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Conversations: Gabor Maté, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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In this episode, Emily speaks with physician and author, Dr. Gabor Maté about his latest book, The Myth of Normal, which explores the connections b...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 56:42
What Do Equations Sound Like on the Piano?
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: A piano image made on the coordinate plane., Credit: Pios Labs
Let’s make equations musical. Instead of visualizing equations on a graph, let’s listen to them on the piano, merging all our math and music knowl...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 49:30
Pandemic Special Edition: Viruses
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In this special episode, we go microscopic to learn about viruses. We explore how they work, and we discuss our odds of defeating them. We also lea...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 49:39
  • Purchases: 1
valence
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Atomic poetry in the electron cloud model.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
381-Peaceful Star
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new appreciation for our Sun is growing as we learn more about other suns and their families of planets.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WLPR , KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
373-Kepler's Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Kepler Space Telescope has discovered more than 50 habitable Earth sized planets orbiting distant stars.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, WOUB, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
359-Ice World
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An Earth sized icy world has been discovered orbiting a small dim star.

Bought by WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KRWG and more


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
330-Comet Johnson
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comet Johnson will be visible to humans before it starts its trip to the stars.

Bought by Radio Newark, KENW, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KMXT and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Shifting the Baseline: Perception is Everything
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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How our perception of the world changes, from generation to generation. We talk about "Shifting Baseline Syndrome" with the man who coined the phrase.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:03
253-Lunar Village
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The world's spacefaring community is preparing to build a village on our moon.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Exploring Alzheimer's
From: Hold That Thought
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David Holtzman, professor and chairman of the neurology department at the Washington University School of Medicine, explores Alzheimer's disease an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #14- Periodic Table (Directors Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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The Periodic Table knew what our universe was made out of even before we did.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #14- The Periodic Table (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The Periodic Table knew what our universe was made out of even before we did.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, WMUU-LP, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
What Happens When Modern Science And Buddhism Meet?
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Can modern scientific methods and meditative spiritual theory compliment each other? In the past it may have seemed that Buddhist beliefs in re-inc...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 46:35
  • Purchases: 1
Mind Over Matter in the World's Religions: exploring prayer, magic and positive thinking (Program 2) Interview with Scott Guerin PhD, Writer and Researcher in the area of intercessory prayer.
From: MaryLynn Schiavi
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What is prayer? What makes it powerful? Does it work for everyone? Can we use prayer to heal at a distance? Scott Guerin PhD shares the results of ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2007
  • Length: 21:54
The End of Our Universe, and other timely topics
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Russian cosmologist Alex Vilenkin on the search for other universes, and the end of our own "O-region" -- on ThoughtCast!

Bought by KPVL and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 2