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MAPPS: Social Networks, Spatial Networks, and Pathogen Spread
From: Brown University School of Public Health
Series: Humans in Public Health
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How do we avoid total societal shutdown during a pandemic? Professor Mark Lurie believes the key lies in understanding how social mixing and human ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:15
Pandemic and Profit (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Caption: Homemade masks made by the Auntie Sewing Squad Alt-text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat , Credit: Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
On today's show, we'll revisit the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic by looking at two alternative supply chains for masks during the fallout fro...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pandemic and Profit
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alt text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat, Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
To mark the three year anniversary of the official start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we'll be looking at two alternative supply chains for masks that...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Medical Apartheid and the COVID-19 vaccines (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The world is struggling to contain COVID-19, as variants continue to emerge in countries where the virus is spreading unchecked, killing thousands....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Attack of the Mutants
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Attack of the Mutants, Credit: Seth Shostak
The omicron variant is surging. More contagious than delta, omicron demonstrates how viruses use mutations to quickly adapt. Mutations drive evolut...

Bought by KTXK, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Medical Apartheid and the COVID-19 vaccines
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The world is struggling to contain COVID-19, as variants continue to emerge in countries where the virus is spreading unchecked, killing thousands....

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
The Cunning Figure of the Virus
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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As the Delta variant reaches into more communities..."The fact that the Virus is a symptom of capitalism seems like a simple conclusion, but Povine...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stories from a Pandemic: Part II - Ep.6: Space Oddity
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic, Part II
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The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is over, but some things are here to stay. How have N-95s, face shields, gowns, gloves and ventilators ins...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 33:43
Stories from a Pandemic: Part II - Ep.5: Night Flight to San Francisco
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic, Part II
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The COVID-19 global health crisis shed light on the immense value of doctors, nurses, public health workers, and research scientists. At the same t...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 36:28
Stories from a Pandemic: Part II - Ep.4: Dreams and Nightmares
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic, Part II
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We know the pandemic has affected the waking lives of healthcare workers. But what happens after we fall asleep? Does the pandemic haunt us in the ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:35
Stories from a Pandemic: Part II - Ep.1: The Space Between
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic, Part II
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The Nocturnists is back with the second installment of “Stories from a Pandemic”. How have healthcare workers been holding up over the past year? ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 33:23
Stories from a Pandemic: Part II - Ep.3: By My Side
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic, Part II
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One of the hardest things about being healthcare workers going through this pandemic is that we've both experienced and borne witness to moments th...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 27:33
Stories from a Pandemic: Part II - Ep.2: COVID Hits Home
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from a Pandemic, Part II
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To some, the pandemic is a distant thing. The deaths of hundreds of thousands can feel unreal and even impossible to comprehend. That is, until COV...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2021
  • Length: 43:06
Can We Vaccinate 7.9 Billion People?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ve already been vaccinated, or at least have an appointment booked, but people who live...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
551: The Vaccine Trackers / 552: What Sparks Creativity?, 1/16/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Vaccine Trackers" - As vaccination against COVID-19 begins, what's it like to get one? This hour, the biggest mass immunization camp...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:57
Larry Brilliant and Peter Hotez: Vaccinating Our Way Out of the Pandemic
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Dr. Larry Brilliant, best known for eradicating Smallpox, and Dr. Peter Hotez, who is part of a team developing a low-cost COVID vaccine for global...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
El Extenso Positivo
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El tráfico de Los Ángeles siempre vivirá en la infamia. Pero, ¿podría retrasar que un virus se propague?

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dentro y fuera
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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Mantenerlo todo limpio nunca fue más confuso! Afortunadamente, hay muchas opciones para limpiar las superficies exteriores.

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dulce Cuarentena
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Atrapado en una casa llena de snacks y opciones limitadas para hacer ejercicio? ¿Estás tentado de recurrir a Ben & Jerry en busca de un dulce, dul...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
No más Zoom
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Estás cansado de las video llamadas y de los aperitivos por Zoom? No estás solo.

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Desinfectante alcohólico
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¡Alcohol! Sabroso en los refrescos... y en los desinfectantes de manos. Pero, ¿qué diferencia tienen los dos? Y lo más importante, ¿cuál te protege...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Surfactantes jabonosos
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Lavarnos las manos con jabón realmente es lo mejor que podemos hacer para protegernos del coronavirus? Aprendamos sobre la historia y la química d...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Coronavirus and Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Uganda and Rwanda, two countries who have fought pandemics before and were ready for this one. Both countries have lost...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Know-It-Alls
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Know-It-Alls
Think you’re some kind of expert? Join the club. It’s one thing to question authority; another to offer up your untrained self as its replacement. ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUAC, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14