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The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:01
Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 16:27
Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:45
States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:14
In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. Wh...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 12:32
Ice Age Plant Survives Big Chill
- Added: Mar 04, 2024
- Length: 02:00
Brian Dunning lays out what we know about the potential for alien civilizations and the laws of physics that might allow or prohibit our visiting o...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
River of Renewal, Myth & History in the Klamath Basin
Since the last Ice Age ended about 12,000 years ago, human beings have traveled along the Kl...
- Added: Feb 09, 2024
- Length: 29:00
This time on The Children’s Hour, we explore the skin we are in. We are joined by Dr. Holly McGee and Dr. Nina Jablonski, who have written a book t...
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, KECG, RadioFreePalmer, KDLG and more
- Added: Feb 05, 2024
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 6
Originally Broadcast: November 8, 2006
This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The understanding of how we humans experienc...
- Added: Dec 22, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006
This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The understanding of how we humans experienc...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 29:00
The Invisible World of Manuscripts
- Added: Aug 15, 2023
- Length: 02:00
Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.
- Added: Jul 25, 2023
- Length: 29:00
Emily speaks with writer and physician Ricardo Nuila about his debut book The People's Hospital, a love letter to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Tex...
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 46:06
Only one human disease has ever been completely eradicated: Smallpox. Rahima Banu, a woman from rural Bangladesh, was the last person in the world ...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: May 19, 2023
- Length: 09:37
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 09, 2023
- Length: 33:44
Ancient Roman Parasites
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 02:00
A thousand years ago, most people didn’t own a single book. The only way to access knowledge was to consult their memory. But technology – from pap...
Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KMUN, WMUU-LP and more
- Added: Nov 08, 2022
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 14
Episode 2 of the Space Oddities podcast takes a look at some interesting, manned spaceflight splashdowns and recoveries, in particular, those where...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WYAP
- Added: Nov 03, 2022
- Length: 10:36
- Purchases: 2
Episode 1 of Space Oddities discusses NASA's plans to keep the Earth from being contaminated with lunar germs during the Apollo missions. Unfortuna...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Nov 01, 2022
- Length: 10:47
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...
- Added: Oct 27, 2022
- Length: 06:38
April Baer talks with doctor and author Benjamin Gilmer.
Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR
- Added: Oct 10, 2022
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 3
The Journey of Man, A Genetic Odyssey Around 60,000 years ago, a man – identical to us in all important genetic respects – lived in Africa. Every ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2022
- Length: 29:00
Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 13, 2022
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
