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Teaching Slavery, WWII Spies, and Online Reputations
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Teaching Slavery in an American Classroom. Topic 2: The London Mansion Where British Spies Eavesdropped on Nazi German Generals. Topic 3: ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 51:23
  • Purchases: 3
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
TRIZ
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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If I read through a thousand invention patents, I hope I'd learn something, too. This is Episode 63 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal sho...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
breadboard
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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You use it to help design devices that end up in more than your kitchen.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Flattened Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Age old discoveries and scientific advances have long dispelled the belief that the earth is flat. Recent technological advances have moved recorde...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:24
Warrior Debates: Social Media Code of Conduct
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Social media is very prevelant in our society today, on this episode of Culture Clique, we delve into it. On Tuesday March 15th, WSU hosted the 2nd...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 51:41
Doctor Visits
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on the changes we have seen from the older generation doctor visit down to our future telemedicine.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 57:00
Debating TIme -- Groks Science Show 2015-11-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this episode, Jimena Canales discussed the debate of Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein.

Bought by KRZA and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 31:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Imitation Game -- Groks Science Show 2014-11-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Barry Cooper discusses the life and work of Alan Turing.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 32:48
  • Purchases: 3
10 Years A Roving-Salley Rayl on the Mars Exploration Rovers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Endurance Crater
What a long, wonderful trip it has been for Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rovers. Planetary Society reporter Salley Rayl has been wr...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Mysterious Life of the Rubber Ducky
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Rubber Duckies aren't just an old fashioned bathtub toy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Space Dives
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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This week on Into It, Andrew Bales explores space dives, an extreme jump that tests the limits of technology and the wills of dare devils.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for December 29th, 2012 to January 4th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting December 29th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, opens with the latest news o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for December 29th, 2012 to January 4th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting December 29th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, opens with the latest news o...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Video Arcades
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Since their rise with the release of the 1978 game Space Invaders, video arcades have evolved alongside home gaming systems.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 3
Submarines
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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From a lumbering, oar-propelled apparatus to an advanced nuclear-powered machine, the submarine has evolved since the early 1600s.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (December 31st, 2011 to January 6, 2012 )
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 31st, 2011. Benjamin starts the show with a variety of computer and technology...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
149: Nautical Archaeology
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Thousands of shipwrecks lie across the world ocean floor. Along with the new technologies that reveal them to us, various controversial issues have...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
Kodak Camera
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of George Eastman and how he revolutionized photography

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1961: JFK Calls for the Moon!
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KREV-LP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 26, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
Unquiet History 5
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
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A new view of medieval garbage

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
Can You Think Without Electricity?
From: The humble Farmer
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Electricity is habit forming

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 01:52