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Constant Wonder - A Family Crosses the Color Line
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Her family had to swear on paper to be entirely white in order to have civil rights. Rachel Webster, recalibrates everything she thought she knew a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WYAP


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - My Father's Brain: A Doctor Reckons With Alzheimer's
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A brilliant scientist starts exhibiting erratic behavior in this poignant father son story. It's our latest episode of Constant Wonder.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Humanity at an Inflection Point with Christine Barrington
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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Will we make it to a safer age? Humanity balances between two paths: self-destruction or self-revelation. Our guest, Christine Barrington describes...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 57:16
StoryCorps: Albert José Jones and Jay Haigler
From: StoryCorps
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In 1959, as a senior in college, Albert Jose Jones founded the first Black Scuba Diving Club in the U.S. Since then Albert and his fellow divers ha...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 02:51
893: Giving up / 894: Hope: How do you make it?, 4/27/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Giving up" - Our lives are full of lists and responsibilities. Things to do, things to be. Maybe it's time to let go and give something ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:59
Constant Wonder - Getting Giddy in the Quiet World of Plants
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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He's not easily deterred, but this day of bug bites and fog almost got the best of him. Mike Dilger tries to hunt down 1,000 flowering plants on th...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Glimmers of Awe: The Fascinating World of Fireflies
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Facing the loss of her cabin in the Smokies, Lynn Faust began to pay more attention to the synchronous fireflies there, sparking a lifelong passion.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
Constant Wonder - Love and Loss and Elephants
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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How a stylish Parisienne came to be the owner of an elephant and rhino sanctuary in South Africa.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
885: Does AI dream? / 886: Why do we have so much stuff?, 3/30/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Constant Wonder - One Man's Quest to Restore A Beloved American Tree
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Meet the people who lived under, built with, and were fed by the great American chestnut tree. Also, meet those determined to save it.

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 1
790-Vivian’s Debut
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M
My new Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Vivian Carjaval was scheduled for three 13h long winter nights for her first solo observing run on our Schmidt ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Constant Wonder - Freediver Welcomes All to a World of Wonder
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Raised in landlocked Soweto, South Africa, this Black woman's first ocean dive felt like coming home. She wants all to feel welcome beneath the waves.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
873: Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying? / 874: Traveling By Book, 2/17/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: What Can Psychedelics Teach Us About Dying?" - Could psychedelics change the way we approach death and dying? We'll explore th...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Season 1, Episode 14 - 'Cosmic Consciousness' feat Brian Thomas Swimme
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We are the universe experiencing itself, as told by a world class student of the cosmos.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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What can turtles teach us about what it means to be human?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 1
Optimal Performance and the Emotional Intelligence Consortium
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Highly recommended for leaders and those aspiring for leadership positions. Optimal, How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Da...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:11
Constant Wonder - Owls and Awe
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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A conservationist rescues an owl, who, five years later, still calls to and visits him in his backyard.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Snorkeling Right in Your Own Backyard
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Is snorkeling just for a tropical vacation? Well, Keith Williams wants people to look into their local freshwater, literally look into that water w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
859: Out Of The Anxiety Box / 860: Plants As People , 12/30/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Out Of The Anxiety Box" - It's 7 a.m. You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59
Constant Wonder - A Pediatric Neurosurgeon Shares Stories of Triumph and Resilience
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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This pediatric neurosurgeon has saved the lives of countless children–from fetuses in the womb to teenagers. Here are their stories.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
857: Cultivating Wonder / 858: The World Is A Laboratory, 12/23/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Constant Wonder - Saving Wild Sounds
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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David Haskell is one of the world's most attentive listener's to nature. You'll want to hear what he's hearing, on our next episode.

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


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
853: Off The Map / 854: Thinking With Animals, 12/9/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Off The Map" - Remember what maps were like when you were a kid? Well, Google Maps now makes finding everything from an obscure coffees...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
255: Designing for a Regenerative Future: What’s Love Got to Do with It?, 12/13/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Jason F. McLennan, Credit: Alex Akamine Photography
What would it feel like to live in a world where our built environment was as elegant as nature's designs? What if our living and working spaces nu...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
851: How Should We Tell Our History? / 852: Searching For Order In The Universe, 12/2/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "How Should We Tell Our History?" - Debates over history are front-page news, from critical race theory to AP history classes. How should...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01