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Recorded during the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), being held June 2 - 6, 2017 in Chicago, Ill, the team ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:47
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In this episode of The Onco'Zine Brief, we asked Robert Z. Orlowski, MD, PhD, chairman, Ad Interim, Director of Myeloma and professor of Medicine i...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 46:17
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In this Unconventionals interview, we discuss how Whoop’s device and their strategy upends category conventions. By helping athletes perform better...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 34:47
Caption: Wally and Mary, circa 1993. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Mary Holsenbeck.
When Wally Funk was 8 years old, she jumped off the roof of her barn while wearing a Superman cape, hoping to fly. That desire never left her, and ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
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In this episode of The OncoZine Brief host Peter Hofland interviews Darrin Uecker and Richard Nuccitelli of Pulse Biosciences. The team at Pulse B...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:02
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Google isn’t a healthcare company—they don’t treat patients, fund care, or make drugs or devices. But If you want to understand where healthcare ad...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 10:43
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Organovo’s printers create human tissue that mimic the form and function of native tissue in the body — but live outside the body. This is a big de...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: :05
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A Studs Terkel "Working" interview for a smartphone society.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:52
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When Evernote came along, it re-shaped note taking by giving us a way to use technology to remember things. Many thought the application would fail...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 31:21
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It seems odd that a large corporation would launch a campaign that’s neither proprietary nor tightly controlled. So when American Express — a not-s...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 31:16
Caption: URS Corporation archaeologists excavate at a site beside I-95 in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia., Credit: Mariel Carr
Where can you find a teacup, the molar of a goat, and an arrowhead all in one place? At an urban archaeology site, that’s where.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 36:50
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode looks at how innovative new ways of making and distributing music are coming into conflict with our legal system. Some argue that copy...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Thomas Weller remembers how he got started helping strangers in need.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Join Andrea and her Grandma Phyllis for Radio Passover. While the two munch matza and bitter herbs, they'll present a selection of stories about th...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and KPIP-LP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Episode fifty-nine! Wait, I guess that was the Stratocaster ’59. Still, it’s fifty-nine-y time! This episode we speak with certified master watchma...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
Caption: Agnes Meyer-Brandis and her Moon Geese experiment, Credit: © Agnes Meyer-Brandis, VG-Bildkunst 2012
In Berlin, Cathy Byrd meets German artist Agnes Meyer-Brandis to talk about how Agnes fuses pure science and creativity to explore the zone between...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 21:57
Caption: Janet Biggs, Vanishing Point, Credit: Janet Biggs
In Tampa, FL, Cathy Byrd meets with New York-based video artist Janet Biggs to talk about how her artmaking has become an extreme sport.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:30
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Life is everywhere and we have a tough time killing it when sending our spacecraft off to Mars. However, in the lab, life is elusive. We look at th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, discusses the new science of creativity. [34:06]

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 34:07
Caption: A snapshot of Pong , Credit: Google Images
Pong introduced America to video games and now there seems to be no turning back. Is this why we don't leave our houses anymore?

Bought by Radio Catskill, KUNM, WRIR, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Sgt. Dunson is facing controversy over a video he posted to YouTube, Credit: Associated Press
From Checking in With Dunson, September 17, 2010: War News Radio speaks with Sgt. Leo Dunson about the controversy surrounding a prank he pulled on...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 06:38
Caption: An Iraqi holds up his non-functioning phone., Credit: Associated Press
From Signal Interrupted, on April 30, 2010. War News Radio reports on a new device that's interrupting communications in Iraq.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Daniel Hudon discussed cosmology for the total novice.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 25:27
  • Purchases: 2
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Archaeologist Michael Shanks talks about the history of stuff and our relationship with it.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:33
Caption: Pamlico Village, Credit: Library of Congress
Two Native American scholars explore how the Europeans' "Doctrine of Discovery" has affected American Indian nations from 1607 to today.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KZYX, KMUD, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Aspen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10