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Self-help has existed in some form since the dawn of human civilization and has grown into a robust industrial complex. But does self-help really m...
- Added: Jan 04, 2024
- Length: 58:23
Max, a data whiz at the social media company Wren, has gotten a firsthand glimpse of the dark side of big tech. When he questions what his company ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2021
- Length: 12:52
This is the fifth novel in the Peter Ash series.
- Added: Jan 28, 2021
- Length: 16:13
In Time Out Of Joint, Phillip K. Dick envisioned the same future that NASA did, even if we didn't get there. San Diego Air and Space Museum provide...
- Added: Oct 04, 2019
- Length: 24:08
The (Real) Science of Frankenstein
- Added: Jun 13, 2018
- Length: 02:00
Philosophy professor Christopher James Preston discusses his book, "The Synthetic Age Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineeri...
Bought by Prairie Public, KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: May 08, 2018
- Length: 28:52
- Purchases: 5
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.
- Added: Jan 19, 2015
- Length: 05:00
100-second module, from our readings for May. An early computer composed classical music!
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 25, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
The team behind the new app Poems by Heart discuss how they combine gaming with classic poetry. [28:20]
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 28:20
- Purchases: 1
“Starship Century—Toward the Grandest Horizon” is the new collection of fact and fiction assembled by Gregory and James Benford. The brothers are ...
Bought by KSKQ, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WESM 91.3 FM
- Added: Oct 01, 2013
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 3
Publishing women talk tech, sexism and the future.
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 43:51
Library expert Matthew Battles asks David Weinberger, "When the smartest person in the room is the room, how do we design the room?"
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 26:55
Nick Bilton, The New York Times BITS blog's lead technology writer, talks about his book, "I Live in the Future & Here's How It Works."
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 41:07
Who would have thought that Borders, the corporate bookselling behemoth that had stores in practically every mini mall across America, would now be...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 05:44
Jesse Cohen discussed the best American science writing in 2010.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT
- Added: Oct 14, 2010
- Length: 25:23
- Purchases: 2
What is the importance forgetting has played throughout human history? What will be the effects on society, relationships and humanity now that so...
- Added: Jan 12, 2010
- Length: 58:02
Modern life has become a constant stream of electronic devices demanding our attention. What are the consequences when we choose e-mail, Blackberri...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 29:01
The message of Fahrenheit 451 in the age of DVD and electronic books: We run the risk that the literary and intellectual canon of the coming centur...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 03:34
Robert Harris's novel Pompeii does an incredible job of teaching about Roman Civil engineering and waterworks, although make no mistake, this alway...
- Added: Nov 02, 2009
- Length: 02:44
