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Mobile Game and App Reviews
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Pius reviews with Rachel five mobile apps related to engineering education, available on Android and iOS. A ten-year-old guest reviewer also gives...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:56
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
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
OPERATION AVALANCHE -- Matt Johnson & Matt Miller Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Matt Miller & Matt Johnson, San Francisco, CA 9/19/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Matt Johnson and Matt Miller talk going retro, the power of secrets, and cutting Bobby Kennedy out of their film.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 14:26
CREATIVE CONTROL -- Reggie Watts & Benjamin Dickinson Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Reggie Watts & Benjamin Dickinson, San Francisco, CA 3/26/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Benjamin Dickinson and Reggie Watts talk multiple realities, space spores, and the difference between loops and spirals.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 21:35
The Speed of Sound: Toro y Moi
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Chaz Bundick never meant to be a musician. It was never in his original plan. He wanted to be a graphic designer. But now that he’s blown up as Tor...

Bought by KHNS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 14, 2015
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 2
OJ: The Musical
From: Bill Lancz
Caption: Poster
A mockumentary about an OJ Simpson/Othello mashup musical will be released on iTunes and will play one night in theaters nationwide--June 17, the 2...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
16: Song Swap (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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There's a man in Brooklyn who owns a song by Sufjan Stevens... but he doesn't release it as some normally would. He does something much more special.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
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Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Source Audio Gear Review
From: MEEP! (the band)
Series: The MEEP! Show
Caption: The Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion, Credit: Source Audio
The MEEP! Show reviews gear from Source Audio.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
16: Song Swap
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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There's a man in Brooklyn who owns a song by Sufjan Stevens... but he doesn't release it as some normally would. He does something much more special.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
  • Purchases: 1
Gallus Gallus Mechanique
From: Roy Trumbull
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One shouldn't assume humans will always be assembling bits and pieces to make things. In the future hens may lay them.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:16
Crowd-sourcing Biological Solutions Through Gaming
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Fold.It screen shot
A web-based video game called FoldIt uses crowd-sourcing in the hopes of solving some very big -- er, tiny -- biological problems.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:17
Virtual Goods Real People
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Virtual Goods (via Viximo.com homepage), Credit: Viximo.com
Why are real people paying real money for products that don’t exist? And can this monetize networking sites? Jim Cosco gets to the bottom of it wit...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
B-Side: Nerds and Games
From: B-Side Radio
Series: B-Side: Cure for the Weekend Blues
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B-Side's Tamara Keith went to the E For All video game convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center in search of both games and nerds. They wer...

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
When your computer hates you.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Brits are developing a computer that reads your mood. Erg.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:37
Web animation: a new genre of family entertainment
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Web animators whose art lands in the intersection of cute and ironic are drawing unbelievable numbers of fans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 2
Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party
From: Aaron Henkin
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This story answers the burning question "What's it like to hang out with a bunch of guys at a fourteen-hour video game marathon?"

Bought by WZBC, Audible, Public Radio East, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2004
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 4
David Byrne Does PowerPoint
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Trust David Byrne -- master of image, music, and text -- to reveal the creative potential of Microsoft PowerPoint.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2004
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2