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Rare Paiute cutthroat trout reintroduced to native habitat, a 30 year saga for Bill Somer
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Bill Somer is a senior environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In 1988 he joined the effort to reestablish the ...

Bought by KRZA and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 2
Alvaro Bedoya: Privacy and Civil Rights in the Age of Facebook, ICE, and the NSA
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Right: U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez (NM); Right: Professor Alvaro Bedoya
What is the history of surveillance in the US? What are its implications for today's activists, immigrants, and people of color? Professor Alvaro B...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:53
The Mad Military Money Machine
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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There’s something sick about US Military spending. It’s certainly not keeping anyone safe. This week, why we the public spend billions on bad techn...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Horton vs. Jones Case on Electronic Wills
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Can a person create a valid will that is not formally executed as required by state law? Find out more about electronic wills through discussion of...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 08:32
The Ethics of Drone Warfare
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are drones the herald of a more sanitized and efficient form of war, or do they represent the dystopian reign of uncaring technologies?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
ThinkBusiness — a conversation with Christopher Caskey
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness
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Christopher Caskey is a scientist and entrepreneur with an innovative business idea to tackle two environmental problems in rural Colorado at once:...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Monstrous Technologies?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do we ensure that the Victor Frankensteins of the future unleash no new monsters on the world?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Security of Clients’ Information and What Attorneys Need to Know
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Do practicing lawyers have ethical and legal duties with the use of technology in the practice of law? Learn how to protect client data and what is...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 12:24
2021-04-18 The Ethics of Algorithms
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Would you trust your life to an algorithm?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, and Capital Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Only Limit Was Your Imagination
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: 2018 Martin Middle School Stories
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Christian, Davis, and Isaiah discuss their love of Minecraft.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2018
  • Length: 07:37
Missing Humanities
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Homi Bhabha at the Oxford bookstore in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The CEO of Tech Mahindra said that the top 10 IT companies in India only take 6% of the engineering graduates. What happens to the other 94% he won...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Reimagining Innovation
From: Sam Margolis
Caption: VR Takeover at SXSW, Credit: Sam Margolis
I spoke with nearly 200 people in Austin, TX during South By Southwest (SXSW) in pursuit of gaining new perspective on the word "innovation". This ...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Many Millennials Don't Seem to Care About Data Breaches
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill, Credit: (c) AP Images
Recent data breaches hitting big companies such as Facebook have cause people to go into a frenzy. However, the generation that goes online the mos...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:38
Storied States: James Scott's Against the Grain
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Epic of Gilgamesh, tablet 11, story of the Flood. , Credit: Courtesy of The British Museum.
In Storied States, we examine the shift in how humans lived, moving from hunter-gatherers to sedentary farmers. And contrary to official narrative ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:03
Forget your feed
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip forgets to feed his social media stream, and reconnects with the world.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
388-40 Years
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.

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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
365-Tabby's Star
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Tabby's star varies in brightness suggesting that it swallowed one or more of it's planets in the very recent past.

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


  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
S2 Ep. 3 The Astronomers
From: Honolulu Civil Beat
Series: Offshore
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Why do astronomers feel a giant new telescope on top of Mauna Kea is so important? What will Hawaii — and the scientific community — stand to lose ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 38:39
Alvin Toffler and Margaret Mead: Future Shock, Innocence and Innovation
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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Alvin Toffler and Margaret Mead: an author and an anthropologist who endeavored to understand the impact of scientific invention. In this episode o...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSFR, KVSC, and KSFR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 4
305-Murky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A very close approaching asteroid is observed to pass through the Earth's shadow.

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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Jeff Harman
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interview with astrological consultant Jeff Harman. Also featured music from Music X-ray artists.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
Filmmaker and Art Director Karl Warnke
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Concept Art for "The Old Man and Death", Credit: Karl Warnke
Area Voices producer Alauna Yust covers the arts in our region. And she’s got some pretty close connections to the arts. Her husband, Karl Warnke, ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 10:10
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
Discovering Dark Matter
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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Astronomer Ramanath Cowsik describes the history of dark matter and how his discovery influenced the way scientists think about dark matter in the ...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:00
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1

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