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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 #35- Elegy for WTC (Standard 4:30 Version)

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

A building’s worth is an infinitesimal fraction of the worth a person’s life. But a building is still a living thing in a way.

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

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 10

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 #31- The Feltron Annual Report (Standard 4:30 Version)

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

Information designer Nicholas Felton has figured out how to graph the un-graphable: a year in his life.

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

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 13

99% Invisible #28- Movie Title Sequences (Standard 4:30 Version)

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

There's more to the Art of the Title than meets the eye.

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

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 13

99% Invisible #27- Bridge to the Sky (Director's Cut)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)

There are rules that dicate how high you can build. Bradford Gilbert just didn't believe in them.

Bought by KUOW and North Country Public Radio

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:44
Purchases: 2

99% Invisible #26- Chicago's Jailhouse Skyscraper (Standard 4:30 Version)

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

If you want to stand out as a skyscraper in Chicago, you've got your work cut out for you.

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: 04:30
Purchases: 11

Green Energy from Plants

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they’re trying something almost as miraculous. They want to turn sunli...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Oct 26, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Part 2, Wind and Water

From: Ross Chambless

Caption: The Stairs hydroelectric dam in Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of the oldest sources of electricity for Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless

Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Added: Sep 21, 2011
Length: 06:12

Mindy S. Lubber on Working with Companies to Address Sustainability Challenges

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business

Even though U.S. public policies are often lagging behind, pressures from shareholders and investors, greater transparency, and heightened risk awa...

Added: Jul 11, 2011
Length: 29:42

The Future of America's Electric Transportation System

From: SQRadio

Now more than just a battery that powers your car, 22 year-old engineer Hunter Wu is implementing a plan to install electric pads into the nation's...

Added: Jun 13, 2011
Length: 29:30

Robofish

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Technology inspired by nature, to help nature. That’s the case at the University of Michigan, where engineer Xiaobo Tan and zoologist Elena Litchma...

Bought by KOSU

Added: May 30, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

The New Power Suit

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. But goodbye polyester: These suits use molecular-sized ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: May 30, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Edward Glaeser on the Triumph of the City

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business

"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Apr 12, 2011
Length: 29:17
Purchases: 1

The Guardian's Science Weekly: What is 'the self'?

From: [redacted] [redacted]

Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog

We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Apr 01, 2011
Length: 34:05
Purchases: 1

Hydrogen and Egg Shells

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Mar 28, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Books vs. E-Readers

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Paper book or e-reader? Which is greener? Digital readers may save trees. But are they better environmentally overall than good ol’ book books?

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Feb 23, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Microbial Fuel Cells

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Feb 22, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

The Guardian's Science Weekly: The birds and the bees (x-rated version)

From: [redacted] [redacted]

Caption: Sex poster at Natural History Museum, Credit: Andy Duckworth

WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting. We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: Feb 13, 2011
Length: 39:24
Purchases: 1

Nature Provides Clues for Survival

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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