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Caption: Exoplanets, Credit: Seth Shostak
You may be unique, but is your home planet? Why the astronomer who’s discovered hundreds of exoplanets is hopeful about the hunt for alien life. ...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SIPS segments takeover with 3 wines from Alexandria Nicole Cellars

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 49:14
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"Nanny Goat and the Seven Little Kids" and "The Mitten/Anansi and the Talking Melon"

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:07

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: This Land is Island, Credit: Seth Shostak
There are many kinds of islands. There’s your iconic sandy speck of land topped with a palm tree, but there’s also our home planet – an island in ...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cosmos: It's Big, It's Weird, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s all about you. And you, and you, and you and you … that is, if we live in parallel universes. Physicist Brian Greene’s case for multiverses.

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr. Burns is back with even more awesome music trivia. This week we'll be discussing the highest attended rock concerts of all time, and why so man...

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  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: ZZZZZs Please, Credit: Seth Shostak
The science of why we sleep and technology that may allow us to record dreams.

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  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...

Bought by KREV-LP, KVSC, and WOUB


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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FINGERS WEAR TAP SHOES ...

Bought by KRCB-FM


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Protecting your usernames and passwords is as important now as locking your car. What are you doing to keep your online accounts safe?
Lately in the news it seems that all of the major sites are getting hacked and your passwords are being compromised. What should you do to keep you...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Stomach This, Credit: Seth Shostak
Not all conversation is appropriate for the dinner table – and that includes, strangely enough, the subject of eating. Yet, what happens during th...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: What is "The Cloud?"
The Cloud is a tech term that we constantly hear in advertising, but what does it really mean? What is 'The Cloud' and how can normal users take ad...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Smart phones put the Internet at your fingertips, allowing you to check your email and surf the web from anywhere with the power of 3G and 4G. Howe...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: So many choices!
What Internet browser do you use? There are dozens to choose from, and many offer unique features. So which one is best for you? Ray Hollister and...

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  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kickstarter.com
Heidi wants to know what this Kickstarter thing she keeps hearing about on Facebook is. Why are people asking her for money? Ray Hollister and Tom ...

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  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Disable Java now!
Mike has heard a lot of news recently about companies being hacked by people using security flaws in Java, but isn't sure what Java is. What does h...

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  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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We've discussed rockumentaries before on Rock School, but this week, we'll be talking about rock star autobiographies. Every artist we'll be talkin...

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  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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So what does make a song a hit? Dr. Burns and Beth West along with special guests, Father Cayet Mangiaracina - co-author of Hello Mary Lou, Paul Sa...

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  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: De-Extinction Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Maybe goodbye isn’t forever. Get ready to mingle with mammoths and gaze upon a ground sloth. Scientists want to give some animals a round-trip ti...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVSC, KREV-LP, KSKQ, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5

  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's Rock School will be all about documentaries pertaining to rock bands. We'll be discussing and analyzing many different "Rockumentaries"...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Deep Time, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think back, way back. Beyond last week to what was happening on Earth 100 million years ago or earlier. It’s hard to fathom such enormous stretch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, KREV-LP, WOUB, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5