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Wells to Wheels: Can shale gas power cars?

From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age

Caption: Making way for the Marcellus, Credit: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front

We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...

Added: Dec 22, 2011
Length: 06:57

99% Invisible #30- The Blue Yarn

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Better (and less expensive) cancer treatment started with a sensei and ball of blue yarn...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 10:20
Purchases: 11

99% Invisible #37- The Steering Wheel (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:29
Purchases: 16

99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 12

99% Invisible #33- A Cheer for Samuel Plimsoll (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

This simple graphic design has saved thousands of lives.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 17

99% Invisible #23- You Are Listening To (Standard 4:30 Version Only)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

When open-source data becomes a thing of beauty.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 13

99% Invisible #21- BLDGBLOG On Sound (Standard 4:30 Version Only)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The word of the day is: archaeoacoustics.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 12

99% Invisible #18- Check Cashing Stores (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

One could argue that check cashing stores do a lot of things that are just plain wrong. But given so many people use them, what are they doing right?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 14

99% Invisible #15- Sounds of the Artificial World (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 14

99% Invisible #10- 99% Sound and Feel (Standard 4:30 version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Even though he was deaf, Beethoven wrote some of the greatest works of music of all time. So when Chris Downey started losing his sight, he didn't...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:29
Purchases: 15

99% Invisible #19- Liberation Squares (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Tompkins, Tiananmen, Tahrir...why do revolutions always start in public squares?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 15

Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future

From: Spectrum Radio

Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZYX, KISU, WNYC, KZYX and more

Added: Mar 24, 2011
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 9

Engineers of the New Millennium: The Water Energy Crunch A Powerful Puzzle

From: Spectrum Radio

The Water-Energy Crunch is a clash of essential needs. Humans are thirsty creatures who need water to drink and bathe, but also to produce most for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, 90.5 WESA and more