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On this episode of Friend Speaks My Mind, I explore Quaker's relationship with technology, from cell phones to Facebook.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 38:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Should cameras catch people who run stop signs?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
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While many of the most-told love stories are fairy tales, hers was real and it changed YOUR life.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Nothing lasts like a temporary repair

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Even if you've never heard of Grace Hopper, she changed your life.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can get answers to your questions online

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 29, 2010
  • Length: :32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A still from the 1920 film "Manhatta."
The early American experimental film "Manhatta" gets a much-needed facelift.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some of us have built our own units. You can too!

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:42
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What do you do when your computer quits?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Young people who are not distracted can do most anything.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2010
  • Length: :35
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The Day The Earth Stood Still

  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: :50
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Children without television have been known to learn how to read.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Where does Spam email come from? Why won't it stop? Why does the text read like the author was hit on the head with a baseball bat?

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Does increasing broadband only increase the volume of junk email?

  • Added: Apr 03, 2010
  • Length: :59
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
It seems like just yesterday that Dick Tracy first used his two way wrist radio.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:27
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Even crime is committed on an elementary level

  • Added: Feb 25, 2010
  • Length: :33
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A toy designer talks about what it's like to design toys for children with special needs.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 16:40
  • Purchases: 1
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‘Tis the season to buy and sell. We take a closer look at some of the current trends in retail online.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 26:10
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Are mashups the new metaphors– combining rather than comparing unlike things — as a commentary on our culture? How have mashups influenced and chan...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 23:37
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The pet in the driver's lap has been replaced by a cell phone

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
25 rats trained for a pilot medical project in Africa have identified 300 cases of early-stage TB - infections missed by lab technicians with their...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:12
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We interview Joseph Benevidez. He does something I’ve always dreamed about doing but you’ll have to listen to find out, it’s better that way. Plus,...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Yelp's iPhone App in Action, Credit: Yelp.com
Eric Singley, Yelp’s Product Manager who has been working on Yelp’s iPhone app, walks us through the augmented reality (AR) experience they’re brin...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 10:37
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Women in the ultimate Man’s World – the labs and Shuttle crew cabins of NASA in the 60s and 70s.

Bought by KUHF, Morehead State Public Radio, KRBD, WVTF, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 82
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You heard about the woman who had the wrong embryo implanted. Because a scientist made a mistake it warranted a spot on the national news.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2009
  • Length: :39