and Ralph Nader wrote the foreword to this informat...

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Self-Induced Abortion
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti takes on the delicate topic of at-home abortion, which typically means ingesting a pill or an herb that will c...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Elusive Digital Stradivarius
From: David Schulman
Caption: Data from 12 different locations let violinmaker Joseph Curtin digitize a violin's sonic fingerprint., Credit: David Schulman
The sound of a fine acoustic violin is deviously hard to mimic. But a leading maker now has a digital prototype designed to sound the equal of a St...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, Troy Public Radio, Hark! and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 17
"The Sky Above, The Mud Below"( update/ remix to include segments on Paul Ryan being chosen Romney running mate)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This was a good week for NASA and to have your eyes on Mars.... a bad week in Campaign 2012, as the presidential candidates actually started calli...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:43
Why Your Dog Can Get Vaccinated Against Lyme Disease And You Can’t
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Canine vaccines protect against Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme. The human one was discontinued., Credit: Jesse Costa
Modern science has given us a vaccine to protect against Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the United States. But we don't use it.

Bought by WABE and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 2
Living with Hypochondria: The Real Costs of Imagined Illness
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Sheila Murphy
Woody Allen made hypochondria famous as a source of self-deprecating humor, but this clinical condition can be seriously debilitating for individua...

Bought by PRX Remix and Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
From Self-Help to Science
From: Chris Berdik
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McLean Psychiatric Hospital to research effectiveness of life coaching

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Body Pain
From: Your Own Health and Fitness
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Health educator Layna Berman discusses underconsidered reasons for bodywide pain including unresolved infections, hormone imbalances, allergies, an...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2006
  • Length: 58:55
Iraq Power Grid
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Spectrum Radio visits Iraq's power stations under development.

Bought by War News Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Jan 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Journey of Man, Our Migration from Africa
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Radio Curious revisits a conversation about human evolution with geneticist Spencer Wells, author of the book and movie, “Journey of Man, A Genetic...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
  • Length: 29:01
Dyslexia: Identifying, coping and learning to read.
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dyslexia: What is this disability that affects one person in five? How is diagnosed and treated?

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Feb 08, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1