PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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Caption: Joel Kotkin
Population growth is causing us to rethink our urban and suburban lifestyles, and with that, redesigning cities is a new fad.

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  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Vincent Hendricks
We think that with today’s technology, we’re better informed. Therefore it follows we have more knowledge. Not so fast.

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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"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...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 12:53
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Hal Niedzviecki
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...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rise of the Robots jacket cover, Credit: Basic Books Jason Gabbert
We’re on the cusp of another revolution: A technology revolution. This one, however, is vastly different from its predecessor: The industrial revol...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Simon Anderson
We’ve all heard the stories of self-driving cars and 3D printers, but it’s the folks like futurists Simon Anderson and Jack Uldrich who make a care...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vintage Tomorrow's jacket cover, Credit: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...

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  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Growing meat without killing animals for food.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 01:56
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Tiny tornados could make a big, helpful impact.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2006
  • Length: 01:50
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What if weight gain were actually caused by a virus?

  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 01:55