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Einstein Unveiled: Beyond Relativity with Steven Gimbel

From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show

Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series

The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Inside Science Interview Series

For COVID Patients, Recovery is a Hurdle of Its Own

From: Lucas Woods

Many recovering COVID patients need rehabilitation before they go home. That's stretching inpatient rehab facilities to their limits.

Bio Hackers versus Big Pharma: Tackling the Rising Cost of Insulin

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

As the cost of insulin continues to skyrocket patients are dying from trying to ration their medication. It's an extreme example, but not unusual -...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 2

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Synanon and the Tunnel Back to the Human Race.

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 1

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

The Narcotic Farm and the Promise of Salvation

Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR

The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more

Who uses spider silk? The Army and Stella McCartney, for starters

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: These silk threads are produced by silkworms but based on the protein spiders use to spin a web. , Credit: Kraig Biocraft Laboratories

The silky strands made by spiders are prized for their strength and suppleness. Now, scientists in the Great Lakes region are using technology to r...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Divers chronicle Great Lakes shipwreck that left 32 dead

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: The Admiral shipwreck, Credit: Marc Duncan

There’s more than just fish and sand in the Great Lakes – there are thousands of ships, airplanes, and other vehicles under the water. A story on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more

"Like a Breath of Fresh Air" (feature)

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

We might think the glory days of cigarettes are long past. But among many demographic groups, the rates of smoking are still rising. Many regulator...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp

Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more

Inside a coal fired power plant

From: Reid Frazier

Caption: The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania., Credit: Reid Frazier

How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...

Bought by WABE

The Caffeine Kick That Can Kill You

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caffeine Powder, or the purest form of caffeine, is a very lethal substance in small amounts. Many people do not know about the dangers of the prod...

Trauma Glossolalia: Synesthesia and Sound

From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students

Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

Music and Noise

From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students

Music-induced hearing loss and the shifting borders between noise and music.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KRZA

Robots for humanity: how technology is changing the life of one Bay Area man

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Jane and Henry Evans at their house, Credit: Angela Johnston

Then, Henry suffered from what is called a brain stem dissection. That stroke left him trapped, unable to lift a finger at first, or say a word. Bu...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix

Knocked Out

From: American Student Radio

This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...

The Field Trip Podcast: Wildfires

From: The Field Trip Podcast

Here's the first episode in our “Summer Dispatches” series, in which reporter Megan Molteni braves the scarred landscape of Colorado Springs after...

Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay

Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Cave Conservation

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

Caption: Looking up and out of the mouth of Horse Cave, Kentucky, Credit: K. Gourlay

Caves may lie beneath our radar, but they play an important role in many Southeastern U.S. ecosystems. They filter water and shelter diverse wildli...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Clever Apes: The happiness machine

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Philip Janicak of Rush University Medical Center adjusts his TMS machine. , Credit: WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer

Host Gabriel Spitzer explores how doctors are using magnets to tweak the brain's machinery and treat depression. Plus, how magnets and radio waves ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU, KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more

#1: Boom Times For The Recycling Industry

From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America

Here's one silver lining to a slow economy: High recycling rates. Americans are wasting far less, and recycling far more. Nowhere is the trend as s...

Bought by KZYX, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Clever Apes: Trick of the lgiht

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Lisa Utschig holds a vial of the protein active in photosynthesis.

In this installment, we consider why photosynthesis remains a puzzle to science. And we’ll find out how a research team at Argonne National Laborat...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KUT