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Valerie Lewis discusses student motivation and teacher inspiration on EdTech NOW, a podcast about education and tech in the classroom.
- Added: May 02, 2017
- Length: 11:11
We move in a noisy world. Hear biomechanics professor Alaa Ahmed describe motor learning through modeling and commands. In this light, elite athlet...
- Added: Nov 22, 2016
- Length: 12:16
Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:06
Norman Wirzba sees a moral vacuum at the heart of the presidential campaign: He says candidates are ignoring society's most vulnerable citizens. Wi...
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:11
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
As the National Park Service turns 100 this year, our national parks represent a terrifically valuable asset in need of attention, says Stuart Pimm.
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 02:18
It's "very expensive to be poor in contemporary America," says Duke Divinity School professor Luke Bretherton. Usury is one reason why.
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- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 02:10
- Purchases: 1
Climate change debates often center on the future. But our dirty environment carries a heavy price tag right now, says Drew Shindell, a physicist a...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 02:06
The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski.
Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 02:07
Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:40
As sport fans, we subject ourselves to anxiety and depression nearly every week. Why do we do it? This episode explores the reasons why we care so ...
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- Added: Jul 14, 2016
- Length: 15:07
- Purchases: 1
Jenna explains how chamber music can get you into first-class on high-speed French trains.
- Added: Jun 08, 2016
- Length: 02:41
Joe talks about his travel nightmares and what makes his Ford Fiesta the ultimate bass driving machine.
- Added: Jun 03, 2016
- Length: 06:30
Being a traveling pianist has its challenges -- bringing your instrument along, for one. Prach tells a story of the first time things came together...
- Added: Jun 02, 2016
- Length: 02:01
Eli talks about the reactions she gets when traveling with her cello.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 01:25
Michael tells a story about his cello -- part instrument and part travel companion -- at the Birdfoot Festival.
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- Added: May 23, 2016
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 1
New voter identification laws could sharply curb voter participation in N.C. and other states, says Duke University historian Gunther Peck.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 02:14
With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.
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- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 02:19
- Purchases: 1
National service is a winning issue with potential bipartisan appeal, says a professor at Duke University.
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 02:05
Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin....
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- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 1
How do we measure learning? Hear neuroscientists and teachers describe how it's done in the lab and at school.
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- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 10:01
- Purchases: 2
How do we get better at tasks? In this short episode, we describe an important mechanism of learning: pruning away neural connections.
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 3
Music you wouldn’t expect to find in a regular radio playlist either because it doesn’t fit a particular style or genre, or due to being instrument...
- Added: Feb 19, 2015
- Length: 59:02
Listen to experts define learning and lead us through the types of knowledge to be gained in learning. Then hear the basic explanation of how neuro...
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- Added: Feb 14, 2015
- Length: 10:09
- Purchases: 2
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: May 16, 2014
- Length: 01:26