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Another Day in the Middle East...
From: Rob MacClanahan
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Jean Bouchebel and his family sweat bullets in an olive grove...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 11:51
The Moon and the Great Fire of Rome
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Everything you wanted to know about earth's companion. And the catastrophic fire that burned much of Rome in 64 AD...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:30:58
Lily of El Dorado
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Louis the German divides the Rhine and the doomed space shuttle Challenger is used by the Department of Defense on its last successful (classified)...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:20:46
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
Is Time Travel Possible?
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Well is it? This is the very subject Rob MacClanahan explores on his pilot broadcast of THE TIME TRAVELER on 95.1FM KFOK Georgetown...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:18
Fluidity (Part 4 of 4)
From: Lisa Cantrell
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Women might more readily fall in love with people of any gender... because of our fluid sexual nature and where love is in our brain.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 17:11
Episode 223: Jimmy Fingerbutton and the Perpetual Motion Machine
From: Rick Taylor
Series: Tall Tales & Shaggy Dogs
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My friend Jimmy Fingerbutton invented a perpetual motion machine. I was the first person he showed it to. I guess he figured I had the right qual...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 11:38
255-Earth Venus Express
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid makes frequent visits to near Earth and Venus.

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


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
James Barrat, author of "Our Final Invention"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with James Barrat about his book, "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era."

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
Episode One: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: St. Paul tribal elder Greg Fratis Sr., Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Episode Two: The Case of The Vanishing Seals
From: KUCB
Series: SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)
Caption: Fur seals by the village of St. Paul, Alaska, Credit: KUCB/John Ryan
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • 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
242-Spray Paint
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A gentle method of causing an asteroid to miss planet Earth.

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
#2: Rana, Too East for the West
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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In the second episode of the new series, Palestinians Podcast, we hear from Rana Akleh, a doctoral student at Boston College. Rana artistically des...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:15
217-How Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Earth approaching asteroids are found by their motion in the sky.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
216-Blinky Revealed
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An Earth approaching asteroid is found to triple in brightness every 9 minutes.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Stars Wars: A 'Template For Awe'
From: Interfaith Voices
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Science writer Eric Wargo says that for him, great space movies like Star Wars really are religion, re-linking, reconnecting him with something hig...

Bought by KAOS and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Pompey, Wenceslaus and Iran
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Pompey is assassinated... Wenceslaus is murdered... and the President of Iran would speak before the UN...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2015
  • Length: 02:35:31
Nathan Hale and the 4th Blood Moon
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Nathan Hale regrets he has only one life to lose for his country, and the fourth blood moon is about to appear...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 02:48:48
Sir Isaac Newton
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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He developed a prevailing theory of gravity and labored over calculations concerning the end of the world, but had no use for women! Sir Isaac Newton

  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:52:14
181-Beyond Moon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Take a trip to view the far side of the Moon.

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


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Mars
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Fun facts about the red planet, John Carter and the Princess of Mars...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:07:20
  • Purchases: 1
176-Weird Life
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Strange life forms at the bottom of Earth's oceans may provide clues about creatures which may exit on other worlds.

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


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
State of Jefferson
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
Caption: Seal of the State of Jefferson, Credit: wikipedia.com
"Keep It California" and the people who want to live in the "State of Jefferson" battled it out at the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meetin...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:21:46

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