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Science deniers and attacks on science are more prevalent today. Interestingly, America leads the world in the sheer number of people who have cont...
- Added: May 03, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
America is set to lose tens of millions of job in the next 15 years. Some of the best research today estimates that one half of all U.S. jobs will ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Twenty-five years before Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster occurred in the Soviet Union.
- Added: Jul 20, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Artificial Intelligence will drastically change our lives. The technology is expected to advance cyber security, finance, energy, military applicat...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 04, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Very few realize the significance of Virtual Reality. Yet, VR will change how we work, how we experience entertainment, how we feel emotions, and h...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Population growth is causing us to rethink our urban and suburban lifestyles, and with that, redesigning cities is a new fad.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
According to a 2016 report by Business Insider magazine, three of the world’s largest employers are now replacing their workers with robots.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The world of technology is male driven. Very few women are represented in leadership roles. For decades now, there’s been a major gender diversity ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 06, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
If we were on a ship at sea, and learned of the impending tsunami, we’d do everything we could to prepare for the collision.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 03, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We think that with today’s technology, we’re better informed. Therefore it follows we have more knowledge. Not so fast.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 27, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
With all the digital text trails we're creating these days, what can we learn about our inner psychology, mental health, and well-being?
- Added: Apr 15, 2016
- Length: 28:32
- Purchases: 2
What happens to our data when we die?
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 27:21
How do you get your news – and how do you think your news gets to you? The pathway of information flow involves layers of decisions that in many wa...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 35:48
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
Elections and political messaging are changing in the new media landscape. Campaigns are using big data to target voters with better precision, and...
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 32:12
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
"That’s inevitable that humans would project their hopes and fears upon the cosmos" - Carl Sagan on October 4, 1985, as told to Studs Terkel. The p...
Bought by KZYX, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Apr 14, 2016
- Length: 12:53
- Purchases: 6
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 23, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We are surrounded by chemicals every day. They’re in our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronics, and even our children’s toys.
Bought by KVSC, KCBX, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
We’re on the cusp of another revolution: A technology revolution.
This one, however, is vastly different from its predecessor: The industrial revol...
- Added: Oct 07, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
