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Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 4
The Art of Negotiation and the American Dream
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, it’s a classic story of achieving the American Dream. George Mitchell grew up in a working class family in Maine. Mitchell embraced every o...

Bought by WCNY, KCMJ Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KEDT, and WCWP


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 5
The Honourable Timothy Palmer on Dung Beetles
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to the Hon Timothy Palmer about his enthusiasm for dung beetles.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:25
Making Love to Siri: The Seductiveness of Robots
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Tonight’s show “Making Love to Siri,” seeks to understand what is seductive to us about robots. Which question should we ask: Can we make love to S...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 58:33
Brain's Way of Healing
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, the brain is possibly one of the most sophisticated and complex systems in the human body, if not all of nature. There may be no more import...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Brian Fox Ellis Brings Charles Darwin to Life in St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this new installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with storyteller Brian “...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:36
  • Purchases: 1
Taste The Color Eight
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2011
Caption: Number Tube, Credit: Andrew
On today's show, we hear two stories about a brain condition called synesthesia. That's when the stimulation of one pathway in the brain leads to a...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 2
Music for Animals
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Black Prairie plays a concert for 52 wolves at Wolf Haven sanctuary in Washington State., Credit: Carli Davidson
There's a music industry for pets out there. But what kind of music do animals like? A woman who studies how non-human creatures go mad throws conc...

Bought by ABC, KVNF, 'The Sea', New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 6
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones!
From: Josh Clement
Series: All Things Natural With Ed Kanze
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They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
Into the Organized Mind and Curiosity
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, the era of connectivity floods society with an unending barrage of information. However, there is only a limited capacity in the brain to re...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 1
PARTICLE FEVER -- David Kaplan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dr. David Kaplan, San Francisco, CA 10/27/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Theoretical particle physicist David Kaplan talks the observer effect, the importance of the throw-out option, and why failure is sometimes success

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 31:49
PELICAN DREAMS -- Judy Irving Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Judy Irving, San Francisco, CA 10/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Judy Irving talks discovery, falling in love, and sacred moments.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 22:31
Space, Stars and Satellites (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Seeds of Deception - Jeffrey M. Smith - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Jeffrey M. Smith author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:32
Seeds of Deception - Jeffrey M. Smith - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Jeffrey M. Smith author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:52
Rolling Stones Radio Hour/Extra Babylon
From: Kevin Yazell
Series: Rolling Stones Radio Hour
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An hour of great Stones songs with a slant to the Bridges To Babylon record. John Lee Hooker is on the Stones Roots, The Faces on the Double Shot ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KSRQ, KRPS, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 7
How We Learn Language
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Can you remember what it was like for you to learn your native language? Probably not, but why is that? As humans, we begin learning to speak our...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Alex Chadwick in Big Bend: An Oasis for Birds
From: BirdNote
Series: BirdNote Special: Alex Chadwick in Big Bend
Caption: A Scaled Quail takes up residence in the oasis, Credit: Carolyn Ohl-Johnson
A birder knows the lure of water. And Carolyn Ohl* dug and dammed Southwest Texas desert to make an oasis, especially for hummingbirds. She lives n...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, Radio Newark, Marfa Public Radio, KWMR, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 5
How Long Does a Robin Live
From: BirdNote
Caption: American Robin, Credit: © Tom Grey
The mortality rate is high in our familiar songbirds. For robins, it's around 50% each year once young birds have fledged. If a robin survives to m...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Texas Hill Country Conservation
From: BirdNote
Caption: Black-capped Vireo, Credit: © Joe Fischer
Paul Davis owns 1,500 acres in the Hill Country of Texas that he manages, not for cattle, but as habitat for warblers and vireos. He’s preserving s...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Bird Songs Reflect the Environment
From: BirdNote
Caption: Lapland Longspur, Credit: © Thomas Bernhardsson
Different sounds travel better in different environments. The explosive notes of a Marsh Wren carry well through thick vegetation. A Common Yellowt...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
How Birds Drink
From: BirdNote
Caption: Western Gull, Credit: © Alex Kerfoot
How do birds drink? A robin takes a mouthful of water and then tips its head way back to send the water down its gullet. Pigeons are among the few ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Agelab, Island Fever, 50 Years of Bewitched, Diabetes Prevention, and Crazy Ants!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
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First, MIT's AgeLab is developing technologies that improve health and mobility as we age. Director Dr. Joseph Coughlin explains some of their brea...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
Furious Love (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KFOK-LPFM, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Laughter
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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What’s so funny? In this week’s show, the Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, analyze laughter until it cracks you up. Why i...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1

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