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Back in 1958 Popular Science published an article about General Motor’s plan to build self-driving cars guided by electrical cables in roadways. Gi...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Taking the listeners back into the early history of the universe, this introductory episode explains what fusion is, how it powers stars, and how i...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Which is the better way to “feed the world” – with organic or “conventional” agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Mel...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
“Natural” gas may sound like a clean alternative to foreign oil, but natural gas extraction utilizing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases the...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 28:00
While California is experiencing one of it’s driest seasons, the east and south are having one of the coldest and wettest. Is this climate change, ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Only a farmer can describe the boots-on-the-ground realities of raising our nation's food supply. Howard Vlieger is a farmer and crop nutrition ad...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Corporate agribusiness tells us we need genetically modified crops to produce more food to feed an ever-growing global population. But there are ho...
- Added: Jun 29, 2013
- Length: 28:00
For International Women’s Day and the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster listen again as three prominent female activists tell their stor...
Bought by WCPN
- Added: Feb 25, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Richmond, California is one of the lowest-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s also one of the most toxic. On this edition, we’ll...
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Michael Hansen, senior scientist at Consumers Union, will discuss Consumer Union’s latest report on antibiotic resistant bacteria found in supermar...
- Added: Jan 20, 2013
- Length: 28:00
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In "Eaarth, Making a Life on a Tough New Planet", author Bill McKibben analyzes the damage we've done to our terrestrial and marine environment, ou...
- Added: Oct 15, 2012
- Length: 06:22
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the surprisingly small number of corporate conglomerates that control the fishi...
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 06:31
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss China's relationship with the sea, and will explain the exchange of goods, tran...
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 05:31
Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with superbug sleuth, Maryn McKenna. An investigative journalist and author, ...
- Added: Sep 17, 2012
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss organizations and charters which affirm conservation tactics and sustainable ma...
- Added: Aug 30, 2012
- Length: 05:21
What does capitalism have to do with obesity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, as she interviews Julie Guthman, Ph.D., associate p...
- Added: Aug 20, 2012
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss our perceptions of a local problem used as the stimulus for worldwide investiga...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 05:57
Do you wonder if genetically modified crops are safe to eat? What are their effects in the environment, and why have farmers bought into biotechnol...
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 28:00
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...
- Added: Jun 12, 2012
- Length: 29:01
June 8 is World Oceans Day when we celebrate our relationship with the ocean through global connection. A recent survey conducted by The Ocean Proj...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 05:46
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews legendary food activist, author and humanitarian, Frances Moore Lappé. Ms. Lappé discusses ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 28:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look no further than New York City and the Green Infrastructure Plan as a real ...
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 06:19
40 years after the Clean Water Act became law, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed, and regulation is being framed by some as an...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
