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Season 1, Episode 27 - 'Roots of Permaculture' feat David Holmgren

From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1

One of the two founders of Permaculture speaks with us about a more sustainable future.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC, KVNF, and WOJB

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we looked at the book "Now and Forever," one of the first book-length investigations into the many ways that loops (repeated audio...

Bought by Raven Radio

Sound Actions

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio

Monstrous Technologies?

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

How do we ensure that the Victor Frankensteins of the future unleash no new monsters on the world?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.

388-40 Years

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WOUB, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more

365-Tabby's Star

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Tabby's star varies in brightness suggesting that it swallowed one or more of it's planets in the very recent past.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR

99% Invisible #31- The Feltron Annual Report (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Information designer Nicholas Felton has figured out how to graph the un-graphable: a year in his life.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

99% Invisible #28- Movie Title Sequences (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

There's more to the Art of the Title than meets the eye.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #27- Bridge to the Sky (Director's Cut)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)

There are rules that dicate how high you can build. Bradford Gilbert just didn't believe in them.

Bought by KUOW and North Country Public Radio

99% Invisible #26- Chicago's Jailhouse Skyscraper (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

If you want to stand out as a skyscraper in Chicago, you've got your work cut out for you.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #23- You Are Listening To (Standard 4:30 Version Only)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

When open-source data becomes a thing of beauty.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more

99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #21- BLDGBLOG On Sound (Standard 4:30 Version Only)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The word of the day is: archaeoacoustics.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

99% Invisible #20- Nikko Concrete Commando (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The story of the guy who etched his name in 1,000 slabs of San Francisco concrete--and the reporter who spent years tracking him down.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #18- Check Cashing Stores (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

One could argue that check cashing stores do a lot of things that are just plain wrong. But given so many people use them, what are they doing right?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #15- Sounds of the Artificial World (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #10- 99% Sound and Feel (Standard 4:30 version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Even though he was deaf, Beethoven wrote some of the greatest works of music of all time. So when Chris Downey started losing his sight, he didn't...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

99% Invisible #19- Liberation Squares (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Tompkins, Tiananmen, Tahrir...why do revolutions always start in public squares?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

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