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The Return of Cosmos and Ann Druyan
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: In a scene from Cosmos, astronauts, untethered and free to explore, make their descent to the moon of a possible world on a pioneering reconnaissance mission., Credit: Cosmos Studios
Cosmos has returned under the steady hand of Ann Druyan. We’ll talk with her about the third season of the television series and her companion book.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KCNP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Spreading False News
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why false news spreads faster than the truth on social media.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Caty Pilachowski
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Indiana University Astronomy Department Professor and Kirkwood Chair Caty Pilachowski talks with Michael Glab about this month’s once-in-a-century ...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 08:42
Love is a Drug (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When we’ve had a bad breakup, should we try to numb the pain? One Virginia professor has made answering this question their area of expertise, with...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 5
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Jeffrey Isaac
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Political science professor Jeffrey Isaac discusses politics and jazz with Michael Glab on this week’s episode of Big Talk!

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 08:34
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Yossuf Ali
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Michael Glab speaks with researchers at IU about working to develop drugs that can prevent the onset of dementia on this week’s episode of Big Talk.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 09:03
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Heather Bradshaw
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Michael Glab talks with Heather Bradshaw about the active compounds in marijuana and how they may or may not be useful as medicines on this week’s ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2017
  • Length: 08:49
C-HIT The WorkUp: The Dope on Cannabis
From: Lynne DeLucia
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Is marijuana a harmless way to relax or a dangerous gateway drug? The science says “No” and “We don’t know,” respectively.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 07:56
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Sean Buehler
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The force behind Bloomington’s Science on Tap talks with Michael Glab about faith and physics on this week’s episode of Big Talk.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: 08:40
Big Talk! w/ Michael Glab: Anne Hedin
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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A local Martin Luther King Day event is geared toward climate action. We hear more on that in this week’s edition of Big Talk with Michael Glab.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 09:01
Trekkin’ Across the Universe With Andrew Fazekas
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: One of many illustrations from "Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe", Credit: CBS
The Night Sky Guy, Andrew Fazekas, talks about his beautiful new, Star Trek-inspired guide to the real wonders of astronomy. Emily Lakdawalla has ...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
D.E.T.P. Task Force New Hospital Guidelines
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Hospitals are adopting new guidelines aimed at reducing addiction to painkillers. News Director Joe Crawford has more on these new guidelines on to...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 09:01
Episode 8: All the News That's Fit to Feed
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 35:48
Star Wars Brought This Couple Together -- and it's Helping to Keep Them Together
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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A pair of lovers get ready to welcome a new addition to their movie marathon dates.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
Two Guys on Your Head: Relationships and Technology
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
SMERCK
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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SMERCK introduces a new wonder drug in a effort to help the world be well

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
Undergraduate Research in the Hard Sciences at Miami
From: Joe stampson
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A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:05
Hope or Despair on Earth Day?
From: Daphne Wysham
Series: Earthbeat
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Hope or Despair on the 41st Earth Day? US Whistleblower Says Fukushima Hydrogen Explosion Could Happen Here. Oil Companies’ Control Over Media

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KQED


  • Added: Apr 23, 2011
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1