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Poisoning the Hudson...Again - with Dr. Gordon Edwards
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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What's wrong with dumping a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River?

Bought by WRFA-LP, WYAP, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
Where in the World Are All the Vaccines?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, talks with Ray Suarez about overcoming the challenges of vaccine distr...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Sidewalks Versus Surgery
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:18
Reshaping the Coast
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Pathways to Exploration: Space Analyst John Logsdon on the National Research Council Human Spaceflight Report
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Gemini Spacewalker, Credit: NASA
The National Research Council released its long-awaited report June 4th. Distinguished space policy analyst John Logsdon returns to Planetary Radi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Potholes
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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A pothole is a uniquely American phenomenon. Drive the highways of South Africa, Germany or France and you'll find few ruts and divots. Why pothole...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 3
Wind Up Radio
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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Story of the inventor of the wind up radio

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:30
Codes & the Internet
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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The importance of cryptography for the web

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:48
Terrorism & Computers
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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As terrorist uses more sophisticated technology we face a Faustian bargain in using technology to track them.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:45
Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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Most technological "breakthroughs" aren't breakthroughs at all, instead they are the result of simple, steady engineering.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
Rapid Prototyping
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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The story of engineer Saul Griffith and his machine that instantly makes lenses for developing countries.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:29
Blackouts: Lessons from the 2003 outage
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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The lessons from the August 14, 2003 blackout of the United States and Canada.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:01
RFID: Radio frequency identification
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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RFID: A technology that keeps track of the globe, but may threaten our freedom

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:38
Counting Crowds
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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How many people attend a demonstration on, say, the Mall in Washington D.C.?The answer is "we don't know" because no one is really counting.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Electronic Voting
From: William S. Hammack
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Electronic voting seems ideal, but it may well threaten democracy

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:40
How much water do we use?
From: William S. Hammack
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A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Jefferson & Science
From: William S. Hammack
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An engineer looks at the Declaration of Independence and sees the science underlying the document.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 16