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Topic 1: How do National Park officials decide which plants and animals to save as the climate changes? Topic 2: Imagine the harm a fake satellite ...

Bought by WYAP, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSTK


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
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What is synthetic biology? Researcher and professor Dr. Xiaojing Gao introduces this cutting edge field. He explains how his lab at Stanford Univer...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 27:54
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Topic 1: NASA’s developed a plan to clean up orbit. Topic 2: For over 40 years, 8th-grade students at Schoenbar Middle School in Alaska have taken ...

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2021
  • Length: 51:50
  • Purchases: 8
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: A student robotics team works on a robot., Credit: REC Foundation
The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation has been running robotics programs for youth for years, including the widespread global com...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 37:29
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
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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
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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The pandemic has spurred teachers like Amanda Hough to teach CAD remotely, but how do you do that if students don’t have the hardware to run resour...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 34:15
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To shrink the number of our faulty counts, you have to learn how to debounce. This is Episode 105 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 08:17
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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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Topic 1 - Cosmic Queries; Topic 2 - Koji; Topic 3 - Homemade Roller Coaster

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 51:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Ears Adrift explores quantum technology with interviews from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's top scientists.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 13:27
Caption: Dr. Russell Dupuis, Credit: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so. This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 53:11
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Topic 1 - Black Women; Topic 2 - Laser Weapons; Topic 3 - Solar Flares

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 51:44
  • Purchases: 5
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They told me, "Let 'er rip, guy!" "Tighten up that zip tie!" This is Episode 103 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
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The chemical reaction we smell from afar that gives satisfaction is named Maillard. This is Episode 102 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A piano image made on the coordinate plane., Credit: Pios Labs
Let’s make equations musical. Instead of visualizing equations on a graph, let’s listen to them on the piano, merging all our math and music knowl...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 49:30
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Do wooden planks below my feet not splinter while they shift during monumental bends and strains from interstory drift? This is Episode 101 of Eng...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Mechanical engineers must work to eliminate excessive jerk. This is Episode 100 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasc...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:51
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Stack your your stones and let walls join to make an old-school building quoin. This is Episode 99 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal sh...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 03:18
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You might see some programmers scurrying when trying to implement a little currying. This is Episode 98 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 08:22
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¿Te pasas la cuarentena jugando a videojuegos? Aprende como tú y tu ordenador podéis ayudar a los científicos a encontrar una cura para el nuevo co...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Every product has flaws and some quirks, but are products better if they come from skunkworks? This is Episode 97 of Engineering Word Of The Day, ...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 05:01