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Maillard
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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The chemical reaction we smell from afar that gives satisfaction is named Maillard. This is Episode 102 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
bioreactor
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Get an engineer and a chiropractor if you're going to move that bioreactor. This is Episode 95 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2020
  • Length: 04:36
fenestration
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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To prevent your frustration have good fenestration. This is Episode 93 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 04:26
So what exactly is "indie" music, anyway?
From: Shannon Lambert
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In music, depending on who you ask, "indie" can mean a variety of different things. Residents of Northampton, Mass., give their takes on what this ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:59
gigawatt
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
quaternion
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions? This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
poll
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Let's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means? This is Episode 56 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
GNU
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Have you heard our GNU software engineering word of the day? This is Episode 55 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
azeotrope
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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And a heliotrope used to describe a flower that turns toward the sun.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
blue sky
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's customer-centered design versus blue sky design. Who will win?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
ephemerides
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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When astronomical data becomes hard to pronounce.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
viscoelasticity
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Sia's new music video for "Viscoelastic Heart" is pretty weird.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Cirque Eloize's Bartek Soroczynski
From: M. Travis DiNicola
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An interview with clown, accordion player & medal award winning unicyclist Bartek Soroczynski about his experiences while traveling with Cirque E...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 10:09