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Season 1 Trailer
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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The Nocturnists, hosted by Emily Silverman, explores stories from the world of medicine.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 02:58
An Immaculate Misconception
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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JoBeth Williams stars in a story about creating life in a brave new world.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, WNJR, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 15
Fake by Eric Simonson
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A detective story about the infamous Piltdown Man hoax.

Bought by KKRN, WNJR, WCPN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 20
Secret Order
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A story of bioethics, money, and power.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KFCF FM, KUOW, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:51
  • Purchases: 11
Moving Bodies
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Alfred Molina stars as the brilliant, irreverent physicist.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KKRN, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Arcadia (Part Two) and The Unexpected Man
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The conclusion of Tom Stoppard's crash course in landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16
Arcadia (Part One)
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A crash course in mathematics, landscape gardening, literature, and chaos theory, courtesy of Tom Stoppard.

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 16
Blue/Orange
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Joe Penhall's powerful work about schizophrenia.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, WNJR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:57
  • Purchases: 20
The Real Dr. Strangelove
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The birth of Armageddon

Bought by KKRN, KCHW, WCPN, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 20
Tooth and Claw
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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In one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet, a vicious battle for resources in underway.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 27
Giraffe Spot Inheritance
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Scientists discover that giraffes inherit their spots.

Bought by WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, WLPR , WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
10 - The Truth About The End - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids arrive at the base. We come up with a simple way to separate fact from fiction.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 28:40
9 - Killing Zombies - Part 1
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids continue their journey. We explore the zombie brain.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 17:33
The Splendorous Table with Mark & Joe
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
The Splendorous Table is the show that discusses Life's Appetencies. Chef Paul drops in and serves some type of locally raised animal Tastefully S...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
Bounce With Me! We're Being Heated! by Christopher Sullivan
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lucy DeVito
Take radars, magnetrons, and dielectric heating; add two teenagers; mix and get lots of heat in this funny short about a teenage first date. Winner...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 25:55
The Reset
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
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Jordy Cernik was diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome a few weeks after his first child was born. He went through two pituitary operations, an adrenal...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 1
199-Space Boomerang
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A space boomerang meets its fate in a collision with the Earth about 60 miles off of the coast of Sri Lanka producing a bright, but harmless light ...

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Robots In Our Bed
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In this episode, we talk with a man married to a doll, and we begin the debate over the issue of intimate relationships with synthetic beings.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2015
  • Length: 19:13
Aaron Leeder Compositions8
From: Aaron Leeder
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download and stream available at http://aaronleeder.bandcamp.com/album/feelings

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
When Artists Experiment With Science
From: Meisa Salaita
Series: Small Matters
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We bring you a story about how experiments can uncover hidden truths. In science, experiments lead to medical breakthroughs and newer, faster techn...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
NASA Prelaunch Checklist w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
Caption: NASA Control
Every system must get an immediate "GO!" response to the mission commander. (From 1990s)

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: In my shoes
From: Faye Reiff-Pasarew
Series: The Art Of Medicine Podcast
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What is it like to experience a grand mal seizure?

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 22:24
"James Rollins discusses The 6th Extinction"
From: Steven Nester
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James Rolllins is the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers that have been translated into more than forty languages. Known ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 19:57
Hippocrates Café
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: L to R: Matthew Sciple, Katherine Ferrand, Jon Hallberg, Robert Bell, and Dan Newton
Hippocrates Café uses professional actors and musicians to explore healthcare topics through story and song in a show produced for a listening-audi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Though This Be Madness, Yet There is Method In't
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
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During the first generation of American psychiatry, no figure was cited as an authority on insanity and mental functioning more frequently than Wil...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 18:11