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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 34:51
Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 24:30
Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize money and finance. But even more than that, they symbolize how trust is changing as we increasingly rely on te...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 25:24
Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 26:51
What is the future of work? Today, all of our careers are being transformed by big data, from how we find it, to how we collaborate with others, to...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 22:15
Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 22:03
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, where he taught and conducted research for...
- Added: Oct 04, 2015
- Length: 59:37
Investigative reporter Judy Bachrach talks about her new book Glimpsing Heaven. Scientists may have underestimated green energy's potential for fi...
- Added: Jun 17, 2015
- Length: 57:53
ARM is the Asteroid Redirect Mission, and sometimes it seems that it doesn’t have a friend in the world. But it does, and Jonathan Goff of Altius S...
Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Feb 23, 2015
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 6
Several reasons are presented which individually and collectively demonstrate why Ebola should be treated as though it is airborne.
- Added: Oct 04, 2014
- Length: 04:16
The World Health Organization this week announced a horrendous fact: the number of Ebola cases in West Africa is doubling every 20 days. If this t...
- Added: Sep 24, 2014
- Length: 04:41
In this episode, Bo interviews Dr. Michael LaSala on the topic of reparative therapy—an attempt on converting primarily gay men and lesbian women t...
Bought by KFOI Radio
- Added: Jun 18, 2014
- Length: 53:24
- Purchases: 1
I don't suppose it would surprise anyone to find out the Cultural Curmudgeon is an insomniac. When a person takes on the troubles of the world, the...
- Added: Apr 06, 2014
- Length: 02:29
Are you an auditory learner or a visual learner? If you answered "yes" you would be right. We use all our senses to learn and process information....
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Robert Duke explain more about the ways advertising works, and why it’s important to understand the madness behind the “Mad...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
Bobby speaks with, author and independent health researcher, Matt Stone about his contrarian views in regards to many fad diets and his new book, "...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 41:40
In "Eaarth, Making a Life on a Tough New Planet", author Bill McKibben analyzes the damage we've done to our terrestrial and marine environment, ou...
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 06:22
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that scientists and organizations should advocate through responsible research ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2012
- Length: 05:34
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that we must move beyond the narrow perception of the ocean as a natural system...
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 05:38
June 8 is World Oceans Day when we celebrate our relationship with the ocean through global connection. A recent survey conducted by The Ocean Proj...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 05:46
The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to destroy the program that has enabled the recovery of six endangered species through a successf...
- Added: May 21, 2012
- Length: 05:25
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look no further than New York City and the Green Infrastructure Plan as a real ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 06:19
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss these places of development, industry, and manufacturing and will argue that we...
- Added: Mar 26, 2012
- Length: 06:18
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the invisible impacts of our actions, will argue against the exploitation of Na...
- Added: Feb 06, 2012
- Length: 05:13
We often think of the ocean as a place apart, but it is not so. The ocean is as threatened by exhaustion as the land around us. As population incre...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 1
