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FORMAT CHANGE, READ DESCRIPTION - October, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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On Oct. 1 LDOS will change to a 60 second format. Make sure to fill the other 30 seconds. Sept. 30 will be the last 90 second spot.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 23:00
Top of Mind - Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Constant Wonder - The Amazing Ability of Plants to Make Smart Decisions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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With sensory abilities to detect problems, find nutrients, and defend themselves, plants make creative decisions.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - A Hmong Refugee Breaks Her Silence
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When she realized that her father had become a voice for her people, Kalia found the courage to do the same.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Top of Mind - Do Traffic Stops Contribute to Public Safety
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Police officers spend a lot of time on routine traffic stops because they make us all safer, right? We're assessing our assumptions about public sa...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 11
Constant Wonder - More Love for a Big Lake That's Often Belittled
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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It's a massive lake with a murky reputation. It's survived a carp invasion, decades of dumped raw sewage, and the draining of surrounding wetlands....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Uncomfy - Sharing a Painful Truth for the Very First Time – Erik DaRosa
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge Us
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After suffering a mental health crisis, Erik DaRosa made the difficult decision to seek help, and finally share everything he’d been keeping inside.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 17:02
The Domed (and Doomed) Minnesota Experimental City
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Athelstan Spilhaus, the mastermind behind the Minnesota Experimental City
Picture this: a domed city with conveyor belt sidewalks and self-driving cars in the middle of the Minnesota wilderness? Does this futuristic city ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 05:58
Constant Wonder - The Never-bored Naturalist Who Plumbed the Ocean Depths
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In the depth of the sea, where the sun is powerless to send a single ray of light, there live many strange beings. Of these sea folk, we know nothi...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KOWS, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 6
Constant Wonder - Family Discovers that Nazi Grandfather Aided French Villagers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Burkhard Bilger shares the surprising truth about his grandfather's life and service in Hitler's Germany, it's the latest episode of the Constant W...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Why We're Anxious About Retirement in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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There’s good reason to be anxious about retirement in America. The US shifted to a do-it-yourself system in the '80s that sets a lot of us up to fail.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 5
The Loh Down on Science - September, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… why does Matcha make us so chill… can more trees really cool us down… and could ea...

Bought by KCNP, KECG, KPOV, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2024
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 7
Constant Wonder - Dreams and the Deep Mysteries of the Unconscious Mind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Sleep and dreaming. It's when the unconscious mind can process events, solve problems and organize memories. But a mere 20 years ago, little consen...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Changing Our Perspective on Mental Illness
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The social stigma surrounding mental illness is very real. What would happen if we changed our perspective on mental illness and how we treat it?

Bought by KMXT, KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Constant Wonder - Late in Life Comebacks and Triumphs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Late-in-life debuts, comebacks, and triumphs.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Constand Wonder - Human Foster Parents Take Flight to Help Young Birds Migrate
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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To re-wild an endangered bird, an Austrian scientist raised chicks, became their foster parent, and took flight himself.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
The Loh Down on Science - August, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… do paper straws really reduce pollution… is sustainable fashion really worth buyin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KVSC, KPOV, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 6
Constant Wonder - Where in the World is Home?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Immigrant Jessica J. Lee looked to set down roots in England, but her sense of belonging was challenged by the xenophobia that followed Brexit.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
Constant Wonder - Exploring the Mind of a Bee
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The term “hive mind” has soared in popularity. But research is showing that individual bees also have minds and wills of their own. Kinda like us.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A scientist who once thought that science had all the answers changed his mind when his family faced an improbable double dose of cancer.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
Constant Wonder - Secret Harvest
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Why was a disabled aunt hidden away after WWII?

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
SILK: A WORLD HISTORY WITH SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATE DR. AARATHI PRASAD
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🌟 Dive into the Luxurious World of Silk! 🌍✨ Join us as we unravel the threads of history with Aarathi Prasad in our latest episode 🎧📖. Discover how...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2024
  • Length: 25:16
Constant Wonder - The Fine Art of Laid-Back Hard-Core Fasting
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A busy New York City couple takes up biannual week-long liquid-only fasts to clear out clutter and and touch some deeper truths.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 52:50

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