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HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: :00
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HOUR ONE: "Total eclipse and other wonders" - Millions of people are traveling to see the total solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the exact nature of the u...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:02
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Upon the passing of Dr Peter Higgs, a Sonnet to explain how the Higgs boson comes into our lives.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?" - Could psychedelics change the way we approach death and dying? We'll explore th...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Poetry Month and Einstein creating E=mc squared

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Off The Map" - Remember what maps were like when you were a kid? Well, Google Maps now makes finding everything from an obscure coffees...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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Some science fiction authors have an almost uncanny ability to see what’s coming down the road. Jess talks with Chuck Wendig, whose writing is both...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover your sense of wonder. We'll show you...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Capital Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," is dominating the global box office. This hour, a litera...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the world. What are they trying...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFAE, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are. This hour, we'll remember a time whe...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should they have rights?

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, KSPB Pebble Beach, WHRV and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - Year three of the pandemic. Where should we go to mourn our losses? We'll look for answers from generations past...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
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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
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HOUR ONE: "The Resilient Brain" - In 1848, an explosion drove an iron rod through the skull of a railroad foreman. Find out how it changed science ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Reading While Young" - Having trouble reading? Maybe the answer is a younger read. We'll celebrate the new season of our "Bookmarks" mic...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Thomas Edison and what his light did- understood through an American Sonnet.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Breathing; American Sonnets, Credit: Susan Cook (Finishing Line, 2020))
In the large, large universe, the mind's eye still sees what it will.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: Where Does It Come From?” – We begin our three part series on hope. Is it something we’re innately born with or something we can c...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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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: Dec 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Solace Of Nature" - Time to get outside. Despite all the changes, there are still signs of renewal everywhere. We'll show you where to l...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Rituals Of Fear" - The dread, the fear, the horror of it all. Maybe it's good for you? This hour, why we need Halloween. HOUR TWO: "Ev...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Outside The Mental Illness Box" - There must be another way to treat mental illness. Exercise? Horror movies? LSD? This hour, think outs...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57