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Ode To A Pencil
From: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
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This is an update of a piece originally posted in 2011.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:54
It Came from R&D!
From: San Francisco Mime Troupe
Series: Tales of the Resistance
Caption: Cover art, Credit: Lawton Lovely
Greg seemed to everyone like a mild mannered software developer. No one could predict that his invention could either save democracy, or lock the c...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
sontimeter / centimeter
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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If your client calls a centimeter a "sontimeter," I'll assume they're medical and you've got a leader. This is Episode 82 of Engineering Word Of T...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:10
51: Backpack vs Parachute
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Jumping out of an airplane without a parachute?! We explore a study that explains how sometimes, if you look at the data in just the right way, bac...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
SWE
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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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
2016 IgNobel prizes awarded
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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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
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing "Tell Us Something Meaningless That Nobody Knows About You."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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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
Hitchhiking a Tech Shuttle
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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
There's No Miss Manners for the iPhone
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Colin McEnroe Show: Fresh Voices
Caption: iPhone, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, Gonzalo Baeza Hernández
Essayist Tracy Wu explains why we need an Emily Post for the digital age ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Binary Boys Review Bejeweled 2
From: Doug MacRostie
Series: The Binary Boys Legendary Video Game Review
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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
The Big Nerd Ranch
From: Philip Graitcer
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It's kind of a dude ranch for nerds

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10