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A Word of Mouth Christmas
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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An hour-long magazine program featuring interviews and sound-rich pieces on a variety of seasonal themes, including the science of giving, the deba...

Bought by WBEZ and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
All Mixed Up-Stormy Shortcut
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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This special program was produced during Hurricane Sandy's collision with the east coast, in my studio on the upper west side which luckily had po...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
StoryCorps: Philip and Susan McClinton
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Biologists Susan and Philip McClinton talk about the unlikely beginning of their romance

Bought by WEZU, WTJU, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
The Story of Earth
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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The surprising history of the earth and life's impact on it. Also, a new perspective on the future of the planet: earth will likely be in constant ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, XRAY.fm, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 4
The Route to the Origin of Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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How to build life from scratch… seriously! Hear the various steps in the process. Warning: This episode is chemically intense.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 1
Origins Research Motives
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
"The Sky Above, The Mud Below"( update/ remix to include segments on Paul Ryan being chosen Romney running mate)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This was a good week for NASA and to have your eyes on Mars.... a bad week in Campaign 2012, as the presidential candidates actually started calli...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:43
The Myth of Sex Addiction Parts One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Does sex addiction catch your attention, spark your imagination or stir your libido? Radio Curious visits with Dr. David Ley, author of “The Myth o...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 1
UnFictional : The Angel of Death
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading. It's a key life event that none of us live to tell about. The moment. ...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
Fastest On Earth Hour Long Program
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Fastest On Earth
Caption: Inside Technology
IEEE Spectrum Radio takes your listeners around the globe to find the fastest things on earth.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMXT, Marfa Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 13
A Conversation with Jonah Lehrer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, discusses the new science of creativity. [34:06]

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 34:07
Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness & Addiction
From: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adam as Machine
From: Ed Prosser
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Electricity, pumps & shunts: A forensic pathologist on life.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:23
Levels of Cause
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Cause and effect seems so easy to grasp but is often slippery when we think about it in detail. In this show, we hang on to the slippery topic and ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 1
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Alok Jha and Ian Sample report on the Society for Neuroscience Conference
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Ian Sample reports on this years Society for Neuroscience conference which took place in Washington D.C. last week and Alok Jha discusses our lates...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 32:44
  • Purchases: 2
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Steven Pinker on the neuroscience of violence
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Steven Pinker on violence and the human brain, Boaz Almog on quantum levitation, and part two of Lawrence Krauss's wickedly informative lecture on ...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 37:02
  • Purchases: 2
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Population growth and the role of science
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Author Fred Pearce discusses the seven billion mark as the earth's population grows and Professor Lawrence Krauss talks about Cosmic Connections at...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 49:50
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: A new malaria vaccine and Charles Mann on 1493
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Science writer Charles Mann reveals the seismic impact of Columbus on the ecology of the old and new worlds, and we unravel the science behind the ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 47:12
Innate Cause
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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How engrained is cause in our psyche? ... and in our fields of study? Experts and experiments explain.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Alok Jha meets author Dava Sobel
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Alok Jha meets Dava Sobel the author of the worldwide best seller Longtitude to discuss her latest book on the life of Copernicus

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 35:49
  • Purchases: 1
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Brain science blogging and the sounds of space
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Neurophilosophy blogger Mo Costandi takes us on a tour of the brain and Astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell reveals the sounds in space

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 2
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Dog expert John Bradshaw discusses the science of man's best friend
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Alok Jha meets biologist John Bradshaw to discuss his new book In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our Understanding

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
James Irwin (Astronaut), August 8, 1991
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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As a child in the 1930s, Irwin predicted he would travel to the moon ... at a time when anything written on the topic was clearly labeled "science ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Dream Jobs 2011: Outside The Cubicle
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
In Dream Jobs: Outside the Cubicle listeners will hear the stories of three very determined people who struggled to find the career path outside co...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WESM 91.3 FM, KMXT, RadioFreePalmer, WEKU and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Alok Jha meets author and activist Mark Lynas
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Author and activist Mark Lynas discusses his new book on global climate change The God Species

  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 26:37

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