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Nuclear Colonialism and The Story “Oppenheimer” Didn’t Tell (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of the explosion after the Trinity detonation on July 16, 1945, Credit: United States Department of Energy
Oppenheimer swept the Golden Globes, but what did it leave out? We talk about the impact of nuclear colonialism on New Mexico with Myrriah Gómez, a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WORT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
This Week in Water for January 14, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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How Boxed Wine Is Better Than Bottled. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 7
Doctors turn to AI and wearable monitors to measure the effects of burn pits on veterans' health
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At his office on Long Island, New York, Dr. Anthony Szema models the smart ring that tracks health data for veterans who were exposed to fumes from toxic burn pits overseas., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
Helplessness, Trauma, and Nightmares with Dr. Greg Mahr
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Can we predict who will develop PTSD? Our guest, Dr. Greg Mahr, studies patients with acute trauma, and he discovered that their dreams in the days...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:38
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 21
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Rwandan genocide museum, Credit: David Kattenburg
Bacteria in your gut tweak your brain. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. The hundred-day genocide in Rwanda -- recalling the mayhem on its 29th an...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:49
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 18
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Nothing woolly-headed or Utopian about it: A universal, guaranteed basic income. A hundred years later, memories of war that do not fade. And, one ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:14
After decades of reluctance, the VA is studying psychedelic drugs for PTSD and other disorders
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A participant in a trial at Washington University in St. Louis. relaxes after receiving a dose of psilocybin, a psychedelic drug., Credit: Josh Siegel / Washington University
Research into psychedelic drugs was halted in the 1960s amid concern about recreational use. Now, the VA is among dozens of medical providers resum...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 7
2301: The Examined Year: 2022, 1/3/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

  • Added: Dec 27, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
As data plays a bigger role in warfare, the military is building a new center to analyze it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans to move into its new St. Louis building in 2025. The Pentagon is spending close to $2 billion on the facility, which will increase the government's capacity to analyze maps and satellite imagery., Credit: Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio
The new western headquarters for The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis will mainly deal with mapping and satellite imagery.

Bought by KUT, WRFA-LP, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 6: Finding Digital Comfort in a Time of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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The trauma of war and intergenerational PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is discussed. And how state of the art ‘telepresence’, a technology ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 24:40
What’s Preventing Nuclear Annihilation?
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Global security expert Jennifer Knox explains how international treaties reduce the risks of nuclear weapons.

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 5: Charting an uncertain future
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 5: Disinformation and media manipulation are everywhere. Nobody can really know what’s going on in a ‘fog of war’. You’ll hear from displa...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 15:21
Episode 4: The Road Ahead for Ukrainian Research
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 4: Not surprisingly, in a time of war, most of the funding available to science in Ukraine is gone. You’ll hear how Canada can help rebuild...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:09
Episode 2: Ukrainian Scholars in Times of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 2: How can you conduct research under extremely difficult conditions, such as they are in Ukraine? A sociologist and researcher at the Cen...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:25
Episode 3: Protecting data in wartime
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 3: The war in Ukraine is proving to be a real-time lab study of staying one step ahead of the hackers and finding ways to protect and prese...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 20:30
Episode 1: Our first look inside Ukrainian research
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 1: It's the early days of the war. Scientists in Canada and France offer a helping hand to Ukrainian colleagues. A research scientist at t...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:59
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 11, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: US Goal to Degrade Russia’s Military Risks Dangerous Ukraine War Escalatio...

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  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Nuclear Consequences: US and China’s Nuclear Policy
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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US-China relations expert Dr. Gregory Kulacki discusses China’s nuclear weapons strategy and what it means for the Russian war in Ukraine.

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  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 1
Misunderstood and sometimes parodied, the U.S. Space Force is educating the public about its mission
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Troops operate the Space Based Infrared System satellite constellation from Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado. The system enables service members to report ballistic missiles and space launches, nuclear detonations, and other data to the President, S, Credit: JT Armstrong / U.S. Space Force
The newest military service branch is responsible for protecting satellites and other objects in space, which it expects will be critical parts of ...

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  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
The military is trying to learn more about long COVID. Troops who have it worry about their careers.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Navy corpsman Maria Potts-Szoke performs a COVID-19 test on Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan Jan. 24. The test was part of a study that's monitoring the long term health of Marines who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19., Credit: Alex Fairchild / U.S. Marine Corps
Little is known about COVID-19 cases in which symptoms persist for months. Affected service members may have trouble performing their duties or get...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 7
North Korea Missile Launches: What’s Going on?
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Nuclear nonproliferation expert Dr. Jeffrey Lewis breaks down why North Korea appears to be ramping up its missile tests, and what this means for o...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:03
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 23, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: U.S. Must Support Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks to End the War; New Agreement...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 03/15/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: 'Nobody in Ukraine is safe' - We spoke to a theoretical physicist on the ground in Ukraine about his life, his work dur...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
War in Ukraine: The Russian Threat of Nuclear Weapons
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Dr. Tara Drozdenko, physicist and national security expert, explains why nuclear weapons should never be on the table in a global conflict.

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 26:23
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Water for February 27, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2022
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 6