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Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Guest SportTechie reporter Mark Burns
From: Jacqueline Parke
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Burns discusses Kobe Bryant's life off the court and his recently announced $100 Million Investment.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 52:26
Subcontractors: Making Space Happen
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bob Hoffman and Bill Galary of Nye Lubricants, Credit: Mat Kaplan
You may never hear their names, but there are thousands of small to medium-sized companies without which space exploration and development wouldn’t...

Bought by KFCF FM, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
NASA Science Leader John Grunsfeld
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld and Mat Kaplan show off their space ties., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld closes our coverage of the Space Foundation’s 32nd annual Space Symposium in Colorado Spr...

Bought by KMUD, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Myanmar's Technology Leapfrog Into Mobile Money
From: Adam Bemma
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Myanmar’s democratic transition is leading to a tech transformation. Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told Burmese youth to stop wasting time on mob...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:25
Episode 9: The Digital Afterlife
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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What happens to our data when we die?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 27:21
Episode 7: The Big Data of Nature
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
Episode 6: Under the Influence
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
Episode 3: The Hippocratic Algorithm
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
Episode 2: Work in the Crowd
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:15
Episode 1: Uploaded
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:03
Evolution of Monogamy
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
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UT Austin biologist Rebecca Young traces the genes behind monogamous behavior using Wrangler data-intensive supercomputer.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Neil Gehrels and WFIRST—A Space Telescope for the 2020s
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), Credit: NASA/GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab
NASA has given the go-ahead for creation of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope. It might help reveal the nature of dark energy and point the ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
EP 1 — The Sharing Economy?
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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In this first episode of Upstream, a radio documentary series, we look at the darker side of the "sharing economy" and explore the conditions that ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KZYX


  • Added: Feb 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:44
  • Purchases: 2
Civilizations Among the Clustered Stars?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Messier 5 is a globular cluster containing hundreds of thousands of stars. It is about 25,000 light years from our solar system., Credit: ESA/Hubble
New research indicates that globular clusters—collections of up to a million stars—could provide stable environments for life, along with opportuni...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of SAMHSA
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kana Enomoto, Acting Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...

Bought by WJCU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
2015: A Great Year for Space Exploration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Enhanced color image of Pluto from New Horizons, Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI
Our year-end review features the “best of 2015” lists from Jason Davis, Casey Dreier, Emily Lakdawalla and Bill Nye the Science Guy. What’s Up offe...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMUU-LP, KWMR, KMUD and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Movers and Shakers at SpaceCom Expo
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA spacecraft models at SpaceCom Expo, Credit: Mat Kaplan
We join 1,600 space entrepreneurs and visionaries in Houston, and talk with Boeing, XCOR, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and more. Emily...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
From Mars to the Stars With Lou Friedman
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Lou Friedman’s new book offers an inspiring view of our future in space., Credit: University of Arizona Press
The founding Executive Director of the Planetary Society has just written “Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars,” an optimistic view of humani...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Humans Orbiting Mars!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of the view above Mars, Credit: NASA
Scott Hubbard and John Logsdon led the Humans Orbiting Mars Workshop last spring. They return with Casey Dreier as the report on that workshop is ...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Zibi Turtle and Exploring the Ice Giants
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ice Giant Neptune, Credit: NASA
They are the most neglected planets in our solar system, but that status may be changing. Planetary scientist Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle celebrates NA...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
OSIRIS-REx Readies for Asteroid Bennu
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: PI Dante Lauretta (r.) and Kevin Walsh in the Lockheed Martin clean room with OSIRIS-REx, Credit: Dante Lauretta
Dante Lauretta heads the most ambitious mission to an asteroid ever mounted. With one year left till launch, he returns to Planetary Radio with an ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUD, KFCF FM, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Zooming In On Mars With Mastcam-Z
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Early plan for the lenses in a Mastcam-Z camera planned for the 2020 Mars rover., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Our reporting from the 2nd Mars 2020 Rover Landing Site Selection Workshop continues as we talk with Jim Bell and Justin Maki, leaders of the devel...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5