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Bringing Up Babies
From: Josh Clement
Series: All Things Natural With Ed Kanze
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I've raised baby possums, raccoons, skunks, robins, starlings, and great-horned owls. Which are the most cuddly and fun to be around? The answer ma...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Your Replacements
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Meet Your Replacements, Credit: Seth Shostak
There’s no one like you. At least, not yet. But will the future have androids able to do just about everything, computers hooked directly into yo...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KREV-LP, KRPS, KSKQ, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Food Sleuth Radio, Nancy Clark Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Getting into shape is one of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions. Before embarking on a fad diet or spending your hard earned cash on questiona...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
110-Asteroids Accessible By Human Space Flights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid hunters have discovered nearly 100 small objects which are accessible by astronauts.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KMXT, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
109-Eighteen Sleeps Later
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The NASA New Horizons Spacecraft is on a voyage of discovery to the distant parts of our solar system.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Enchanting By Numbers
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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What algorithms can do.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 23:09
  • Purchases: 2
The Clouds (Part 3 of 3)
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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Our series concludes with some revelations. Metahaven uses the story of Wikileaks to show us the infrastructure of the cloud and its super-jurisdic...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Clouds (Part 2 of 3)
From: Benjamen Walker
Series: Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
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We continue our journey to the center of the cloud, by way of the earth: Rare Earth. China controls 95% of the market for the 17 Rare Earth element...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 2
Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs, the leading journal at the intersectio...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
2014: The Year in Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Orion spacecraft is recovered by the USS Anchorage, Credit: NASA
Our annual review of the greatest events and accomplishments over the last year features analysis and commentary by Bill Nye the Science Guy, Emily...

Bought by KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Skeptic Check: Got a Sweet Truth?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Got a Sweet Truth, Credit: Seth Shostak
The sweet stuff is getting sour press. Some researchers say sugar is toxic. But should cupcakes be regulated like alcohol?

Bought by KRPS, RadioFreePalmer, WRIR, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Energy Transition Lab Focuses on Renewable Energy
From: WTIP
Series: Environmental Stewardship
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Dr. Hari Osofsky is director of the Energy Transition Lab, a new project of the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment. WTIP host Dic...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1
National Bat Week: Oct 26 - Nov 1
From: WTIP
Series: Environmental Stewardship
Caption: White-Nose Fungus, Credit: Ryan von Linden/New York Department of Environmental Conservation via Flickr
Bats play an important role in our ecosystem and not just on Halloween! Bats are often misunderstood and currently challenged by white-nose sydrom...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 07:36
Frugal Science: How one lab is using toys to make chemistry accessible to the world
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A pile of foldscopes, Credit: Prakash Lab
I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Helen Riess on Empathy, Healthcare and Life
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Emotionally Intelligent Approach to Healthcare
Changes in healthcare have led to pressures on providers to spend less time with patients resulting in less time for questions, empathy and compass...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 54:11
The Power Of BOB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Everything's bigger in Texas. Even BOB! "BOB" stands for "Big 'ol Battery." The nickname conferred by locals in Presidio, Texas, to an experimental...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nemo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nemo was the cutest little animated fish. In the movie, he gets lost in the big blue ocean and dad goes looking for him. Well, it turns out that fo...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cleaning Up With Mushrooms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man. Stamets is a "mycologist," or mushroom expert. He lives on Washington State's Olym...

Bought by KALH, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Busy Beetles Take Years
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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After a forest fire, it's common for salvage logging companies to clear out damaged trees. But taking the wood too soon may interrupt a beetle doin...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turtle Diary
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You might have heard of animals shifting their nesting dates in response to climate change. That's happening with turtles in the Midwest; in this c...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
What Killed The Lions Of Tanzania?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are climate extremes killing lions in Africa? A team of biologists believe it's likely a significant factor.

Bought by WXDU, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ecosystem Health Built On Three Unlikely Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Beetle Feet Inspire Technology
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Reproducing The White Rhino
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma. Their female white rhinos ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Environmentally Friendly Public Buildings
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What is green and gold and read all over? Give up? It's Southern California's Santa Monica Public Library.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

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