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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3277: Small Countries

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 4, 2022 · Episode: 3277 Microstates, Micronations, and the impulse to create small countries. Today, Very small countries.

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A Request From The Pope: Lift Up Your Hearts, Put Down Your Phones

Laurel Wamsley, NPR

Posted on November 9, 2017 · "It pains me greatly, when I celebrate Mass here in the square or in the basilica, to see so many cell phones raised," said the pontiff. He noted that priests and bishops do it, too

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Vatican Diplomat Recalled Amid Child Porn Investigation

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press / MATTHEW LEE, AP

Posted on September 15, 2017 · The diplomat was suspected of possessing, but not producing or disseminating, child pornography including images of pre-pubescent children.

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Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 5, 2022 · On Thursday's show: High weekend temperatures straining the electricity grid, the First Lady of Iceland on equality for women, and the costs and challenges of hydrogen as an alternative energy.

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Why Rice Researchers Created A “Tombstone” For An Icelandic Glacier

Catherine Fusillo, HPM Intern

Posted on July 23, 2019 · In 2014, Okjökull became the first Icelandic glacier to be lost due to climate change.

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Classical Classroom, Episode 180: Icelandic Music History 101 with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir

Todd Hulslander

Posted on November 5, 2018 · Íslensk tónlist er flott!

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Not Ok: New Documentary Focuses On Disappearing Glacier In Iceland

Abner Fletcher

Posted on August 17, 2018 · Houston Matters learns what a melting glacier in Iceland means for us here.

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