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Top of Mind - Smokejumper, Cosmic Queries, Love the Wasp
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Smokejumper, Cosmic Queries, Love the Wasp

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Space Debris, Wilderness Survival, Robot Sweating
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Space Debris; Topic 2: Wilderness Survival; Topic 3: Robot Sweating

Bought by KOWS, RADIOLEX, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 51:44
  • Purchases: 3
GN_5.29_EasyGivingNow
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A Grand Rapids, Michigan man is using the power of instant shopping and delivery for good and sharing how he does it, with the world.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Minnesota Native News: Ogichidaa Robotics Competes
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Sqeevercoon2 is the robot built by students at the Circle of Life Academy on the White Earth reservation., Credit: Melissa Townsend
This week on Minnesota Native News, the robotics team from White Earth’s Circle of Life Academy takes their robot to compete in the regional tourna...

Bought by KMSU, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WDSE, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 12
Rural Pinetops Disconnected from Internet Thanks to Telecom Monopolies
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
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Last week, Wilson’s City Council voted to halt Greenlight Internet service to the community of Pinetops, North Carolina. City leaders, faced with t...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
Is Drone Training Really Necessary For People To Become A Drone Pilot?
From: Zhiyan Zhong
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This is a story discussing the need for taking drone-flying training in order to be a drone pilot. In the story, you will hear a major drone traini...

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
Broadcasting Live To The World -- On Your Smartphone
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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In the world of commercial media, it’s all about the ratings – getting as many people as possible to tune into your broadcast. The latest effort by...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Preview of the Tom Tom Founders Festival
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Charlottesville is gearing up for the fourth annual Tom Tom Founders Festival, a celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship. Kelley Libby repor...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
Exotic States Materialize With Supercomputers
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
Caption: Exotic state of matter known as quantum spin Hall effect shown here by red crossing lines that traverse the band gap of the discovered material and conduct electricity only at its edges., Credit: Credit: Qian et. al.
Materials with novel electrical properties discovered using XSEDE computational resources Stampede and Lonestar supercomputers of TACC.

Bought by Radio Newark and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Meaning of Friendship in the Era of Facebook (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...

Bought by KENW and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
Biodiesel On the Hudson
From: Willis Arnold
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
Spent Homeless Video Game
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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The recession is hitting a lot of people hard, and not always in obvious ways. Some of the formerly unemployed have managed to find jobs. But the p...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Cell Phone Eye Exams
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In you lived in sub-Saharan Africa your chances of getting a prescription for a pair of eyeglasses would be almost impossible. There’s only one op...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 4
Cell Phone Microscopes
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Cell phones in the developing world are used for just about everything: transferring money, checking crop prices at the market, and for reminding p...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
Police on Facebook
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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More than six million cars, trucks, and other vehicles clog the streets of New Delhi, India every day. And there’s not nearly enough police to enf...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3
Robot Kid
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Back when the Nepali village of Kaskikot didn’t have any technology except the radio, a young farm boy started wondering about how machines work. ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
Online Parodies
From: Jim Cosco
Series: The Tippingpoint
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Spoofs have never been more popular. What makes parodies work and not work online? On this edition of the TippingPoint, we take a closer look.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 30:37
Community Cooker
From: World Vision Report
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Kibera is a vast slum in the Kenyan capitol of Nairobi. People who live there struggle with the high price of cooking fuel and the lack of garbage...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
Camotero Cart
From: World Vision Report
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One piece of technology you’ll find in Mexico has fire in its belly and a shrieking whistle to blow off steam. Reporter Shannon Young examines a M...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
Solar Engineers
From: World Vision Report
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It’s been more than 30-years since the first Barefoot College was established in Tilonia in northern India. Since then smaller Barefoot Colleges h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Synthesizing Spider Silk
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If they can synthesize it, researchers hope to save lives with spider silk.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
Night Vision
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Civilian Autos Using Military Night Vision Technology

  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
The Heart of Cycling
From: WHYY
Series: Olympics
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A small-town cycling track produces the fastest cyclists in the world.

Bought by KMXT and KZSC


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2