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213: Unexpected Origin of Roller Skates
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The first roller skates were patented by John Joseph Merlin in 1760. He showed off his new fangled wheeled shoes with an epic entrance to a party t...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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Sebastian (Sebo) Diaz is a rising junior at the UofA studying Biomedical Engineering.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
Going Medieval with Twitterstorians
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Eels!
We're joined by Dr. Shannon McSheffrey, a medieval historian at Concordia University in Montreal. Professor McSheffrey's research interests center ...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Yuxin Qin
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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I am a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Psychology with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Arizona. I work in the CEN lab of Dr. Fellou...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
Electricity Curiosities
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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This week, our hosts discuss various fun facts and the properties of electricity.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 12:10
  • Purchases: 1
Refrigerators
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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Dr. Rhett Allain analyzes the many features and factors that come with the common household refrigerators.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 12:27
  • Purchases: 1
metaprogramming
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Programming programs to program their own programs. This is Episode 74 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
NPD
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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New year, new Engineering Word Of The Day. Or in this case, new acronym of the day, standing for "new product development". This is Episode 50 of E...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
LaTeX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Keep your hands clean when you write professional publications. This is episode 43 of the Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorit...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Oct 31, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
dross
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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This podcast is aiming to avoid being aural dross. This is episode 42 of the Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
detent
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Let's have a détente over detents.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Job Talk Episode 14
From: Paul Russell
Series: Job Talk
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Dave & Doug follow the journey of a real marketing radical from beginnings in radio to fortune 500 offices. Learn the real meaning of badge marketing.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 21:49
autoclave
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Will your device design withstand repeated autoclaving?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
solder
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Why doesn't solder rhyme with older?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
OEM
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's the OG OEM.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
orthogonal
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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I'm orthogonal, and I've never felt so right.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
daemon
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Is there a program called Matt Daemon that secretly translates everything you say around your computer into a Boston accent?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
tappet
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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No, it's not an alternative slang form of "tap that," but it is a part that really gets us going.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
strangler
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not just a murderer, folks, as automotive engineers and technologists know.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Kelvin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing this scale to measure average kinetic energy of matter.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
magic smoke
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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All hail and all fear the magic smoke!

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
polymorphism
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not to be confused with biological polymorphism, polymorphism in programming languages can add robustness to your engineering code.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
SWE
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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SWE wants to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders," among other goals.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
From Earth to the Edge of the Universe: A New Edition of "The Cosmos"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: New 4th Edition of "The Cosmos", Credit: Cambridge University Press
Astronomers Jay Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko have just published the 4th edition of “The Cosmos: Astronomy in the New Millenium.” They join us fo...

Bought by WMNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSKQ, WESM 91.3 FM, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 5
WorldCanvass: Teaching Innovation (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests discuss teaching innovation with a focus on creative and high-impact ways teachers are engaging the minds of Univers...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:06