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A Plea for Earlids
From: Tanya Rodrigue
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This sound-rich audio documentary probes the nature of a mysterious and debilitating ear disorder, and simulates what it feels and sounds like to l...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 23:33
Cold Comfort | Extra 03 | What Have You Done for Me Lately?
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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Join us on a journey into a permafrost tunnel in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Bought by KLCC, PRX Remix, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
Unexpected remixes (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Uncovering the epic musical crossover of the 19th century: a John Philip Sousa arrangement of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. -Stephen Vi...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, KXCV, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Unexpected Remixes (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Uncovering the epic musical crossover of the 19th century--a John Philip Sousa arrangement of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. -Stephen Vit...

Bought by WUFT, WJCT, KRDP, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
Bio Hackers versus Big Pharma: Tackling the Rising Cost of Insulin
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As the cost of insulin continues to skyrocket patients are dying from trying to ration their medication. It's an extreme example, but not unusual -...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Wonder of Sound
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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Explore the wonder of sound on The Children's Hour

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
Series Launching on September 30th - California Burning 30s Promo
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
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Generic 30 second promo for the 5 part series - California Burning

Bought by KCBX, KALW, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Talkin' Hurricanes (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. In the years since, as residents have come and gone and rebuilt their lives, a lot has changed about the...

Bought by WCNY, WLPR , KICI Iowa City, KUAF Public Radio, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 14
Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Does the radiation emitted by our cell phones harm us? A study that found cell phone radiation can cause changes to our cells. -Expanding the don...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 10
Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Does the radiation emitted by our cell phones harm us? A study that found cell phone radiation can cause changes to our cells. -Expanding the don...

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KVSC, KISU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 15
SEA OF SHADOWS -- Richard Ladkani, Jack Hutton, Cynthia Smith, and Andrea Crota Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jack Hutton, Richard Ladkani, Cynthia Smith and Andrea Crota, Credit: Andrea Chase
Richard Ladkani, Jack Hutton, Cynthia Smith, and Andrea Crota talk symbols, hope, and the definition of extremist.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2019
  • Length: 23:03
Reviving the Giant Oysters (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Fossils give away the secrets of the past, but they can also tell the future. Rowan Lockwood is taking a closer look at the fossils of giant oyster...

Bought by KXCV and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Reviving the Giant Oysters (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-From tracking tigers in Nepal to mountainside surgery on Montana’s wolverines, Deborah McCauley is on a mission to save disappearing wildlife arou...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVSC, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 14
Reviving the Giant Oysters (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-From tracking tigers in Nepal to mountainside surgery on Montana’s wolverines, Deborah McCauley is on a mission to save disappearing wildlife arou...

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
Listening to the Arctic
From: Richard Paul
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When you hear those statistics that tell you the oceans are warming and you wonder where those numbers come from, this is where: From scientists me...

Bought by KMXT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, KUT, WAMU and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Episode 60: The Source
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Manasseh Franklin wanted to make the melting of glaciers more real to people through her writing. So on an Alaskan rafting trip, she followed water...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 23:41
  • Purchases: 1
S2 E6 Dying To Tchaikovsky
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Family medicine physician Catherine Forest listens to one of he classical music idols serenade a dying loved one in the hospital.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 32:32
Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 2
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Synanon and the Tunnel Back to the Human Race.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 44:34
Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 1
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The Narcotic Farm and the Promise of Salvation

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 32:11
Spring Bird Spectacle
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Blackburnian Warbler, Credit: Brian Aust
A 2-hr tour of spring birdsongs with appropriate musical accompaniment of bluegrass, jazz and that shapeshifting sonic spectrum which lies between....

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:40
I Peacekeeper Robot (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Robots built by Toyota will serve as guides during the 2020 Olympics in Japan. They’ll carry food, show visitors to their seats, and aid people in...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCBE, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 9
I Peacekeeper Robot (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Robots built by Toyota will serve as guides during the 2020 Olympics in Japan. They’ll carry food, show visitors to their seats, and aid people in...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Cold Comfort | Earth Day Special
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: A boat floats off the coast of Shishmaref, Credit: Nick Mott
What is the Arctic? Who lives there? How are their lives changing as the climate warms? In this Earth Day Special, we take listeners on a three-par...

Bought by KUT, Wyoming Public Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 6
Poetry That Heals (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Irène Mathieu is a doctor and a poet who says both science and poetry use language that helps her understand deeper truths about the human conditi...

Bought by WCNY, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KALW, KUNM, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 18
Poetry That Heals (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Irène Mathieu is a doctor and a poet who says both science and poetry use language that helps her understand deeper truths about the human condit...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WLPR and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12

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