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Episode 5: Lockdown blues

From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive

When Richard stops answering the phone and getting out of bed for Zoom meetings, daughter Kerry finds a new way to reach dad—just in time for new r...

CRISPR

From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day

I like my definitions to be CRISPR and clearer. This is Episode 76 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or fu...

Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.

Bought by KSKQ

Coal Gasification

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

It's no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it's among the top contributors to carbon di...

Bought by KSKQ

Recipe For Plastic Decomposition

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada. Daniel's interested ...

Bought by KSKQ

Brighter Bulbs

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

What do you get when you cross folk art with photonic technology? A very bright idea.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Farming The Wind

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something ...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Arctic Fisheries

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

In 1945, John Steinbeck wrote a novel called Cannery Row. In it he told the story of life in Monterey, California -- a thriving fishing port at tha...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

High Fashion Green, For Less

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged recently.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Glass Bottle Comeback

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Products For Responsible Consumers

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Is it 'hip,' or 'cool,' to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Green Skyscrapers

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The new frontier isn't to the north, south, east, or west. It's up, as in skyscrapers. And, the tallest? The Burj-Khalifa tower in Dubai.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Recycled, Again

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

"Cradle-to-Cradle" is the newest buzz in green manufacturing circles. It's the next evolution of the idea of "Cradle-to-Grave."

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

The Greenest Fuel

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that's not always the case.

Bought by KSKQ

Carbon Eaters

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Here's a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Scientists in Denmark are looking at a species of sea...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

76- Charles asks, "Does my smartphone have a virus?"

From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)

Charles is worried about his smartphone having a virus, and is wondering if he should install an anti-virus app. Ray and Tom help him out in this w...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WYAP

Emission-Free Ride

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

If your friends call you an "early adopter," you'll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak's way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Futures For Future Species

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Can a stock market tool save a species? Conservationists often struggle to project animal populations because they hinge on complicated, interdepen...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Pizzeria Takes The LEED

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it's the environment! At least it is at Pizza Fusion -- a chain of gourmet pizzerias.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Dissolving Golf Balls

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Golf balls away, my boys, golf balls away...For sailors at sea, seems there's nothing more relaxing than hitting a few golf balls off the deck of a...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Lava Flows Are For The Birds

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

The Car Wash

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

That classic American pastime, washing the family car, might soon get washed down the drain.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

Tailpipe Carbon Recycling

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Imagine a conventional, gas-powered car, with no carbon emissions. I mean, absolutely zero. In the cartoon world, the only way to do that was a ban...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

A Better Jet Fuel

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI

75 - Sarah asks, "Can I fax from my computer?"

From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)

Sarah needs to fax a document, but doesn't have a fax machine or a land line. Ray and Tom help her find a way to do it over the internet instead in...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WYAP

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