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Keepers of the Flame
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Follow the money that props up racist science, and you'll find it all leads back to one man.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:03:24
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
Episode 149: Dr. Parkman Is Missing
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a “den of body snatchers.” And then, in November 1849, the school’s most promin...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 36:45
Episode 23: Into the Ice
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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The B-15 iceberg in Antarctica was the largest iceberg in recorded history. Explorer Jill Heinerth wanted to see what it looked like from the insid...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 1
Generation AIDS: Minnesota's HIV/AIDS Crisis
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Bruce Brockway and Rene Valdes, 1980., Credit: Alan Lessik
In July 1981, the New York Times published an article about a mysterious illness plaguing gay men in New York City. After reading the article, Bruc...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 01:31:39
Highways & Aliens
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 90: Sharks
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The U.S. Navy attempted to develop a shark attack repellant after many sailors were attacked during WWII. The first step was the formation of a “Sh...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:15
The Man, the Myth, the Laser
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The disputed origin story of one of the 20th century’s most important inventions.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
Treed by a Jaguar
From: Outside Magazine
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The story of two explorers chased down—well, technically up—by a jaguar.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 28:08
The Mosquito Crusader
From: Jake Smith
Caption: Fred L. Soper crossing a bridge to investigate an area where yellow fever occurred, Credit: Photo by Wilbur A. Sawyer courtesy National Library of Medicine
Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
Ninety Three Men
From: Scott Christy
Caption: Research Vessel Atlantis
An American scientific research ship responds to a sinking boat full of refugees in the Mediterranean.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Three: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: St. Paul, Alaska, Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Open Door
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Sick
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When Brandy Gibson was pregnant the first time, she noticed that opening her freezer gave her an odd, pleasant feeling. But when she got pregnant a...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 2
NASA Shuttle landing (condensed) w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A telescoped version of NASA audio as it tells the public specifics about the shuttle as it glides in for a landing.

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
The Making of the Disease Detectives, Or the Case of the Nutty Dish
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: Disease Detective Badge, Credit: CDC
They’re called disease detectives – the nation’s medical eyes and ears on the lookout for disease outbreaks and bioterror attacks. They’re the Epid...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 3
Joking
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human we’re investigating how people use joking to create new realities for themselves and the people around them.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 5: Dropping Like Flies
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Every year for the past few years, tens of thousand of flytraps have gone missing – from the wild, from gardens, from nurseries. And, really, nobod...

Bought by KALH, 90.5 WESA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 3
Deep Sound
From: Annie McEwen
Caption: Deep Sound being assembled, Credit: David Barclay
David Barclay tells the story of the time he recorded the deepest sounds in the ocean.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
Did a WWII nuclear experiment make the U of C radioactive?
From: WBEZ
Series: Curious City
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Um, No. But did the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi consider the risk to Chicago?

Bought by XRAY.fm, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 3
Everywhere But Here (Revised, Full Version)
From: Joseph Rosenberg
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While bats all over America are dying from a mysterious disease, Maine's bat population seems strangely immune. How much longer will they hold out...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 1
When All Else Fails
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Preppers are a unique group of people united by the belief that they must prepare for future catastrophes.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
How to catch a lab rat
From: Matt Larson
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A real-life story of scientific fraud

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Thing At The Foot Of The Bed
From: Rachel Yoder
Caption: Sleep, Credit: Salvador Dali
A chorus of voices shares stories and insights about the phenomenon of sleep paralysis and nighttime hallucinations.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:25
  • Purchases: 2
Chilling Inspiration: How Clarence Birdseye Launched Frozen Foods
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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Traveling to the Territory of Alaska as a biologist, Clarence Birdseye observes how the Natives preserved food, inspiring a revolution in the food...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00