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Constant Wonder - Float Like a Butterfly, Major Taylor
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The man who changed the course of boxing history.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Untold Story of Tony Abfalter's Trip to Antartica
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us to Antarctica with KVSC Alumnus Tony Abfalter...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 26:28
The Voyager Mission: A 45th Anniversary Celebration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: On board each Voyager spacecraft is a time capsule: a 12-inch, gold-plated copper disk carrying spoken greetings in 55 languages from Earth’s peoples, along with 115 images and myriad sounds representing our home planet., Credit: NASA/JPL
It’s a party for Voyager and the team of scientists, engineers and others who have followed it across our solar system. Then we’ll visit with Ann D...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, WJCU and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 14
719: The Secret Language Of Trees / 720: Pick Your Poison, 8/27/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'The Secret Language of Trees' - Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
Constant Wonder - Pho-nomenal!
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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An exploration of delectable foods and the people who make them: pho, Italian grandmothers' pasta, and preserved sourdough.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, KSTK and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
711: Walk With Me / 712: Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?, 7/30/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Walk With Me" - Walking prolongs our life and makes us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? HOUR TWO: "Why Do We Have So Mu...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
BD - NASA and Civil Rights: The complex story of racial justice and the space race
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave talks to three contributors to the book NASA and The Long Civil Rights Movement. Recently published for the first time as a paperback, the boo...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spencer Wells– "The Peopling of the World"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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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
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Thomas in his lab., Credit: Public Domain
Fred Gilliam and Jerry Harris remember their mentor, Dr. Vivien Thomas, a surgical researcher who developed groundbreaking medical techniques.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
2022-06-28 Leibniz
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Gottfried Leibniz the last so-called "universal genius?"

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
National Writers Series: Daniel Bergner
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Rick Coates talks with author Daniel Bergner about his latest book, "The Mind and the Moon."

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
221: Harriet the Tortoise
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
216: Parachuting Beavers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
BD - Apollo 16 Part 2: Mission to the lunar highlands
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series continues with part two of our look back at the flight of Apollo 16 in April of 1972. This ambitious mission to explore...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Attack of the Zombie Crabs (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs, and making them infertile.

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Attack of the Zombie Crabs (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs, and making them infertile.

Bought by KXCV, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, WRGY and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Attack of the Zombie Crabs (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs, and making them infertile.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WFHB, WJCT, WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Attack of the Zombie Crabs (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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There’s a parasite inhabiting the bodies of crabs, and making them infertile.

Bought by KXCV, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
681: Plants As People / 682: Finding Meaning In Desperate Times, 4/16/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should t...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
201: Ancient Prosthetic Eye
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 2007, a woman's 5,000 year old skeleton was found in Burnt City, Iran. She was at least six feet tall and had what researchers think may be the ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Copenhagen
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Alfred Molina stars in the Tony Award-winner about the nuclear age.

Bought by KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 33
673: Secrets Of Alchemy / 674: Wonders Of The Human Body, 3/19/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Secrets Of Alchemy" - The leading science of the 17th century was alchemy, the transformation of matter. What was it really? Could we st...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
665: Worshipping Waterfalls / 666: Is The Universe A Number?, 2/19/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
BD - America's first satellite: the inside story of Explorer 1 and JPL
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave gets to talk about one of his favorite topics, spaceflight history, with NASA/JPL Historian Eric Conway. We cover the roots of the CalTech Pas...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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