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Planetary Boundaries Breached
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Six out of nine planetary systems key to the survival of the human species are under threat. Is Earth still a safe operating space for human beings...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 1
Last Island -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Adam Goodheart discussed his book, The Last Island.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Pandemic Misinformation -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jonathan Howard discussed his book, We Want Them Infected.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
When Research and the Realities of Practicing Medicine Collide
From: Tradeoffs
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This summer, our research reporter Soleil Shah added a new role to his resume: first-year medical resident. Now he spends his days alternating betw...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 17:02
Biofuel Cars -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this episode, we we explore biofuel cars.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Poisoning the Hudson...Again - with Dr. Gordon Edwards
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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What's wrong with dumping a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River?

Bought by WRFA-LP, WYAP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
Sex Talk -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-30
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Stephen Furlich discussed his book, Sex Talk.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
823: Going For Broke: Change Of Address / 824: Up All Night, 8/26/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Artificial Intelligence -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kevin Surace discussed advances in artificial intelligence.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
RESCUE, part 30: Fresh Water and World Ocean Health
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are nearing the end of the RESCUE series. This week, in its 30th edition, we're talking about water: the well-spring of world ocean health and t...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 04:57
2023-08-20 Weird Wants
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it weird to want to do things that are bad for us?

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


  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Should We Erase Bad Memories?
From: Open to Debate
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Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Conversations: Michael Stein, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Physician, public health professor, and author Michael Stein speaks about his recent book Me vs. Us: A Health Divided, which explores the differenc...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 49:38
2334: Weird Wants, 8/22/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is it weird to want to do things that are bad for us?

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
On Disinformation -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Lee McIntyre discussed his book, On Disinformation.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
ADHD Refocused -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-09
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. David Sitt discussed his book, ADHD Refocused.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The New Dark Ages
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
2023-08-06 What Has Replaced Freud?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNYO, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Environmental Whistleblower with Kyla Bennett
From: Doug Wood
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PEER's Kyla Bennet talks about her whistleblowing experience at EPA and how it changed her life.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
817: Let's Celebrate Crying / 818: Deep Tracks (Live In Studio), 8/5/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Let's Celebrate Crying" - When was the last time you cried in front of someone? It’s human to feel grief and pain, but most of us learne...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:02
Muscles -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Roy Meals discussed his new book, Muscle.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 21
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Rwandan genocide museum, Credit: David Kattenburg
Bacteria in your gut tweak your brain. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. The hundred-day genocide in Rwanda -- recalling the mayhem on its 29th an...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:49
Blockchain Reaction -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Elizabeth Varghese discussed her book, [Block]Chain Reaction.

Bought by KMXT, KDX Worldround Radio, WYAP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4

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