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Caption: Computer Talk Radio , Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting July 20th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd host, starts off the show with the new...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
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Much bigger than technology or classroom space, the most important factor in determining student success is having a good teacher.

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 3
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Sometimes all it takes to get kids excited about science is a bag full of eyeballs.

Bought by WCNY, WCWP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 53:48
  • Purchases: 3
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Spotting a rainbow requires a bit of luck—you know, being in the right place at the right time. But not if you make them yourself. For over two wee...

Bought by WCNY and WVTF


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 30th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the not so startling...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school., Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
A recent science test showing that American girls are lagging behind boys has brought women in science back into the national conversation. More th...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Radio Newark, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 4
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You know the stereotype: white guy in a lab coat with crazy hair and an experiment gone awry. But the picture of science is changing. In this episo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WFHB, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Why does STEM matter, and why are women and minorities being targeted? This is the first in a series ta...

Bought by WJCT and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting January 19th, 2013. Show host and computer nerd, Benjamin Rockwell, opens with the...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting January 19th, 2013. Show host and computer nerd, Benjamin Rockwell, opens with the...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Professor William E. Halal
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
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Scientists are excited after confirming pigment in two fossilized ink sacs from ancient squid-like creatures.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting November 24th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the stuffed nerd (Thanksgiving weekend and ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting November 10th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the friendly nerd, opens with the latest ne...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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If you're a coffee drinker, a new study should give you an added pick-me-up. Plus, some advice for strengthening willpower. And, how memory trainin...

Bought by WJCT and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting October 20th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the bespectacled host, opens with the latest...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 53:59
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting October 6th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the computer nerd and expert, opens with the ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 30th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the bespectacled host, opens with news items l...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Joseph Orgel holds his sample of T. rex tissue. , Credit: (WBEZ/Michael De Bonis)
In this installment, Gabriel Spitzer discovers how an ancient specimen might rewrite prehistory, and maybe medical books, too.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 2
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 3rd, 2011. Benjamin Rockwell opens with the tech and computer news of the week...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Entrepreneur Eri Gentry left her job in finance to build a community laboratory in her garage.
A study released earlier this year showed that the U.S. is on its way to a major shortage of science talent; about 1% of American students score ab...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
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In a specially extended show, we visit the European Space Agency's operations centre, and get a taste of some of the most exciting research being c...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 57:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Google Earth is one of the many tools Glenn and Schofield use in their classes and for their research., Credit: Google
Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield have a passion for creating the next generation of ocean explorers. In this episode, they’ll share their deep commi...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 10:56
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Do we now live in a solar system with twelve or many more official planets? Galileo's Daughter author Dava Sobel was the only non-scientist on the ...

Bought by WPSU, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3