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Finding Sacredness in the Mundane with Andrusa Lawson
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Urban shamanism and setting sacred space. Dreams, like myths, can be regarded as stories that are not true but that say something true. The essence...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:13
180: Dr. Mae Carol Jemison
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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On September 12, 1992, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first Black female astronaut. She's an engineer, a scientist, a physician, and an educator....

Bought by KMUN, WRFA-LP, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
Grace Hopper, first computer scientist
From: WHYY
Series: Women100
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Grace Hopper, born in 1906, is one of America's first computer scientists and among the first women in the U.S. Navy to achieve the rank of rear ad...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WITF, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
317: Discovering America's Black DNA / 318: Story Worlds, 10/20/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
253: Discovering America's Black DNA / 254: Short Stories, 3/10/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Episode 80: Photo, Hair, Fingerprint
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1988, a man in Hickory, NC was sentenced to life in prison based on evidence that experts would later call “junk science.” It took him 24 years ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 25:43
  • Purchases: 1
Rodney Learns to Fly
From: Ari Daniel
Caption: Mr. Hoots is a Eurasian eagle owl, and one of Rodney Stotts' favorite raptors., Credit: Ari Daniel
Rodney grew up selling dope and guns. But he's always loved caring for birds. The drugs landed him in jail. The birds helped set him free.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 4
Mental Calisthenics for Teenagers
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Until recently, most researchers believed the brain stopped developing cognitive ability after a certain age. But a new study suggests otherwise.

Bought by WJCT and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Time Traveler: a Man, a Dream, a Machine
From: Emily Corwin
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A boy's grief led him to an extraordinary discovery...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WJCT, KUT, KUOW, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2009
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 5
Study of STEM Program for Improved Retention, Progression, and Graduation: Part 2 of 2
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
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Researchers conducting a longitudinal study on the effectiveness of the STEM scholarship program at Norfolk State University have some results. Ear...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 1
Study of STEM Program for Improved Retention, Progression, and Graduation: Part 1 of 2
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: The Sounds of Progress: The Changing Role of Girls and Women in Science and Engineering
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Norfolk State University (NSU) created a scholarship program to encourage African American students to pursue degrees in STEM. African American wom...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 19, 2008
  • Length: 12:10
  • Purchases: 1
Low Powered FM Radio
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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The Prometheus Project helps develop community low-powered radio stations

  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 09:12