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River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin
Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Kl...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 29:00
Originally Broadcast: November 8, 2006
This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The understanding of how we humans experienc...
- Added: Dec 22, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006
This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The understanding of how we humans experienc...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.
- Added: Jul 25, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Emily speaks with writer and physician Ricardo Nuila about his debut book The People's Hospital, a love letter to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Tex...
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 46:06
A thousand years ago, most people didn’t own a single book. The only way to access knowledge was to consult their memory. But technology – from pap...
Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KMUN, WMUU-LP and more
- Added: Nov 08, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 14
April Baer talks with doctor and author Benjamin Gilmer.
Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR
- Added: Oct 10, 2022
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 3
The Journey of Man, A Genetic Odyssey Around 60,000 years ago, a man – identical to us in all important genetic respects – lived in Africa. Every ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2022
- Length: 29:00
Alzheimer's disease used to be a rare diagnosis. But today, more than 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and this number is projecte...
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 45:47
Topic 1: Before we had encrypted emails and security envelopes, people would protect their correspondence with fancy folding. Topic 2: How have J.R...
Bought by KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP
- Added: Nov 23, 2021
- Length: 51:39
- Purchases: 5
Blood, an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
Human blood has been compared historically and sociologically to a river that defines human societ...
- Added: Sep 22, 2021
- Length: 29:00
In the 1940s, Dr. Charles Drew was a surgeon and blood scientist, and today he is known as the “Father of Blood Banks.” His daughter, Dr. Charlene ...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP
- Added: Aug 09, 2021
- Length: 02:55
- Purchases: 2
Topic 1: Founding Fathers, Topic 2: Smokejumpers, Topic 3: Generalists
Bought by KSTK, KOWS, WYAP, and GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Jul 07, 2021
- Length: 51:41
- Purchases: 4
Everyone is familiar with the immediate consequences of a pandemic – sickness and death. But the long-term ramifications can be just as dramatic: a...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WKMS, Interlochen Public Radio and more
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 16
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we go back over 100 years to hear about the St. Cloud Hospital in the days of the Spanish Influenza p...
- Added: Jun 10, 2021
- Length: 52:33
Music host Paul Ingles welcomes his first repeat guest on his series - Steve Cropper - guitarist, producer, songwriter, and collaborator with most ...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
Brian Haughton is an archeologist, researcher, and author on the subjects of supernatural folklore and ancient sacred places.
When I contacted Bria...
- Added: Apr 25, 2021
- Length: 57:21
A generational discussion about nursing as of 2003
- Added: Apr 01, 2021
- Length: 24:08
How can we make space for concerns about the vaccine and grapple with a difficult history?
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Joyce Sanchez says th...
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 28:40
- Purchases: 2
Bio-Hazard: The Chilling Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World — Told From Inside by the Man Who Ran it
Biological w...
- Added: Dec 02, 2020
- Length: :00
Dr. Dave Champlin joins Scientifically Speaking to learn more about his experience meditation, doing breath work, and we discuss the ideas presente...
- Added: Sep 02, 2020
- Length: 29:59
Topic 1: Proving Einstein Right: Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe. Topic 2: Scientists Lured Fish Back to Dying Coral Re...
- Added: Jun 23, 2020
- Length: 52:13
Topic 1: Collecting scientific artifacts. Topic 2: How to fight dirty money. Topic 3: Are more choices better or worse?
Bought by KOWS
- Added: May 26, 2020
- Length: 49:28
- Purchases: 1
In this special episode, we go microscopic to learn about viruses. We explore how they work, and we discuss our odds of defeating them. We also lea...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 49:39
- Purchases: 1
This week on the show: What would you ask a Neanderthal? -
We can bring Neanderthals back, a la Jurassic Park, with technologies we have today....
- Added: Mar 19, 2020
- Length: 30:00
