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Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media an...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Henrietta Lacks, Credit: Courtesy: Lacks family & Estate
David Kattenburg speaks about Henrietta Lacks and medical racism in America with Dorothy Roberts. Roberts is Professor of Law and Sociology at the ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 34:56
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In this episode, we discuss vaccines – the science that has brought us such an incredible solution to public health crises; the human response to v...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Dr. Monica Gandhi
In this episode, we explore where we’re at with the COVID-19 pandemic - regionally, nationally, and internationally - and begin to assess where we’...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we explore carbon offsets, and how their promise as a way to mitigate carbon emissions - and thus climate change - have not yet pa...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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India is the world’s largest supplier of vaccines but the government there suspended the export of all COVID-19 vaccines after a devastating outbre...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 03:52
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There’s a lot we don’t know about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus but there is a consensus that it came from animals. This is called zoonosis. H...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 04:18
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In this episode, we discuss the current state of California’s climate - how it’s changed in recent years, and what we face in 2021, including a sig...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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Domestic workers have been especially hard hit by the pandemic but have been consistently excluded from bills meant to help frontline workers. In t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:10
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We’re looking at the variant that emerged in South Africa: 501Y.V2. This variant is not only more transmissible, but has demonstrated the troubling...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: California Climate Map, Credit: Photo by: Ali Zifan (CC BY-SA 4.0) (derived from World Köppen Classification (with authors).svg)
In this episode, we explore California’s dynamic and shifting climate, which impacts so much across the Bay area, region, and state, including our ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: Actor and author George Takei. Topic 2: Emojis and the law. Topic 3: Proprioception.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KOWS


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 48:53
  • Purchases: 2
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Topic 1: Downstairs at the White House. Topic 2: A new way to counter the generic drug shortage.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 49:49
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Topic 1: Many states allow children under 18 to get married with parental consent. Should that be illegal? Topic 2: Brain scans in the criminal jus...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 48:25
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Topic 1: NASA practices techniques for countering deadly asteroids. Topic 2: Exploring the tough decisions for end-of-life care involving dementia....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: How can a megastar like Taylor Swift not own the recordings of her hits? Topic 2: The tweeting tree. Topic 3: The author of "A Composer’s ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:04
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Topic 1: Ads for you. Topic 2: Training cats. Topic 3: Prejudice against disabled persons.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 49:54
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Topic 1: Thawing permafrost. Topic 2: Healthy anger. Topic 3: SIDS.

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Jan 08, 2020
  • Length: 50:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Whether it's soldiers returning from war or youngsters recovering from mass shootings, or any other kinds of sudden or on-going trauma, the need fo...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Two UCSC professors discuss their research into how water resources and whole ecosystems are changing and adapting to climate change.

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
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E-cigarettes are growing more popular and are now being used for illicit drugs - Menthol makes cigarettes more addictive and more unhealthy - New t...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: :29
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E-cigarettes are growing more popular and are now being used for illicit drugs - Menthol makes cigarettes more addictive and more unhealthy - New t...

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 8
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E-cigarettes are growing more popular, and now being used for illicit drugs - Menthol makes cigarettes more addictive and more harmful

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUD, KKRN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
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We may think we are making conscious decisions to do what we do on a daily basis, yet a large portion of things we do during the day we do without ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1