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The Plant Detective - episode 30 - Datura (for Halloween)
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Datura: Deadly source of important medicine

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 29 - Cranberry
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Cranberry: Urinary tract infection remedy

Bought by KRZA and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Plant Detective - episode 28 - Mistletoe II
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Mistletoe and Cancer

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 27 - Mistletoe I
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Mistletoe: Used in folk medicine on every continent

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Music in Space
From: ARTSEDGE
Series: Art/Space: Art and Outer Space Come Together
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Everyone who has ever played music in outer space

Bought by WMFE and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 2
Quest_Geothermal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Solar and wind get all the press, but geothermal is poised for a comeback

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC


  • Added: Oct 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Plant Detective - episode 11 - Bilberry
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Bilberry: World War II pilots ate it to improve night vision

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 26 - Aloe
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Aloe: Heals, soothes, and protects skin

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Emoticon Anniversary
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Celebrating the 20th Aniversary of the now ubiquitous computer Emoticon

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
Brazilian Multifuel Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Brazilian Automotive developers create the car that runs on most any fuel

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 06:01
European Clean Coal
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Swedish company designs clean coal powereed plant

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Google Goes Green
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Google Mega Search Engine goes Green with Solar Power

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
small world/small wonders
From: Laurel Collins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
community responses to tamarisk beetle infestation

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 1
"Songbird Journeys" discussed by author and ornithologist Miyoko Chu
From: Tish Pearlman
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Ornithologist MIYOKO CHU discusses her bestselling book "Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds"

  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 27:00
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Astronomy
From: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow- Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 Generations discussing the importance of Astronomy to their cohert group and the world.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Hawaiian Awa (Kava)
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Jason Keoni Verity opened the first awa (kava) bar in Hawaii, Credit: The Honolulu Advertiser
For centuries, the kava plant has played an important role in many Pacific Island cultures, where it's valued for its natural calming effects. In ...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2007
  • Length: 08:06
Fishy Smell (Don't ask, don't smell)
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. For fish, stuffy noses have life and death consequences.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
"Seals" in the Amazon
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Pesticide
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caves Disappearing
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Cockroaches are Cool - Get Over It
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's safe to say almost everybody hates cockroaches, but...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Haven for Tasmanian Devils
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sometimes the devil makes for good company -- at least that's what they think in Tasmania.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Monster Toads in Australia
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads!

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Defensive Plants May Reduce Herbicide Use
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Get out of my space - or else!" Most people don't know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Whale Music
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a question for you. What musical artist holds the record for the largest single pressing in the history of the business? Michael Jackson? So...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1

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