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Small Things, Big Challenges - Inside the World of Nanotech
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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-- Mar 27, 2025
Ken Burns and the World of Leonardo da Vinci - A Pulse of the Planet Special Program
Join filmmaker Ken Burns in an exploration of the greatest artist/scientist/seeker of all time, plus a preview of Ken's next series.
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-- Mar 20, 2025
Packie Manus Byrne - A Life of Irish Music
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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-- Mar 18, 2025
Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day With A Story
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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-- Mar 17, 2025
Tickling Society
In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, Mardi Gras is organized mayhem.
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-- Mar 4, 2025

From Jim Metzner, Producer of Pulse of the Planet
Sacred Mounds, a novel of historical fantasy offering an
exciting glimpse of Native American life in pre-colonial times.
For more information visitsacredmoundsnovel.com

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