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Limits to Growth: Dennis Meadows #116 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Our computer-generated scenarios all showed this growth stopping in the early decades of the 21st century, and, I must say, looking back now, it s...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Best of 2016: Insiders vs. Outsiders in Medicine
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look back at how outsiders have influenced medicine throughout time.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:51
The Pale Red Dot: A Planet Called Proxima b
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist’s impression of planet Proxima b., Credit: European Southern Observatory
The announcement was made just days ago. Co-discoverer Michael Endl tells us about the discovery of a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting in the hab...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUD, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Could the Soviet Union Have Won the Space Race?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Scale rendering of the Soviet LK moon lander next to the US Lunar Module., Credit: Eberhard Marx
Space historian and policy expert John Logsdon joins Mat Kaplan for a fascinating conversation about how the US could have lost the race to the moo...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Michael McCarthy discusses a deadly Chicago River shipwreck
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interview Michael McCarthy about his book, "Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck that Shook America."

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:41
Interstellar Dreams: Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: “Aurora” is the latest novel from Kim Stanley Robinson, Credit: Orbit
Famed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson is back with Aurora, a cautionary tale about just how difficult interstellar travel may be. Emil...

Bought by KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 8
Zero-G With OK Go!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The carefully-planned madness and joy of OK Go’s Upside Down and Inside Out Zero-G Video Shoot, Credit: OK Go
Have you seen it? OK Go has gone where no band has gone before to make a music video. Mat talks with Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind about the hazar...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
WorldCanvass: Research to Real Life (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What does it mean to be a ‘research university?’ WorldCanvass guests answer that question from multiple perspectives on this program called “Resea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
Ancient Human Civilizations -- Groks Science Show 2016-01-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Graham Hancock presents an alternative story of civilization’s past.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 37:10
  • Purchases: 2
Where Have All the FEMA Trailers Gone?
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: FEMA trailer with bicycles. , Credit: Courtesy of Akasha Rabut
Ten years later and thousands of miles away, Hurricane Katrina lives on.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 27:58
The Shell Game of Digital Liberation
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our program today is "The Shell Game of Digital Liberation." Segment One: The Amazonization of Everything. We’ll take a look at what Jeff Bezos ha...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:44
Lawrence Goldstone and the early days of aviation
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Reader's Corner host Bob Kustra talks with Lawrence Goldstone, author of "Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, And The Battle To Control Th...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:16
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jaydee Hansen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Consumers may be surprised to learn that nanotechnology is being applied to foods and food related products without labeling, or a full safety revi...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Treating Diabetes
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Stem Cells - Self-help health care
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Diabetes has been known to doctors for thousands of years. How was it treated before the discovery of insulin? What new ways are being developed to...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Food Sleuth Radio Claire Hope Cummings Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Should we be engineering seeds and patenting genes? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview wit...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the future of...

Bought by WCNY and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Thomas Neltner Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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If the food industry adds an ingredient to our food, it has to be pre-tested and determined safe, right? Not always. Join Food Sleuth Radio host an...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Spying on Americans: Not a New Activity Part One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a two-part 1999 conversation with Mike Frost, a retired Canadian spy and author of “Spy World:  Inside the Canadian and Amer...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
Are We Catching Up With Technology?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations about new technologies and how we are interacting with them in a very human way.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Meejin Yoon.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology. [27:29]

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 27:29
Total Artificial Heart
From: With Good Reason
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A new device called the Total Artificial Heart replaces the human heart and can save the lives of patients who may have died while awaiting transpl...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
A Conversation with John Maeda
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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John Maeda is the President of Rhode Island School of Design and he's passionate about the intersection of art and technology.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 1
Looking at you looking at me: surveillance protest art
From: KALW
Caption: Former San Jose State Professor and artist Hasan Elahi, founder of “Hiding in Plain Sight”
Descendants of immigrants and refugees from countries in the Middle East and South Asia often find a hard time living in the post 9/11 United State...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: David Eagleman and 50 years in space
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

Bought by PRX Remix and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Mathematics special + Brian Cox = science squared
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: An equation graph, Credit: websters-online-dictionary.org
Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 2