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Fire together, wire together -- Groks Science Show 2013-01-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason MacLean joined us to discuss this Hebbian plasticity and the past, present, and future of research on neuronal networks.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 4
Design professor Barry Kudrowitz talks toys, creativity, and why play matters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis chatted recently with Barry Kudrowitz, assistant professor of product design at the U of MN, just in time for the holiday toy sea...

Bought by KVSC, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 17:41
  • Purchases: 3
Avstry Trim 14 - Ransom Rideout
From: J.R. Warmkessel
Series: Aviation Trim
Caption: Ranson Rideout, Credit: J.R. Warmkessel
Ransom tells us about being sworn in by James Stewart and his early days of flying

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:17
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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; ...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: The birds and the bees (x-rated version)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Sex poster at Natural History Museum, Credit: Andy Duckworth
WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting. We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Ham the astrochimp and the LHC keeps going
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Ham at work, Credit: Nasa
It's 50 years since the first American went into space; why the Large Hadron Collider isn't going to shut down for a year as planned; and we trick ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:10
  • Purchases: 1
NPR's Scott Simon Remembers Space Shuttle Columbia
From: Feliks Banel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon recalls anchoring live breaking coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: How blogs are changing science
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Science Online, Credit: scienceonline2011.com
Recorded at Science Online 2011 in North Carolina, we take an extended look at the world of blogging and its role in modern science; plus, who is B...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 38:50
  • Purchases: 1
Exit 25-Eccentric Druid Billionaires
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:59
From Tetris to Chiptunes
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Mike D’Errico, left, and Jeremy Murphy make up the chiptunes duo The Attic Bits., Credit: Avishay Artsy
A pair of young electronic musicians put a dance-inspired spin on video game music.

Bought by Vocalo.org and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Hiller's Virtual World
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
From i-Pods to i-Phones... You-Tube to chatrooms... writer Andrew Hiller says it seems we do everything we can to avoid actual human contact these ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Curiosity and Other Riddles [30:00 AND 20:00 versions]
From: Cambridge Science Fest Crew
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Questions and answers from some of the most curious people in the world. If you could understand one thing about how the world works, what would...

Bought by KWMR, KVSC, North Country Public Radio, WMPG, KUT and more


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 30:18
  • Purchases: 9
Looking for Love
From: Angela Regas
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In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be sing...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNIN and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 6
5 minutes with the Sound Guy
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
ATMI Reporter Ana Gerber-Cavalier sat down with one of the most recognizable sound engineers in the city.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
Low Power Max
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somewhere near Portland, Maine a man -- known here as Max -- is likely be found breaking the law almost 24 hours a day... from his attic.

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Matisyahu on the World's Stage
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Matisyahu, Credit: Run4Change.com
Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jew from White Plains, New York has built personal relationships online that have propelled him all the way to the Winter Olym...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
We're Not Couch Potatoes: TV Fans Get Politically Active Online
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A fan protests in front of Fox Studios in Century City, Los Angeles., Credit: nohodamon/Flickr
When TV writers went on strike in 2007, the couch potatoes got active. We look back at the writers strike, and see how the largest political force ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Neither Fish Nor Fund Drive
From: Rebecca Sheir
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For a public radio station in rural Alaska, something smelled fishy come fund-drive time...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
Holiday Shopping for the Blind
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are all kinds of neat high tech gadgets that are practical and fun for the visually impaired. Philip Graitcer looks at some of the items avai...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 19, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Postcard from Paris: Getting from A to B
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
Public transportation in Paris has been transformed

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 1
Google Cooking, Griefer and other Neologisms - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Google Cooking is a new phrase - a neologism - born on the Internet. Listen to this short ThoughtCast program for a definition...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
How does a history major end up with a boiler operator's license? Easy.
From: Martin Connelly
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Steve Tatko explains how he ended up with a bioler operator's license.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:09
"Simon Says" Electronic Voting Machine
From: Vince Hancock
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What's inside of those electronic voting machines? Bleep bloop blop!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:56
World Solar Challenge Race
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Engineers and students design solar powered racecars to compete in international event.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 05:53