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Recovering from Stroke
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Physical therapist Catherine Lang explains her research on ischemic conditioning and its exciting potential for helping patients recover from stroke.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 10:15
From Frisbee Teammates to Co-Founders of ExPrep
From: Tara Lanigan
Caption: Brandon Eng and Mark Skinner work in the comfort of Skinner's house where Eng has been sleeping on the couch the past year. , Credit: (c) 2016 Tara Lanigan
Former Syracuse University students Brandon Eng and Mark Skinner met on the club frisbee team. They combined their skills to create an innovative,...

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:00
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


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Mapping the Brain
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
Caption: White Matter Fiber Architecture, Credit: The Human Connectome Project
Pull our your compass, because researcher Deanna Barch is about to guide us through the Human Connectome Project.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:51
SoundsLA - Operating a Crane at the Port 150 Feet High
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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Frank Kostrencich has been working the night shift as a crane operator at the Port of Los Angeles for the past 26 years. Using his precision and ex...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Debate: Should the U.S. adopt the 'right to be forgotten' online?
From: Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates
Series: Intelligence Squared U.S.
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In 2014, the European Union’s Court of Justice determined that individuals have a right to be forgotten, “the right—under certain conditions—to ask...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Chicken Whisperer
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
NASA Shuttle landing (condensed) w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A telescoped version of NASA audio as it tells the public specifics about the shuttle as it glides in for a landing.

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
Planetary Radio Live! We See Thee Rise: The Canadian Space Program
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: "We See Thee Rise" University of Toronto Convocation Hall, October 1, 2014, Credit: The Planetary Society
We welcomed 1,600 Canadian space enthusiasts to the University of Toronto for our October 1st celebration of Canada in space! Join Mat Kaplan and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Circadian Rhythms
From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore
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How do our internal clocks stay synced to our environment? What exactly do they control? Prof. Erik Herzog explains how the brain's "master clock" ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 14:48
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys on Your Head: Relationships and Technology
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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If you live in the modern world, as I’m sure you do, you’re probably very familiar with the common occurrence of witnessing two people standing ne...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
DJ Carl Sagan and His Golden Records
From: Andrew Bales
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Before the launch of the Voyager probes, Carl Sagan was given the daunting task of assembling a guide to all things human. Something that would fit...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
Metal in Microwaves
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Why is this metal rack in a microwave?
If metal isn’t supposed to go in microwave ovens, why do some of them have metal racks?

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Engineering Gotham From Below
From: Bishop Sand
Caption: This is a look up from the 86th Street Station construction site.
The New York City Subway is a complex system that keeps NYC running and it is still being built. Hear the reasons for the initial construction, the...

Bought by Hark!, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 5
The Last of the Iron Lungs
From: Julia Scott
Caption: Martha Lillard, 65, uses her iron lung to breathe at night., Credit: Julia Scott
Sixty years after polio was eradicated in America, a dozen survivors still rely on their iron lungs to breathe. Come inside the machine Martha Lill...

Bought by KUOW, KOSU, Hark!, KMUZ, HowSound and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 12
The Live Feed Presents: Hurricane Herold
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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We continue our coverage of Boats & Bluegrass 2012 with a visit and performance by Hurricane Herold with friends Jeff Ray, and Mikkel Beckmen. This...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 43:20
The Living Fossil
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every drug we take is tested with crab blood. And it all started with a walk on a beach.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 3
Searching Space
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Listen to peoples' first reaction to Saturn alongside astrophysicists who gaze up at the universe for a living. Learn the new techniques scientists...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 2
Define Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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What is life? In the first installment of our "origin of life" topic, hear various attempts to define life and ponder the life of the internet.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 2
Schrödinger's Cat
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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We dive into the Schrödinger's Cat paradox and ask what it reveals about the nature of quantum mechanics and physics in general.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
13: Things Can Only Get...
From: Matt Hill
Series: Numbers
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Existential drama, set in a call centre for the dead. Mr Black delivers a lecture to a select group on the benefits of post-death care.

  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 14:42
Radio Berkman 162: Lessig & Zittrain Take On… Competition!!
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Series: Radio Berkman
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Lawrence Lessig and Jonathan Zittrain - two of the greatest minds on the web - talk about how competition works in technology market

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Action Speaks! What's Eating Us? 1998 - The Sonny Bono Act (Copywright Extension)
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks! Underappreciated Dates that Changed America and its panelists -- including famed author Shepard Fairey and scholar and attorney Lawr...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WFSU, Red River Radio Network and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 7
Clever Apes: The Shakedown
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: La Chaire Trepidante: the 19th century vibrating chair invented to relieve Parkinsons's symptoms., Credit: Christopher Goetz
Treating Parkinson's with a vibrating chair; reading the rumblings of the earth; and a hip-hop battle of cosmic proportions.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Born Into a World of Things
From: Hannah Krakauer
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Archaeologist Michael Shanks talks about the history of stuff and our relationship with it.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:33