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James Irwin (Astronaut), August 8, 1991
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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As a child in the 1930s, Irwin predicted he would travel to the moon ... at a time when anything written on the topic was clearly labeled "science ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Unlocking the Hidden Messages of Our Dreams
From: With Good Reason
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What are our dreams trying to tell us?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Euthanasia
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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A Vet describes a euthanasia and we wonder how we should consider human euthanasia.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:11
  • Purchases: 1
Exiting
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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How does death shape our behavior? Why do we grieve? How do we cope? What do we fear? and how can we accept our own exiting? Experts share their th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 42:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Three Card Monte
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
What is meditation, really?
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: James Neal, former Buddhist monk, Credit: fpmt.org
A former Buddhist monk debunks some meditation myths.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 06:58
The Junkie Mind
From: The Tibet Connection
Series: Open Mind
Caption: Venerable Robina Courtin, Buddhist nun, Credit: fpmt.org
What's the difference between an addict's mind and our own? According to the Buddha, not much… We're all addicted to all kinds of things. So says V...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
Rainbow-Earth
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What is spirituality?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Cultural Linguistics -- Groks Science Show 2009-12-09
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Daniel Everett discussed linguistics, the Piraha, and religion in Don't Sleep There are Snakes.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 30:19
  • Purchases: 1
What Happens When Modern Science And Buddhism Meet?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Can modern scientific methods and meditative spiritual theory compliment each other? In the past it may have seemed that Buddhist beliefs in re-inc...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 46:35
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Kearns: Litigious Inventor
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bob Kearns invented the intermittent wiper blade - the blades that flash occasionally across a windshield. This simple invention caused him much gr...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:20
Science of Easter & Passover
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Determining the dates of Easter and Passover led directly to our modern calendar.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 10
Can Science Explain Why We Believe?
From: SoundVision Productions
Series: The Really Big Questions
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Wherever we look, in every corner of human history, we find religion. No other living species has it—why do we? How did it evolve, and what’s it for?

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KWGS, Iowa Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 19
Science?
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a short piece on whether or not creationism should be taught in science classes.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
Body of Christ
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
A story of healing

  • Added: Apr 10, 2009
  • Length: 07:51
It Was More Humane To Burn Them At The Stake
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
25 million or so people in Africa have died from aids and almost that many have the disease.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:11
Intelligent Design?
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Unconventional Wisdom
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Fred Flaxman destroys the theory in only two minutes using his usual tongue-in-cheek approach.

  • Added: Jan 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:03
They Say He Heals With His Hands
From: The humble Farmer
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A commentary on healing

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: :53
  • Purchases: 1
Unquiet History 4
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
History is happening all the time... listen to it.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
Best of Distillations #2
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Some more of our favorite segments.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:33
Pneuma
From: Distillations
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The science of the soul.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Religious Experience
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look at the fine line between science and religion.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
A Scientist's Religion
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Winooski High School science teacher talks about his religious beliefs

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 1
Evolution vs Creationism
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A personal essay on the subject and it's relationship to school.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
This I Believe - Holly Dunsworth
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Paleoanthropologist Holly Dunsworth believes evolution shows her how living things are connected.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, and WEZU


  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 3

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