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Small Things, Big Challenges - Inside the World of Nanotech Mar 27, 2025

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The tiniest bits of matter have a very large impact on our environment and our lives. Join Geoscientist Marc Michel on a deep dive into the science of nanotechnology.

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Packie Manus Byrne - A Life of Irish Music Mar 18, 2025

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Couldn't resist another story in the sprit of Ireland. There's no intro, no host narrator. Just dive in and meet the late Packie Byrne - a friend, storyteller and musician of renown. We met in 2007 in the town of Ardara, near Donegal, where Irish music lives and thrives.

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Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day With A Story Mar 17, 2025

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Master storyteller Eddie Lenihan weaves a tale from the Other Side. You'll never think of the wee folk in quite the same way again.

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Tickling Society Mar 04, 2025

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In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem.

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As Long as There's Been an Earth Mar 03, 2025

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Basile, Louisiana has its own unique Mardi Gras song.

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Donnez-moi Un Petit Sou Mar 02, 2025

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In the bayous of Louisiana, costumed revelers beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.

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The Biggest Day Mar 01, 2025

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"Forget about your job, your worries, your bills.."

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Feast Before Fast Feb 28, 2025

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The roots of Mardi Gras run deeper than Christianity.

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Oasis Feb 27, 2025

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Headphones on! Picture being under a palm tree next to a burbling brook in the middle of California's Anza-Borrego desert.

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Immunizing Plants Feb 26, 2025

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Scientists are finding ways to help plants absorb fertilizers and nutrients more efficiently.

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