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UX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Another design buzzword? Or important field? Both?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
valence
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Atomic poetry in the electron cloud model.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
autogyro
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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How is an autogyro different from a helicopter?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Tyrus Wong: Chinese American Artist Broke Barriers, Reached Back Centuries to Create Bambi
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Tyrus Wong at his home in CA in 2004, Credit: Courtesy Walt Disney Family Museum
Tyrus Wong, a pioneering Chinese American artist who created the look of the movie, "Bambi," left a great legacy and continues to inspire artists a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Ukulele Legend Lyle Ritz Remembered
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Lyle Ritz, Father of Jazz Ukulele, Credit: Elizabeth Maihock Beloff
A tribute to Lyle Ritz, the "Father of Jazz Ukulele," who also played bass on many of the biggest pop hits in history as a member of the legendary ...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Shipwreck discovered off the coast of Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the recently-discovered Royal Albert., Credit: Jim Kennard
On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 4
Sleep tight, sleep soundly
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
What's up, doc?
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:47
The little green men
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
Pressed for an answer
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
Global Internet Dating: Filipina Woman Marries Moves to Small Town North Dakota
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Filipina woman meets husband on Christian dating site and moves to small town North Dakota. She says their relationship is more than mail order bri...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 07:09
Immigrants Fitting In Socially
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:58
US Marriage and Divorce Clash with Values of Other Cultures
From: Erika Lorentzsen
Series: New American Stories
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a country with a high divorce rate, immigrants have a different view of marriage.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
Costly Invasive Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien. It involves using insec...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Water Pollution Cleanup
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
Stinky Feet Mosquito Trap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you’re doing scientific research!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Deficit Disorder
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Robofish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Technology inspired by nature, to help nature. This led an engineer and a zoologist to create a fish-shaped robot...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shrinking Deer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Isolated on islands, large animals can become small like the pygmy mammoth, and small animals LARGE like the Galapagos Tortoise. Yeah, everything’s...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Roof Gardens
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Why be boring and plant your garden in the ground when there’s a whole world of gardening possibilities up on the roof.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Biophilia: For Your Sanity
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Gnarls Barkley’s award winning song “Crazy” starts off with the lyrics, “I remember when I lost my mind.” Perhaps you can relate.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nice Lice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Lice aren’t nice, unless you’re wild mice.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Virus Battery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The environmentally polite thing to do in the future might be to give your battery the flu. That's right: Batteries may soon run on a virus.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
White Shark Cafe
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sharks, it seems, are not unpredictable nomads. They're more like commuters: As predictable in their travels as the office carpool.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1