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Dr. Holly Golecki, a professor in the Bioengineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about using soft robotics ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 48:22
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Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:20
Caption: Physics Circus presenters light up a pickle with electricity., Credit: The Physics Circus
The Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin tries to attract kids to science using loud and entertaining demonstrations that might not ...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:29
Caption: Tanya Dimitrova, founder of Science Journal for Kids, Credit: Courtesy of Tanya Dimitrova
Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it’s yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 48:59
Caption: Screenshot of the game RoboCo., Credit: Filament Games
Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament G...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 51:41
Caption: Richard Rusczyk, from Art of Problem Solving
Math is fundamental to engineering education and other disciplines. That’s part of why Richard Rusczyk wants to teach kids harder math than they o...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:36
Caption: Two books on 3D Printing by David Seto and Michael Welch.
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 49:38
Caption: Rosemary Kamei of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation., Credit: Silicon Valley Education Foundation
The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Insti...

  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 35:39
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STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 45:50
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Model railroading is uniquely primed for doing educational outreach today, says Stacey Walthers Naffah, President of Milwaukee-based Walthers. Wal...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2020
  • Length: 46:32
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The nonprofit Beyond Benign specializes in developing and disseminating educational resources in green chemistry – like how to create bioplastics, ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2020
  • Length: 51:47
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As a biomedical engineer in orthobiologics, Neil Thompson still had to do a lot of public speaking. He was a self-professed awful public speaker, ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 31:48
Caption: Robert Bahar, San Francisco, CA 5/17/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Bahar talks consequences, social memory, and justice versus revenge.

  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 21:50
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Today, we take you to South Florida, for a conversation about public art with Swiss born artist Ugo Rondinone. Miami Mountain is the latest in his ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:34
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The Justice Department has submitted a controversial request to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Experts say the questio...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KYUK, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 6
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In 1972, the movie Deliverance shocked audiences with its depiction of brutal, violent people in the backwoods of Georgia. But the man behind the f...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KENW, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
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If you’re a crossword puzzle enthusiast, you probably know the name Will Shortz. That’s because you’ve probably solved—or least attempted to solve—...

Bought by KUER, KENW, KSFR, PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 6
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Most of us probably think our everyday actions are based on decisions our mind has already made. But a Virginia researcher says we make decisions o...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, WOUB, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
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Doctors often suggest managing diabetes through diet and exercise, but that’s primarily for type 2 diabetes. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes ...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
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The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
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Residents of Tangier Island could become some of America’s first climate refugees—unless they get a much needed sea wall. Through a partnership wit...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
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When we’ve had a bad breakup, should we try to numb the pain? One Virginia professor has made answering this question their area of expertise, with...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 5
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After nearly a decade of sleuthing to find the pieces, a groundbreaking album of previously unknown recordings of Jewish klezmer music has been rel...

Bought by KENW, WEZU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
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Tammy Bobrowsky interviews New York Times bestselling author, Mary Roach, on her new book "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War."

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 10:15
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The duo First Aid Kit burst onto the scene a few years back with the championing of Conor Oberst, but quickly started blazing their own path. Thei...

Bought by KSUT and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2