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You 2.0: where the self-help industry succeeds, and where it misses the mark
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials
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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio, KGOU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 10
Reclaiming wellness from the wellness industry
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied - Specials
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The rise of the wellness industry and marketing of wellness products moves us away from the individualized practices that actually make us feel hea...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Boise State Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 7
Constant Wonder - Candid Creatures, Supernavigators
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: How camera traps reveal the mysteries of nature; Topic 2: Why do we get lost so often?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 18.160: Germs on Planes, 8/10/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Germs on Planes

  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.033: Cold Water at the Bottom of a Lake, 2/14/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Cold Water at the Bottom of a Lake

  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.256: Enduring Roman Concrete, 12/25/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Enduring Roman Concrete

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.252: Thinking About Picking Up an Instrument?, 12/19/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Thinking About Picking Up an Instrument?

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
380-Southern Colleagues
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In this age in which science is being advanced by large teams of scientists with budgets in the millions to billions of dollars, it is gratifying t...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
376-Active Asteroids
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Some asteroids become comets giving rise to beautiful meteor showers.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KRWG, KENW, KKRN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
AMOS 17.177: Packs and Porters on Mount Everest, 9/5/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Packs and Porters on Mount Everest

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
351-Another Close One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In the span of 32 days asteroid hunters discovered two small space rocks which passed between the Earth's surface and the communications satellities.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 17.107: Differences in Brain Activity May Determine How Smart You Are, 5/30/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Differences in Brain Activity May Determine How Smart You Are

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Sy Montgomery, author of "The Soul of an Octopus"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Sy Montgomery about her bestselling book.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
AMOS 17.062: Coffee Ground Water Filters, 3/28/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Coffee Ground Water Filters

  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.041: Curing Alcoholic Rats, 2/27/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Curing Alcoholic Rats

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.016: Animal Scandals, 1/23/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Animal Scandals

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 16.254: Basking Birds, 12/21/2016
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Basking Birds

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 16.252: Staring Eyes and Swiveling Necks, 12/19/2016
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Staring Eyes and Swiveling Necks

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 16.251: The Milky Way Is More Than a Candy Bar, 12/16/2016
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Milky Way Is More Than a Candy Bar

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
Best of 2016: Insiders vs. Outsiders in Medicine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look back at how outsiders have influenced medicine throughout time.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:51
276-Big 3
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still out there.

Bought by WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
200-Comet Showers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It is possible that showers of comets changed the course of life on Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
123-A New Discovery Not
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A seemingly unknown potentially hazardous asteroid is found to be an asteroid discovered 12 years ago.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KALH, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Life on Mars?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Maria Lane, author of Geographies of Mars, relates what Percival Lowell observed on the red planet. This segment comes from BackStory's episode "Th...

Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 2
Let's Make Up: Out of Body Experience
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: John Adams presented to King George III, in 1785, as first American ambassador to the English court. Wood engraving, 19th century., Credit: The Granger Collection, New York.
From BackStory's episode on reconciliation in American history. Anthropologist Orin Starn tells us about the the battle between the Smithsonian and...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1