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Art of the Eclipse Turns Our Gaze to the Sky
From: Cathy Byrd
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Looking up to the sun, moon and stars, The Art of the Eclipse revisits our live studio show from 2017 on Jolt Radio, in Miami. We begin with a conv...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:02:35
Apollo 11 at 50: a conversation with Apollo 11 backup astronaut Fred Haise and space historian John Logsdon
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Apollo 11 back up crew members Fred Haise (left) and Jim Lovell prepare for an altitude test in the lunar module preparing for Apollo 11.
Fred Haise was made famous by the movie Apollo 13, in which he was portrayed by Bill Paxton in the story of the most famous Apollo mission other th...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Nailing the Moon Landing
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Nailing the Moon Landing
Neil, Buzz, and Michael made it look effortless, but the moon landing was neither easy nor inevitable. So on July 20, 1969, despite enormous diffi...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, KCPW Salt Lake City, WCQS, WUFT and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Apollo 10: Charlie Brown And Snoopy Go To The Moon
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Astronaut Tom Stafford touches Snoopy for good luck., Credit: NASA
In our ongoing series of looks back at Project Apollo 50 years later, we examine the Apollo 10 mission. Dave talks to two of his childhood heroes -...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
9/11 Unmasked: A Conversation with Elizabeth Woodworth and Graeme MacQueen about the 9/11 Consensus Panel
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Graeme MacQueen and Elizabeth Woodworth
The 23-member 9/11 Consensus Panel is building a body of evidence-based research into the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Golden Record
From: Dominique Johnson
Series: Come As You Are
Caption: NASA's Golden Record, Credit: NASA
We wanted to know what's out there. We wanted to tell our stories, too. So we sent a message in a bottle out into interstellar space. The NASA Voya...

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 03:47:58
  • Purchases: 1
329-Near Neighbor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters are able to find small space rocks before they make a close approach to planet Earth.

Bought by Radio Newark, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating 50 years of Star Trek
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Walter Koenig, Credit: Richard Solomon
Live from the floor of the Javitz Center for Star Trek 50 New York

  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
Live from the USS Bataan - at Sea
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Helicopter Landing, Credit: Richard A. Solomon
Arriving on a Super Stallion Helicopter in the Atlantic Ocean, Richard Solomon meets the crew of the USS Bataan (LHD-5) and is granted behind the s...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
What is Nuclear Liability and What Does it Mean?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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The nuclear industry pays a fraction of the cost of an accident and in Canada taxpayers pick up the balance.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
Episode 12 - Orleans
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Dainicia, Naomi, and Nya are 7th graders at Benjamin D. Foulois Creative and Performing Arts Academy in Maryland.
Imagine Katrina was just the first of a series of ever-more devastating hurricanes. New Orleans has been walled off because of a deadly disease. Th...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 21:10
The Effort to "Cure" Violence (+ Ray McGovern)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Today, Dr. Gary Slutkin's effort to treat violence like an infectious disease and a conversation with former U.S. intelligence officer Ray McGovern...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Happy Heimlich Maneuver Day (June 1)
From: Judith Lavelle
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Though June 1st marks a day to honor the Heimlich Maneuver, experts continue to disagree on just how effective it can be. Judith Lavelle has the st...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
This Week in Water for the week ending April 26, 2015
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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"Climate Deniers School the Pope on Global Warming." That and other stories on H2O Radio's weekly news report about water around the globe.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:10
Fogs of War: The Many Lives of Chemical Weapons
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Gas mask exercise, Scott Field, Illinois.1942. , Credit: Library of Congress
Chemical weapons have played a chilling role in human history ever since World War I. As accounts of recent uses permeate the news, we decided to f...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 44:21
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
It Shoulda Been a Giant Step for Womandkind Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
When the U.S. space program was launched, women were tested for astronaut duty -- and passed.

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUOW, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Forty-Five Years Ago, We First Landed On The Moon: Meet The Man In Charge In Mission Control
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: NASA flight director Eugene F. Kranz at his console in Mission Control in Houston on May 30, 1965, during a Gemini-Titan IV simulation to prepare for the four-day, 62-orbit flight., Credit: NASA
NOTE: This interview has two versions, one short (3:42), one long (12:11). Forty-five years ago this Sunday [July 20, 2014], Apollo 11 became the ...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 2
Fukushima, 3 Years Later
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Fukushima Survivor, Kenichi Hasegawa, Credit: Greenpeace
March 11 marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It might be more accurate to say it marks three years since the start of this ongo...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Little Rock Nine, Breaking Back Pain, Art of Living Well, Staying Civil, and Hello Wine
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
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First, Carlotta Walls Lanier, the youngest of the "Little Rock Nine," chronicles her personal story of perseverance and courage in "A Mighty Long W...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Robert Jevne - "Disappearing"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Not Just for the Birds
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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New research shows one key to curtailing West Nile disease may lie in increasing the diversity of birds.

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, Radio Newark, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:26
  • Purchases: 4
Uncle Hardy Goes to the Moon
From: Kelly Jones
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Instructions for how to hold your breath while your life's work is subject to a controlled explosion.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2013
  • Length: 10:48
9/11: The Medical Response
From: Radio Rounds
Series: Radio Rounds Showcase
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Radio Rounds hosts discuss the events that took place on September 11, 2001 with two physicians whose perspectives offer unique insight into the de...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:30