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2018-11-18 Are Human Lives Improving?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In their 1968 book The Population Bomb, Paul and Anne Ehrlich warned of the dangers of overpopulation. These included mass starvation, societal uph...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KBBI Alaska, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
Electric Vehicles in Winona, MN: Episode 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we conclude our coverage of electric vehicles in Winona, MN. Willard Huyck goes to Bluff Country Coop to learn ab...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2018
  • Length: 10:58
Games and Simulations in Construction Engineering
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Architectural and civil engineers are using rich digital tools to simulate constructed buildings. Similar tools are also being used in digital vide...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2018
  • Length: 54:23
A Robot for Developers and Educators
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Image of the robot Misty II, used with permission., Credit: Misty Robotics
Engineer Ian Bernstein talks about his startup’s newest consumer robot released by Misty Robotics: Misty II. Based on what he learned developing hi...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
2018-07-08 Making the Grade: Corporations and the Paris Climate Accord
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When you think of climate activism, Wall Street doesn’t immediately come to mind. But as investors are coming to realize, they do have a voice – an...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, WUTC, MPR News Stations, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 8
Spectrum 06/12/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Go for launch - On this week's special show: Some of you may have heard that there's a certain 'European of German descent' floati...

Bought by KRZA and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Tracing Brain Circuits for Mental Health
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Neuroscience research needs help from many fields, including engineering. Dr. Talia Lerner describes some of the engineering tools that she uses to...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 31:00
2018-04-15 Climate One at Duke University: How Climate Change Will Change the Way We Eat
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Ashley Allen, Mars Corporation; Host Greg Dalton
As the planet heats up, it’s affecting many of the foods we love – when and where they’re grown, how they get to the grocery store and how much we...

Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, KVCR, KAAD-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Is Stem Cell Therapy for you? Maximum Health shares why now may be the time to reap the benefits from years of research and technological innovation.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Is Stem Cell Therapy for you? Maximum Health shares why now may be the time to reap the benefits from years of research and technological innovatio...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 27:17
2018-03-04 Cloudy Days for Solar?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The price of solar power has declined dramatically in recent years. That’s good news for homeowners, the environment and the economy. Renewable pow...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
Math Anxiety
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Anxiety in engineering education sometimes comes from doing math. What does math anxiety feel like? What are its causes and effects? How do you dea...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2018
  • Length: 27:40
2018-02-25 Power Shift: The End of Gasoline Cars?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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After more than a century of ruling the roads, oil is starting to lose its dominance over the auto industry. More and more automakers are introduc...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, KUHF, and NPR Now


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
A Conversation with Dr. Anna Sureda, Head of the Hematology Department at the Catalan Institute of Oncology
From: Peter Hofland
Series: The OncoZine Brief
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In this Edition of the OncoZine Brief, recorded during the 59th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, held December 9 to 12, 2017 i...

  • Added: Dec 25, 2017
  • Length: 43:18
The Cellular Powerhouse Show! How to Hack you system with Mitochondrial Biogenesis for a longer health enhanced life.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Cellular Powerhouse Show! How to Hack you system with Mitochondrial Biogenesis for a longer health enhanced life. Technology, Diet, Lifestyle a...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 27:15
  • Purchases: 2
2017-11-26 Bill Nye: Science Guy
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Bill Nye, Television Host and Science Educator
As the Science Guy, television’s Bill Nye inspired a generation of children to love science as much as he does. But these days, he’s speaking to a ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WLPR , NPR Now, KCMJ Community Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Sex prescribed as Medicine with Dr Nicole Prause Phd. a Neuroscientist researching human sexual behavior and the physiology of sexual response
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Sex prescribed as Medicine with Dr Nicole Prause Phd. a Neuroscientist researching human sexual behavior and the physiology of sexual response. Th...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 2
2017-06-25 Water Whiplash
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Credit: Ed Ritger
Over the past few years, many parts of the country have experienced wetter wets and drier drys. California has seen five years of severe drought – ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KHSU, RadioFreePalmer, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
2017-06-11 Inheriting Climate Change: What Will Boomers Leave Behind?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Bruce Gibney, Author, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed
Do the baby boomers owe millennials a clean planet? Or is it every generation for itself? Consumption-crazed baby boomers are leaving their younger...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KZYX, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
2017-05-14 Amory Lovins: Peak Car Ownership
From: Climate One
Caption: Amory Lovins, Co-Founder, Rocky Mountain Institute
Will the rapid arrival of robotic cars lead to the blissful end of traffic? Or will autonomous cars merely put drivers out of work and clog our str...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
2017-03-12 Remaking the Planet
From: Climate One
Caption: Oliver Morton, The Economist, Credit: Ed Ritger
In an emergency, we’re told to “break the glass” and reach for the fire extinguisher. Some would argue we’re in the midst of a climate emergency –...

Bought by KRZA, KZYX, and KMUD


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
2017-02-19 Can Clean Tech Clean Up Our Future?
From: Climate One
Caption: Holmes Hummel, Founder, Clean Energy Works, Credit: Ed Ritger
With stock market values at near-record highs, how is the clean tech sector doing? What technologies are most promising for making money and getti...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Ig Nobel 2016 -- Groks Science Show 2016-09-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
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Ittai Eres and Unjin Lee discuss past winners of the Ig Nobel prizes, and build up hype for this year's awards!

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 34:42
  • Purchases: 1
Warrior Debates: Free Speech Regulation
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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This episode of Culture Click covers the Warrior Debate: Should the university regulate free speech? The debate will have two participants one on e...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 25:32
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Author John Berendt
From: New Letters on the Air
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John Berendt, recorded at HEAR/NOW: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival in Kansas City, discusses his best-selling MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD A...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
2015-10-18 Competition for Power
From: Climate One
Caption: Geof Syphers, Sonoma Clean Power; Dawn Weisz, Marin Clean Energy; host Greg Dallton
A growing number of Californians are opting for clean electricity to run their TVs and toasters. But how much do we know about where our power rea...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1