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Electric Cars - Pros and Cons, Part 2
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Beia Spiller, Director of the Transportation Program at Resources for the Future, and Dr. David Rapson, Economic Policy Advisor for the Fed and...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Children's Health & the Environment with Dr. Mark Miller
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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The Director Emeritus of the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unity at UC San Francisco talks about children and their environmental exposu...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:19
  • Purchases: 1
793-Close Space Rock
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists conception space rock and Earth, Credit: PIXABAY
Perhaps the most dangerous Amor asteroid is 2006 HZ51 .It was discovered by my team the Catalina Sky Survey. Fortunately the closest 2006 HZ51 wil...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KGLP, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Solar Eclipse - Good Luck or Bad Omen? It depends.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Wake up and view the solar eclipse, last one 'til 2044. If you think really has no significance except crazy superstition, think again. Ancient voi...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 02:30
887: Total eclipse and other wonders / 888: Eye-to-eye with animals, 4/6/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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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
Is Religion a Force for Good?
From: Open to Debate
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Religion has long shaped human civilization, and many have wondered whether it’s good for society. Those who argue “yes” say it offers a sense of i...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2024-04-05 Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KALW and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
240405: Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between, 4/5/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
Constant Wonder - Love and Loss and Elephants
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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How a stylish Parisienne came to be the owner of an elephant and rhino sanctuary in South Africa.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
AMOS 24-80: Dino Snouts as Air Conditioning, 4/22/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Dino Snouts as Air Conditioning

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-77: Why Giraffes Have Long Necks, 4/17/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Giraffes Have Long Necks

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-76: Mosquitos and Global Warming, 4/16/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Mosquitos and Global Warming

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-79: Genetic Mutation and Pain, 4/19/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Genetic Mutation and Pain

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 24-78: Walking Uphill is Hard Work, 4/18/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Walking Uphill is Hard Work

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Forgetting the Lessons and Losses of Covid
From: KSFP
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The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic are behind us and it’s time for an early reckoning of our successes and failures. An epidemiologist shares...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 21:30
Quick Study: Data and the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Quick Study
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This week brings us a special edition of “Quick Study”—an interview with NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert San...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 33:42
Science unscripted (DW) 04/02/24 - Does your life have a purpose?
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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In a world where loneliness is becoming more ubiquitous, it appears having a purpose makes us feel less alone. Also, Gabe finds out why he shouldn'...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, WMFE, and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?
From: Laur Hesse Fisher
Series: TILclimate Podcast
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In the terrible Texas cold front of 2021, some wind turbines stopped producing electricity. Does this mean we can’t rely on this clean, renewable s...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 07:03
245: The Blue Economy: Too Good Not to Be True, 4/17/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Bren Smith
In this second of a two-part program, we plunge into the mind-bending proposition that we get a second chance to remake our broken food economy. Br...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Traumatic Growth -- Groks Science Show 2024-04-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Christine Gibson discussed her book, The Modern Trauma Toolkit.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Feet To The Fire
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Jess talks with California's Attorney General Rob Bonta about a historic lawsuit he filed against Big Oil to hold them accountable for the devastat...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
CP - Seeding Circularity: Orta Kitchen Garden Seed Pots, Anne Fletcher
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
Caption: Courtesy of Anne Fletcher, Orta Kitchen Gardens. Alright reserved.
This week – with Spring and seeding season fully underway - indoors and out, we speak with gardener entrepreneur Anne Fletcher of Orta Kitchen Gard...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Coffee of the Future
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Coffee of the Future, Credit: Shannon Rose Geary
Drinking a cup of coffee is how billions of people wake up every morning. But climate change is threatening this popular beverage. Over 60% of the ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
2024-03-31 Mind Sharing
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you exaggerate your gestures when other people are around?

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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Imagining where love came from: Sonnet for the Primordial Gravity Waves
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets (Bookshop.org), Credit: Susan Cook
The 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to those who offered proof of the existence of Primordial Gravity Waves. Einstein theorized they were ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1

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