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We talk with Eliot Peper about his Cli-Fi novel, Veil. It’s about what happens when a tech CEO decides to geo-engineer the climate—in secret.
Then...
- Added: Apr 21, 2021
- Length: 59:03
Samantha Dwyer from Humanities Montana interviews acclaimed science journalist David Quammen about his book, "Spillover: Animal Infections and the ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2020
- Length: 23:00
Writer and naturalist Jack Nisbet discusses his book, "The Dreamer and The Doctor: A Forest Lover and a Physician on the Edge of the Frontier."
Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
David Quammen discusses his book, The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life. He also reads a short passage.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KWMR
- Added: Sep 19, 2018
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 3
Bill Schutt a vertebrate zoologist, college professor and author. Learn more about him at https://www.billschutt.com/.
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 11:33
James Rollins is a prolific novelist who lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 09:17
Audubon is best known for his 435 paintings of American birds. He came here as a young man in the early 1800s from France with a talent for self-ta...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Dec 04, 2015
- Length: 09:47
- Purchases: 1
What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? (And more...)
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 6
We have a way of talking about STEM fields as the opposite of the humanities–but it’s hard to have one without the other.
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 3
Ron Capps helps returning service members write their way home. [27:06]
Bought by KPIP-LP and WRVO Public Media
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 27:38
- Purchases: 2
Radio Curious discusses the close relationship we humans have with other primates, with Dario Maestriprieri, author of “Games Primate Play: An Unde...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 29:02
The message of Fahrenheit 451 in the age of DVD and electronic books: We run the risk that the literary and intellectual canon of the coming centur...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 03:34
Robert Harris's novel Pompeii does an incredible job of teaching about Roman Civil engineering and waterworks, although make no mistake, this alway...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
