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Season 1, Episode 5 - 'Community & Technology' feat Madelaine Ley
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Madelaine Ley delves into the philosophy of ethics in technology.

Bought by KSTK, WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 4
Wind Energy Part 2
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Environmental Voices
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Pros and Cons

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 08:18
When those who drown cannot be found, they call Bruce’s Legacy
From: Brian Bahouth
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On January 1, 2016, Ryan Osberg and Bob Glennon went fishing on Pyramid Lake but did not return. Officials found their vehicle by the shore, and th...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2020
  • Length: 19:46
World Human Powered Speed Challenge tests the limits of design and performance in Battle Mountain, Nevada for the 20th year
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Just outside Battle Mountain, Nevada, there is a perfectly straight, flat, 5-mile section of State Route 305 that has been specially resurfaced to ...

Bought by Radio Newark and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 13:06
  • Purchases: 2
AMOS 18.168: Bad Grades and Biological Clocks, 8/22/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Bad Grades and Biological Clocks

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Arthur Firstenberg - The Invisible Rainbow
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Arthur Firstenberg, author of The Invisible Rainbow - A History of Electricity and Life. Mr. Firstenberg is the found...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Meg Leta Jones: Ctrl + Z, The Right To Be Forgotten
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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Technology and Communications expert Meg Leta Jones discusses her new book, Ctrl + Z The Right to Be Forgotten which looks at the international deb...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
Curious -- Groks Science Show 2016-04-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We are all born curious and a healthy sense of curiosity can benefit a person in many ways. However, modern technology threatens human curiosity. T...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 22:55
  • Purchases: 3
First Bite -- Groks Science Show 2016-02-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Bee Wilson discusses how we learn to eat and whether we can change our approach to food.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KPIP-LP, WYAP, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 30:48
  • Purchases: 5
A Beautiful Question -- Groks Science Show 2015-07-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Frank Wilczek discussed the concept of beauty in physics.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 32:13
  • Purchases: 2
The Quantum Moment -- Groks Science Show 2015-01-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Robert Crease discusses how terms from quantum mechanics have found their way into everyday discourse.

Bought by KPVL and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 32:16
  • Purchases: 2
The SpaceShipTwo and Antares Disasters: Special Coverage With John Logsdon
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: First powered flight of SpaceShipTwo, Credit: Virgin Galactic
It was a terrible, tragic week for commercial space development. Historian and space policy analyst John Logsdon helps up understand the greater m...

Bought by KMUD, WYAP, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
One Nation Under Surveillance
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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It’s the artists — from Orwell of Nineteen Eighty-Four, to Philip Dick and Margaret Atwood, to Trevor Paglen and Banksy — who raise the big questio...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
To The Stars
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Maglev - Hi-speed transportation
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In May 1975, Popular Mechanics published an article called “Cities In The Sky”, about plans for space colonies by 1995. Flash forward forty years a...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
32: 52 Hz (Extended cut)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: Pinball the Humpback whale, Credit: Craig Shank
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
216: Underwater Observation
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Sea Orbiter, Credit: http://seaorbiter.com/home/
Advances in technology bring us new, visionary underwater devices to record and transmit observational data. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
FCC Calls for Cell Phone Safety Review
From: Colorado News Connection
Caption: PRX default Piece image
DENVER - It's supposed to be the first review of cell-phone safety standards in 15 years by the FCC, but some people say the planned review does no...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:45
The Broad Experience, episode three - women in tech
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode three, we ask why so few women work...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Broad Experience, episode one
From: Ashley Milne-Tyte
Series: The Broad Experience
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode one: why we need a show like this, ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Provides Clues for Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Water Pollution Cleanup
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bale House
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Have Skills; Will Barter
From: Stephanie Hughes
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Want to learn French, or maybe how to compost, but don’t have the cash to take classes? A group of artists in New York is working to create a syst...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUT, and WILL


  • Added: Apr 25, 2010
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 4
Underground Power
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
The Great Firewall of China
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a bl...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30