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887: Total eclipse and other wonders / 888: Eye-to-eye with animals, 4/6/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Total eclipse and other wonders" - Millions of people are traveling to see the total solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the exact nature of the u...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:02
Skeptic Check: Asteroid Mining
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Asteroid Mining, Credit: Seth Shostak
Asteroids are rich in precious metals and other valuable resources. But mining them presents considerable challenges. We discuss these, and conside...

Bought by WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WRGY and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
The Expanse
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess talks about space, science, and the future of humans in our universe with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the award-winning authors behind the h...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Your Mind on Movies
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Your Mind on Movies, Credit: Seth Shostak
By one estimate we spend a fifth of our lives watching movies or TV. In fact, we consume entertainment almost as habitually as we eat or sleep, act...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
What's Science Fiction is Prologue
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Some science fiction authors have an almost uncanny ability to see what’s coming down the road. Jess talks with Chuck Wendig, whose writing is both...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Home Invasions
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Home Invasions, Credit: Seth Shostak
As we struggle to control a viral invader that moves silently across the globe and into its victims, we are also besieged by other invasions. Murde...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
607: Sprinting To The Finish Line / 608: Our Invisible Universe, 7/31/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Sprinting To The Finish Line" - What does it take to win Olympic gold? This hour, super humans and the power of Olympic fame. HOUR TWO...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
SETTLERS -- Wyatt Rockefeller Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Wyatt Rockefeller talks familiarity, being accommodating, and the necessity of hope.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 11:59
Author Andy Weir and Project Hail Mary
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Andy Weir's new science fiction novel sends an unlikely protagonist on a mission to save humanity from an interstellar threat., Credit: Ballantine
The author of The Martian introduces us to his terrific new novel and shares his thoughts about the current state of space exploration.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFHB, KIYU-FM, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Making Up Creatures
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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If we ever make contact with aliens, they probably won’t look like humans with pointy ears or bumpy noses, but as creature design is more about com...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 1
469: Poetry In A Troubled Time / 470: Our Invisible Universe, 4/4/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Poetry In A Troubled Time" - Why do people turn to poetry during troubled times? Poetry is often the one language we need. Join us for a...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:59:00
Humans: New & Improved
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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When Graeme Manson started as a showrunner for Orphan Black, he needed to create villains who believe humans should take control of their own evolu...

Bought by PRX Remix, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WABE


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:54
  • Purchases: 3
The Robot Uprising
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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How much does the legacy of slavery haunt our visions of the future, where we expect robots to do our bidding?

Bought by KZYX, PRX Remix, WABE, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 17:05
  • Purchases: 4
New York 2140
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel imagines how New Yorkers would adapt to sea level rise by turning the city into a Super Venice.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 20:39
  • Purchases: 2
Imagining the Internet
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Did sci-fi authors imagine social media and the Internet before it existed?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 2
Technobabble
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Helen Zaltzman of The Allusionist podcast helps me figure out why some technobabble is good, bad or just plain baffling.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:15
  • Purchases: 1
On The Front Lines of Fantasy
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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Can the subgenre of military sci-fi and fantasy help civilians better understand the military experience while mixing in aliens and sorcerers?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 22:20
  • Purchases: 2
Politics of The Expanse
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
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The creators of The Expanse novels and TV show discuss why a future war between human colonies across the solar system feels relevant to our politi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 26:43
  • Purchases: 1
Sexy Robots
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Summer Glau as Cameron the Terminator, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Desirable robots are creepy, strangely alluring and technologically improbable. As part of my podcast series Imaginary Worlds, I explore whether th...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 15:45
  • Purchases: 1
Houston, We have Dippin' Dots
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Over 50 years ago, humankind went to the moon. This episode is all about how astronauts, space enthusiasts, fictional explorers and future Mars res...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 21:53
399: Is Anger A Useful Emotion? / 400: Our Invisible Universe, 8/3/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Is Anger A Useful Emotion?" - What if being angry made you feel better? We'll see red this hour. HOUR TWO: "Our Invisible Universe" - ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
High Life
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Claire Denis, the French filmmaker, has established her international reputation over three decades as a director of art cinema: social dramas with...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:12
Afrofuturism: Imagination and Humanity, Ytasha Womack
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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According to Ytasha Womack, use of the imagination for self-development and social change is one of the greatest tenets of Afrofuturism. This show ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Feb 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
317: Discovering America's Black DNA / 318: Story Worlds, 10/20/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Discovering America's Black DNA" - What happens when common DNA brings the black and white side of the family together for the first tim...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
299: Our Invisible Universe / 300: Harassment In The Lab, 8/18/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Our Invisible Universe" - From our narrow vantage point on Earth, how can we see what's out there, beyond our skies? HOUR TWO: "Harass...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58