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Lead - The Pernicious Poison
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Doug and Patti speak with "Lead Safe Mama" Tamara Rubin

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 1
Hormone Trouble with Dr. Tom Zoeller
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in everyday products can alter how your body works.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
Toxic Tragedy
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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The Story of Monsanto's Infamous Weed Killer - with Carey Gillam

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Living with Climate Change with Dr. Mary Johnson
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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After the news, Harvard MD and researcher Mary Johnson talks about how the climate is impacting public health.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
How to Spot Misinformation
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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The ability to spot misinformation is a key skill to have in today's world. How can we tell if something is real or fake? In this episode, Brian Du...

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Aug 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
811-Martian Meteorite Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Cacao, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Perhaps someday humans will travel to Mars, walk the surface of the red planet, and collect meteorites. Recent studies suggest Mars to be an excit...

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


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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
1 - Convincing the Cops
From: Tradeoffs
Series: The Fifth Branch
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How do you convince police officers that it makes sense to send unarmed mental health workers to some 911 calls? (Part 1 of a 3-part series.)

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 33:59
Climate Connections August 5 - August 30, 2024
From: ChavoBart Digital Media
Series: Climate Connections
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This month on Climate Connections New Jersey launches a heat awareness campaign, California moves to protect indoor workers from heat, a Maryland ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WNIJ, WNIN, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 20
The Science of Violence
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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After the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump, Jess talks with Dr. Garen Wintemute, Director of the Violence Prevention Research...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Plastic's Endless Toxic Existence with Erica Cirino
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Author Erica Cirino talks about her work at the non-profit Plastic Pollution Coalition.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
Are sewers the best way to deal with stormwater?
From: Possibly
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Paved surfaces like roads, sidewalks, and driveways send stormwater into our sewers, but engineering solutions that filter water through the ground...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Grilling Dilemma with Denise Snyder
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Dietician and cancer expert Denise Snyder talks about the hazards associated with grilling meat.

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 2
Water, Water Every Where
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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A groundbreaking new report reveals the looming threats facing United States coastlines from now through 2100. Experts Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Report - June 21, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this week's feature report, WFHB News Correspondents Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, Kade Young and Madison Stratton investigate Indiana's efforts t...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2024
  • Length: 30:38
Are we close to 100% renewable energy?
From: Possibly
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For decades now, people have been installing solar panels, wind turbines and more to transition our energy to renewable sources – but we wondered, ...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KTNA, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Standing Up to the Natural Gas Industry with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Renowned biologist and author Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about her efforts to push back against the expansion of natural gas pipelines and relate...

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: Points North
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Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer. But one community in ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:30
How Do You Help Patients Who Show Up in the ER 100 Times a Year?
From: Tradeoffs
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Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly tur...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 24:06
An Insurance Company Bought This Doctor’s Practice. She’s Worried About Her Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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One doctor debates whether to work for the nation's largest insurance company after it purchased the independent practice she worked for in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 17:43
What are wilderness areas and why do they matter?
From: Possibly
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For decades wilderness areas have provided access and protection to millions of acres of land. Today, climate change is shifting how we think about...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
A New Kind of Primary Care Comes to America
From: Tradeoffs
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A group of nurses in Baltimore wants to bring basic care to every person in a neighborhood regardless of age, health, income or insurance. Can this...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 22:55
801-Jacqui’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Astronaut on an Asteroid , Credit: NASA (Advanced Concepts Program)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when sh...

Bought by KCHW, Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Why did I see a bunch of dead fish in the Providence River?
From: Possibly
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One Possibly listener wondered why she saw so many dead fish in the water last spring. Turns out it’s called a fish kill – which can happen when th...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Raven Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 3
92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned
From: Tradeoffs
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As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

  • Added: May 22, 2024
  • Length: 18:33