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657: Searching For Order In The Universe / 658: Outside The Mental Illness Box, 1/22/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Searching For Order In The Universe" - The universe is full of mystery. This hour, what do fish and eels have to do with the maddening s...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Conversations: Jason Karlawish, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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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
Conversations: Elinor Cleghorn, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
Caption: Unwell Women
Emily discusses the problem of gender bias in medicine with Dr. Elinor Cleghorn, author of "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 43:24
Next Stop: Mars (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Next Stop: Mars (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

Bought by WFAE, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNED Buffalo and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Next Stop: Mars (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, WJCU, KMUN, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Next Stop: Mars (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Back in the 1950s, the Soviets were eager to follow their Sputnik success with an even bigger milestone: they would send something living to outer ...

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
193: Navy Seals
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The US military uses more than boats to protect our Naval bases. This episode brings a whole new meaning to "Navy seals".

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
And the Sun Stood Still
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A radical idea finally sees the light of day.

Bought by KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 31
Top of Mind - Locking Letters, The Tolkien Heir, Crabs and Coral Reefs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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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
637: Living With Loneliness / 638: Who Owns Seeds?, 11/13/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
National Writers Series: Mary Roach
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Kendra Carr of Interlochen Public Radio talks with science writer Mary Roach.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 3
BD - The World's First International Scientific Expedition: A Conversation with Nicholas Crane
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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You probably learned in school that the Earth is not a perfect sphere but rather an "oblate spheroid" meaning that it bulges a bit at the equator. ...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
2021-10-31 The Occult Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What led some of the greatest minds in Europe believe in the Occult?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
181: Goo From the Sky
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Apologies--we had sound quality issues. We did not record from the bottom of a metal trash can while hiding from mystery blobs falling from the sky...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
623: Finding Meaning In Desperate Times / 624: Pick Your Poison, 9/25/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Finding Meaning In Desperate Times" - The pandemic isn't just a health crisis, it's an x-ray into our psyches. This hour, how COVID-19 i...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
Douglas Starr– "Blood: A History"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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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
619: Is War Ever Worth It? / 620: Is The Universe A Number?, 9/11/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Is War Ever Worth It?' - On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, photographer James Nachtwey reflects on his life as a war photographer, a...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
613: Plants As People / 614: Guilt Tripping, 8/21/2021
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: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
StoryCorps Griot: Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis and Ernest Jarvis
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Dr. Charles Drew, pictured in a lab at Howard University in 1942, was known as the father of blood banking for pioneering the way we store and transport blood today., Credit: Dr. Charlene Jarvis
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
Blue Dot - EXPLORING THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON: The Flight of Apollo 15
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 15Commander Dave Scott with the Lunar Rover at Hadley Rille., Credit: Photo taken by Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin.
Our Apollo@50 series continues with the first truly scientific exploration of the Moon -- the Apollo 15 mission. With new hardware including an orb...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
609: Living In Skin / 610: The Sound Of Silence, 8/7/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Blue Dot - DEEP BLUE EXPLORER: a conversation with Robert Ballard
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave talks to legendary deep ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard about his new book, Into The Deep: a Memoir by The Man Who Found Titanic. Since the ...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pandemics Past (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Mask debates, a rush for a vaccine, and closed schools--not much has changed in the years since the 1890 and 1918 influenza epidemics.

Bought by KRZA, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCNY, Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Pandemics Past (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Mask debates, a rush for a vaccine, and closed schools--not much has changed in the years since the 1890 and 1918 influenza epidemics.

Bought by WTJU, KTNA, KJZZ, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14

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