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Wind power is the largest source of clean, renewable energy in the United States. But the large turbines that create that power can endanger wildli...
- Added: Apr 11, 2024
- Length: 06:41
In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 07:03
We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and well-being. Professor of public h...
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- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 11:20
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If you live in the U.S. Mountain West, the Pacific Coast of the Americas, or large parts of Australia or southern Europe, there’s a good chance a m...
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- Added: Feb 01, 2024
- Length: 13:08
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Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more of them in the years to come. The...
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- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 14:21
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Carbon dioxide—CO2—is the greenhouse gas you’ve probably heard most about. But it turns out, methane is an incredibly important greenhouse gas too....
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- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 12:02
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You probably know that today’s climate change is caused by certain gases—what scientists call greenhouse gases—that human activity has been adding ...
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- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 13:36
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My guest today, Dr. Noah Whiteman, tells us to scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxg...
- Added: Oct 11, 2023
- Length: 35:16
After years of study, a scientific panel proposes a formal definition of the Anthropocene, naming the spot where humanity’s fingerprints are best o...
- Added: Jul 17, 2023
- Length: 58:05
There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden ...
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- Added: May 26, 2023
- Length: 18:27
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The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.
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- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 56:56
- Purchases: 2
The word “Tuskegee” has become shorthand for the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. But what really happened?
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 59:05
Emotion Roadmap explained with an example from a caller, Jim, who wants to make sure his new partner, and his son and daughter, who are all meeting...
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 23:29
We talk to Raj Patel and Rupa Marya about their new book "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice."
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- Added: Sep 23, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Every 5 years, the FDA has to renegotiate billions of dollars in user fees with the drug and medical device companies it regulates. Congress has to...
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 18:33
During the pandemic public health workers have been threatened, and in some cases, been the targets of violence. This misdirection of anger has led...
- Added: Jul 01, 2021
- Length: 03:21
In Norfolk, Virginia scientists battling sea level rise enlist residents to help collect data that could help the city better understand its rising...
- Added: Aug 31, 2020
- Length: 32:34
Topic 1: A campaign to keep Christian voters engaged in the political process when neither of the major parties seems like a good fit. Topic 2: Why...
- Added: Jan 30, 2020
- Length: 50:08
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 22:21
At a book group meeting, women went around the circle and introduced themselves. They found out that nearly everyone there had a son addicted to he...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 30:42
Topic 1: Thawing permafrost. Topic 2: Healthy anger. Topic 3: SIDS.
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- Added: Jan 08, 2020
- Length: 50:06
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For Shannon McCarty, two things were crucial in her recovery: connections and timing. It started with timing – a key encounter just when she wanted...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 30:30
At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. This episode we're...
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- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 25:34
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Scientists on Martha's vineyard investigate how to save bats from the deadly White Nose Fungus, which has been killing bats across North America.
- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 09:32
Learn how the Emotion Roadmap helps leaders and others to get changes in behavior.
- Added: Aug 10, 2017
- Length: 45:01
