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Women in Herpetology: A Book Brings Them Together
From: Suki Wessling
Series: Babblery Minibabbles
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Three women herpetologists decide that their stories need to be told.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
‘That Rotten Spot’
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 51:34
The A in LGBTQIA: Learning from Asexuals About Sex & Relationships
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Angela Chen says her book, Ace, "invites everyone to rethink pleasure and intimacy.", Credit: Photo by Sylvie Roskoff.
Quick, what’s your sexuality? Most of us know roughly where we fall on the Kinsey scale that goes from 0 to 6. But have you considered the asexual ...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 91: Meeting A King
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Shermin de Silva was an elephant researcher looking for a sign. Then she met a king.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 18:52
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 06/18/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Drawing the line - What we smell influences our intestines, how a "smart school" in China spies on its pupils, and fac...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Researchers: Asian Mental Health Stigma Creates Barrier to Treatment
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The month of May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. According to the Indiana University Newsroom, roughly 2,800 Chinese student...

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 07:31
300-Biggest Ear
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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China has built and is operating the world's largest Radio telescope.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KGUA, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Searching for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO, DECEMBER 2015
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Author William deBuys reads from his true account, The Last Unicorn: A Search For One Of Earth's Rarest Creatures (a sample of our 100-second daily...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
LAST CALL AT THE OASIS -- Jessica Yu interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jessica Yu, San Francisco, CA 5/1/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Jessica Yu talks water, spin, and denial.

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:58
Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Excavating sites like this one in China link China's ancient seafarers with people throughout the Pacific, Credit: Bishop Museum
The origin of people living on islands throughout the Pacific has been a mystery for years. Now some archaeologists in Hawaii believe they have th...

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 05:10
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Jimmy Liao
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Ichthyologist Jimmy Liao believes fish can teach us a lot about navigating the difficulties of life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Hawaiian Awa (Kava)
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Jason Keoni Verity opened the first awa (kava) bar in Hawaii, Credit: The Honolulu Advertiser
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 08:06
21 Secrets of Spawning Eels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Researchers in Japan have discovered the spawning grounds of Japanese eels.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Self-Cleaning Fabric
From: Jacob Adelman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Hong Kong researcher creates a fabric that cleans itself in sunlight.

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


  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
The Reindeer People
From: Lorne Matalon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mongolia's remaining reindeer herders are trying to find their way in post-Communist Mongolia.

Bought by The Nature Podcast, WNIN, KFAI Minneapolis, WGCU, and KLCC


  • Added: Dec 21, 2004
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 5