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Not just a murderer, folks, as automotive engineers and technologists know.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Discussing this scale to measure average kinetic energy of matter.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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How is an autogyro different from a helicopter?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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All hail and all fear the magic smoke!

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
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SWE wants to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders," among other goals.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
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An introduction to this series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

Bought by WETD and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 2
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The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 13:54
Caption: "In the metal community, there's a fascination with the tangible aspect of things," says Albert Mudrian, editor of metal magazine Decibel., Credit: Bruno Guerreiro /Courtesy of Decibel
In the digital era, brick-and-mortar record stores' stock in trade has increasingly become vinyl sales. But within that niche of an increasingly fr...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jamayah Parrish conducting an interview outside the WUNC Studios in Durham, Credit: Carol Jackson
Jamayah Parrish is a rising senior at Northern High School in Durham. As a part of WUNC's Youth Radio Project, she reports on teens who have found...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paolo Feraboli and a Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 made with carbon fiber from his lab at the University of Washington., Credit: Paul Kane
"Car on, radio off, and paddle shift ready to go, okay, lets go!"

  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 15:43
Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Molly Herron discusses New Music For New Instruments; Molly Thompson talks about her program featuring music from her song cycles at Spectrum.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:17:04
Caption: Tom Coates in his tweeting house., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
In the Oscar-nominated film "Her," director Spike Jonze imagines a world where computers are so human-like they have their own feelings. Whether th...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
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One could argue that the introduction of the modern typewriter just a tad over 110 years ago did more to change the way that humans communicate tha...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:19
Caption: On board the Facebook bus, Credit: Kristina Loring
Real talk: I’m not the biggest fan of San Francisco public transportation. So when I first heard of the alternative transportation network of priva...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: Ironworkers on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. Matthew Cochran is fourth from left., Credit: Matthew Cochran
The first thing you should know about ironworkers is that they don’t make things out of iron, like horseshoes. They’re builders. Ironworkers from L...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:30
Caption: The Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion, Credit: Source Audio
The MEEP! Show reviews gear from Source Audio.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
Caption: Meredith Axelrod
Singer and early vocal recordings champion Meredith Axelrod chats about the vocalists who pioneered recorded sound technologies in the early twenti...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
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This week on Into It, Andrew Bales takes a look at a lesser known insect with an unusual talent.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gordon's pez: an image of tensor glyphs baffles a spouse., Credit: Courtesy of Gordon Kindlmann
Some tough science threatens an otherwise happy marriage, and some gifted students try to unravel relativity.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Put away the family jewels... Bejeweled 2 for the PS3 PSN gives us an excuse to broach the subject of Gemology :D

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Mar 15, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Liam Computes, Credit: Andrew Walsh
Liam McLeod is a typical 4-year-old: He can't tie his shoes, but he can use a computer better than some adults.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2009
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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An exploration into why one of America's most respected art institutions decided to challenge visitors to re-think thei way they perceive art.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1