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LOVE THY NATURE -- Sylvie Rokab Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sylvie Rokab, San Francisco, CA 4/14/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sylvie Rokab talks unexpected relatives, the hidden dangers of city life, and dancing with Liam Neeson.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 20:50
The Art of De-Extinction
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Will the woolly mammoth face another day?, Credit: Tyler Ingram
A group of scientists are now trying to bring extinct animals - like the woolly mammoth and passenger pigeon - back to life, in a movement called D...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 3
The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Wildlife biologist Doug Bell birdwatching at the Altamont Pass, Credit: Judy Silber
California entrepreneurs saw potential in the gusty winds that blew out at the Altamont Pass, between the Central Valley and Bay Area. By the mid-’...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
Zero waste in San Francisco is a 2020 vision
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.” Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
The Future
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Fusion - Everlasting and Clean Energy
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We're getting closer and closer to making fusion power a reality - limitless energy created by fusing hydrogen into helium, the same process that p...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Fuel
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Fusion - Everlasting and Clean Energy
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Physicists are approaching closer and closer to one of the Holy Grails of modern science: creating self-sustaining fusion reactions on Earth, and u...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Catching Cosmic Rays
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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In December 2012, a two-ton instrument built to detect cosmic rays ascended into the Antarctic sky, carried by a balloon the size of a football fie...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 14:00
52 Hz
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: A humpback whale surfacing, Credit: Craig Shank
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Hark!, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 6
99% Invisible #54- The Colour of Money (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Australia made its money better. Why can't the US?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #30- The Blue Yarn
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Better (and less expensive) cancer treatment started with a sensei and ball of blue yarn...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #39- Darth Vader Family Courthouse (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Not the kind of place that makes your divorce or custody battle any easier.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #37- The Steering Wheel (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #35- Elegy for WTC (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A building’s worth is an infinitesimal fraction of the worth a person’s life. But a building is still a living thing in a way.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 10
99% Invisible #33- A Cheer for Samuel Plimsoll (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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This simple graphic design has saved thousands of lives.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #31- The Feltron Annual Report (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 13
99% Invisible #28- Movie Title Sequences (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 13
99% Invisible #27- Bridge to the Sky (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
99% Invisible #26- Chicago's Jailhouse Skyscraper (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #23- You Are Listening To (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 13
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #21- BLDGBLOG On Sound (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #20- Nikko Concrete Commando (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #18- Check Cashing Stores (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 14