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Global Ethics Corner: Weighing Privacy Against National Security
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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The recent revelations that the NSA is collecting cell phone and Internet data from millions of Americans has left many asking questions. Is this a...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
Point-of-Sale Social Networking Gets People Talking about Your Product When They Are Ready to Buy
From: Nancy Lin
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Forget about point-of-sale displays. What if you could get people talking about your products right before they are ready to buy? Takuro Yoshida, C...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 43:00
Global Ethics Corner: The Private Sector and Cyber Security
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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With U.S. companies losing billions of dollars to intellectual property theft, mostly to China, some are suggesting that corporations fight back. C...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
Amanda Eaken on the Rise of Collaborative Consumption
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Amanda Eaken
With the climate crisis staring us right in the face, the need to transform our daily routines has become increasingly apparent. A part of the solu...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
The Science of Longevity -- Groks Science Show 2013-05-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Professor Ted Anton joins us to discuss his new book, "The Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth"

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  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 4
Down The Line: Steven Mufson on the Keystone XL Pipeline
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Steven Mufson
Are you interested in knowing the facts about the Keystone XL pipeline? Well, depending on the source, the “facts” vary wildly. Proponents tout the...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Skelly on Wind Energy: Blowing Over Barriers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Skelly
Promoters and detractors of wind power have one point of agreement - both see the transmission lines that carry wind energy as inefficient and very...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:50
  • Purchases: 1
Global Ethics Corner: Who Benefits Most From Wearable Computers?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Apple and Google will, reportedly, both soon be selling computers that you can wear. But will the trove of details that these devices will be able ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Robert Boyd on the Hydrogen Economy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Robert Boyd
One of the most alluring answers to the climate change conundrum is a transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a hydrogen-based economy. As h...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Global Ethics Corner: Should Scholarly Research Be Free For All?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Facing prosecution for illegally downloading millions of academic articles, Internet activist Aaron Swartz recently committed suicide. Should Swart...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
Teeny Weeny Technology: Heather Millar on Nanoparticles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Heather Millar
Here’s a little exercise: take a pen and a blank piece of paper and write down everything you know about nano-technology. If you do this, you may f...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:50
Walking in Our Footprints
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Joe Romm
How will our current climate policies and actions be viewed by future generations? Our first guest this week on Sea Change Radio is pretty sure our...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Heinberg: “The Quest” For Truth
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Richard Heinberg
Last year, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and energy consultant Daniel Yergin published his long-awaited sequel to the The Prize called The Quest: E...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Thought Leader: Victor Cha
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Point B
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"Technology creates all this open space that needs to be filled. And if you leave space to be filled, people fill it by saying things that don't ma...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
Driving Change in What We Drive
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gina Coplon-Newfield
For better or for worse, cars are not leaving the American landscape anytime soon. The automobile is woven into the cultural fabric of our country ...

Bought by KVSC and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Nuclear Roulette
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nuclear Roulette, Credit: cover design by Matthew Simmons
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Stem Cell Research: Has Science Gone Too Far?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Now that scientists are able to create fertile mammal eggs using stem cells, many people are asking some tough ethical questions. Has science gone ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:06
Matt Wasson: A Mountain Hugger on the Myth of “Clean Coal”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Wasson
Do you cringe when you hear the term “clean coal?” Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio feels that this term is not only an oxymoron it’s offens...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Potty Talk: The Re-Invention of The Toilet
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Clement Cid
Aside from some aesthetic advances and rudimentary low-flow innovations, the modern flush toilet basically has not evolved since its prototype firs...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Dirt on Compost: Jason Mark
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
Have you ever been to the dump? It’s a pretty smelly place. Part of what you’re smelling is methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that’s created as bi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
What About Iran?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Security experts have concluded that attacks on Iran will serve neither US nor Israeli goals. That’s also the position of Greg Thielmann of the Arm...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
Food Sleuth Radio, Mary Ellen Sanders Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The human gut is home to more than 3.5 pounds of natural bacteria that help us resist infections and aid in the digestion and absorption of critica...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Making Waves, Making Energy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Taylor
If you sit at the edge of Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and watch as waves ferociously slap the sands, you can’t help but recognize the awesome power o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
The New Arctic: A Thawed Diamond
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Fairhall
This week on Sea Change Radio we begin a two-part series on the Arctic. If you’re looking for present-day observable impacts of global warming, hea...

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  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
In the Shadow of the Smokestacks (Part II): Richmond, CA
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Roger Kim
Recently on Sea Change Radio, we discussed the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California, and the social movement that’s pushing back against one of...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:01