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135: Moon Junk
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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A word on sound quality: We're still recording remotely. Just pretend Amy is on the moon, reporting from her own personal spaceship. Besides the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
Collecting Scientific History, Fighting Dirty Money, Choice Overload
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Collecting scientific artifacts. Topic 2: How to fight dirty money. Topic 3: Are more choices better or worse?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 49:28
  • Purchases: 1
Newton-flix
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The bubonic plague forced a young Isaac Newton from his studies. How did he turn catastrophe into a year of wonders? For one, he didn’t have Netflix!

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Silver Lining
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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2020 has felt like one disaster after another. Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Luckily, history suggests calamities spark innovations tha...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten

  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
The Experimental City
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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A domed city of the future right here in Minnesota? It almost happened. On this episode of Art Beat we talk with filmmaker Chad Freidrichs, directo...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 32:47
breadboard
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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You use it to help design devices that end up in more than your kitchen.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
COMMAND AND CONTROL -- Eric Schlosser and Robert Kenner Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser, San Francisco, CA 10/5/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser talk close-calls, young brains, and waiting for a mustache to grow back.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 21:37
Doctor Visits
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on the changes we have seen from the older generation doctor visit down to our future telemedicine.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 57:00
Life on Mars?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Maria Lane, author of Geographies of Mars, relates what Percival Lowell observed on the red planet. This segment comes from BackStory's episode "Th...

Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 2
13: The Sounds of East London (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
11: Microphone Museum (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
34: Recalling 1993
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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Maybe pay phones really do encourage time travel.

Bought by XRAY.fm and WJCT


  • Added: Jul 31, 2013
  • Length: 13:54
  • Purchases: 2
11: Microphone Museum
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The microphone has changed the entire world into everything we know and love today, so it only makes sense that there's a museum for it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:26
  • Purchases: 1
Howland Cultural Center - Geothermal System
From: Clearwater Moment
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The Howland Cultural Center is a beautiful performance space, gallery, and host to cultural events in the Hudson Valley. The historic building rec...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Pollopel Island
From: Tom Niemisto
Caption: Bannerman's Castle, Credit: Shaun O'Boyle
Pollopel Island is host to Bannerman's Castle. But its curious history goes back centuries

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Hedy Lamarr
From: Eric Molinsky
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A 1940s Hollywood star invents the technology behind cell phones.

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUT, WILL and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 6
Sir Patrick Moore. The British star of astronomy. Promo 2.
From: Carl Stiansen
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Henry Ford's Soybean Dream
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Henry Ford always thought agriculture and industry were natural partners.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
You Are Here: 1000 years of mapmaking history in one brief segment
From: Jackson Braider
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A short introduction to the wonderful world of maps

Bought by PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, and KTNA


  • Added: Aug 28, 2006
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 4