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More than 30 people who spent the last three years immersed in thousands of letters written by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigai...
- Added: Dec 05, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
At the beginning of the 19th century women in the United States had an average of seven or eight children. By 1900 they had only three or four, and...
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 40:27
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
Physics professor James Buckley has spent part of his career hunting for neutralinos, a yet-undiscovered type of particle that may hold the answer ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 12:00
The current philosophy seems to be the more “friends” that we can amass on Facebook, or the more “followers” that we can attract on Twitter, the be...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 08:12
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Private investigator Ron Brown walks hosts Brian Balogh and Ed Ayers through the process of tracking people down, how technology has dramatically r...
Bought by Radio Newark, Louisville Public Media, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 06:48
- Purchases: 4
Can genes be patented? Are downloaders inhibiting musical creativity – or enhancing it? This week’s BackStory explores how Americans have viewed “i...
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 12
Humans have wanted to know tomorrow's weather for as long as there have been todays. Only in the last few centuries, however, have we begun making...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KPVL
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 30:45
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Feb 22, 2013
- Length: 01:54
- Purchases: 1
The internet through the eyes of an inhabitant of the past...
Music by my friend pq (You'll never Find us Here) and Sol Rezza on freemusicarchive.org
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 01, 2012
- Length: 02:49
- Purchases: 1
Thousands of shipwrecks lie across the world ocean floor. Along with the new technologies that reveal them to us, various controversial issues have...
- Added: Dec 07, 2011
- Length: 05:46
We remember the legacy of the Tevatron, the particle collider that was shut down in September of 2011.
Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Sep 30, 2011
- Length: 08:24
- Purchases: 2
This paradox resists a solution and inspires major advances from Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 08:50
- Purchases: 2
The early American experimental film "Manhatta" gets a much-needed facelift.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 28, 2010
- Length: 06:53
- Purchases: 1
Archaeologist Michael Shanks talks about the history of stuff and our relationship with it.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 09:33
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.
- Added: Feb 19, 2008
- Length: :18
