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01-08: From Kingdom to Kin-dom: Acting As If We Have Relatives, 1/7/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Paul Stamets
From the microbes to the mammals, all life shares far more in common than what makes us different. In other words, it’s all relatives. If we knew t...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Time Finder -- Groks Science Show 2014-12-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Mitzi Weinman discussed strategies for personal management.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 21:31
112-A Banner Year For Asteroid Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2014 was a record year for the asteroid hunting community with more than 1,450 new objects being discovered.

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


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
111-Green Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Green Meteors which have long been attributed to alien spacecraft or spy devices are in reality beautiful natural events.

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


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dr. Krinsky goes to Washington -- Groks Science Show 2015-01-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
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Dr. Benjamin Krinsky discusses scientific policy.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
Tank to Table: Growing Food Sustainably Through Aquaponics
From: H2O Radio
Series: Journalism About Water
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Aquaponics is a food production system that combines aquaculture (raising fish in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) in a symbio...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of De-Extinction
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Will the woolly mammoth face another day?, Credit: Tyler Ingram
A group of scientists are now trying to bring extinct animals - like the woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon - back to life, in a movement called D...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 3
Bio-hackers Grow Their Own Ink
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Biohackers grow their own ink from soil-dwelling bacteria., Credit: La Paillasse
What does it mean to live in a world where biotech is done for and by the people? How long might it be until we are all growing our own ink, laund...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Rise Drowning Alaskan Village
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kate Sheppard
We have heard the warnings for years now: climate change will someday force people to move from their homes. Sea level rise will put places from Mi...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
New Ultrafast Camera Could Help Turn Science Fiction Into Reality
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: This diagram shows how the new imaging technique works., Credit: Lihong Wang, Washington University
Researchers at Washington University have invented an imaging system that can take a hundred billion pictures in a second -- fast enough to record ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Exciting Year Ahead on the Final Frontier
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of the Dawn spacecraft approaching Ceres in the asteroid belt., Credit: NASA/JPL
The Planetary Society’s experts look forward to a great year of firsts in the solar system and beyond. Bill Nye the Science Guy provides a status ...

Bought by KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
Esther Dyson, Founder of HICCup
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with angel investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, cosmonaut and founder of numerous tech...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 1
Life on Mars?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Maria Lane, author of Geographies of Mars, relates what Percival Lowell observed on the red planet. This segment comes from BackStory's episode "Th...

Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 2
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

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