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Monroe County Community School Corporation Completes Tablet Tech Pilot Program
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Kacey Ross looks into the results of a new technology program at the Monroe County Community School Corporation.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:21
Science News -- Groks Science Show 2016-06-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
A live Groks Science talk show from June 15th, 2016! Various science news topics are discussed.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:52
  • Purchases: 1
JunoCam, The People’s Jupiter Camera
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter's Great Red and Great White Spots, Credit: NASA
The Juno spacecraft will enter orbit at Jupiter on July 4th. It carries a camera that will send back spectacular images from just above the swirlin...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Austin Zika Hackathon Fights Disease with Big Data
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
Caption: Austin hackers battled Zika data., Credit: TACC
More than 50 volunteer programmers gathered in Austin on May 15 to use Big Data to fight the spread of Zika.

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:50
NASA Science Leader John Grunsfeld
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld and Mat Kaplan show off their space ties., Credit: Mat Kaplan
Astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld closes our coverage of the Space Foundation’s 32nd annual Space Symposium in Colorado Spr...

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  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Is Drone Training Really Necessary For People To Become A Drone Pilot?
From: Zhiyan Zhong
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This is a story discussing the need for taking drone-flying training in order to be a drone pilot. In the story, you will hear a major drone traini...

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
Refugees Have Trouble Reporting Crimes, But This Technology Could Fix That
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
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When refugees come to a new country the language barrier that they face can be problematic. One challenge they face is being able to report crimes ...

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:20
The New Flying Technology, Air Drones, are Reshaping The World
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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The new flying technology, air drones, are turning up everywhere. They can help save people's lives, help put out fires, and record videos up in th...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 07:11
Dean Hill Photography: Shooting Local, Going Global
From: WMMT
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With the release of the United Nations report on Friday, June 3, declaring internet access as a fundamental human right, the significance of buildi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 11:37
Celebrate Yuri's Night With Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, Credit: Susan Karlin @SueKarlin
Happy Yuri’s Night! We’re partying under Space Shuttle Endeavour in the first of two shows featuring interviews from the worldwide celebration of s...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Michel Mayor, Discoverer of the First Extrasolar World
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Professor Emeritus Michel Mayor, discoverer of the first extrasolar planet, and recipient of a 2015 Kyoto Prize., Credit: UC San Diego
Michel Mayor and his team rocked the astronomy world with their 1995 announcement, but this modest man says it was a discovery whose time had come....

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 7
Dark Energy of a Million Galaxies
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
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UT Austin astronomer Steven Finkelstein eyes Wrangler supercomputer for HETDEX extragalactic survey

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 12:14
Human Origins in Fossil Data
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
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Paleoanthropologist Denne Reed of UT Austin connects fossil data of human origins

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 10:18
Ashwin Vasavada, Leader of Scientists Roving Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Ashwin Vasavada of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory became the project scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory Project in January 2015., Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The new Mars Science Laboratory Project Scientist is not new to the mission. Ashwin Vasavada has worked on the Curiosity rover since 2004. Emily L...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Connection Dangers
From: WFHB
Series: Better Beware!
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Hackers are getting into everything connected online, including Smart Watches -- and now, your car! The FBI has issued a warning about cars being h...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
Planetary Radio Live: All These Worlds
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artistic rendering of Planet 9 with the distant Sun in the background., Credit: Caltech / R. Hurt (IPAC)
Our live conversation about “Planet 9” and the amazing diversity of our solar system, featuring Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown of Caltech, Senio...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Neil Gehrels and WFIRST—A Space Telescope for the 2020s
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), Credit: NASA/GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab
NASA has given the go-ahead for creation of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope. It might help reveal the nature of dark energy and point the ...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
HERA Heroine Julielynn Wong and Printing Medical Tools in Deep Space
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Julielynn Wong and her alter ego, Dr. “J”, Credit: Jared Chambers
Julielynn Wong came directly from her 30-day long HERA IX deep space simulation to our microphone. We talk with her about the experience, and her p...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Interstellar Dreams: Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: “Aurora” is the latest novel from Kim Stanley Robinson, Credit: Orbit
Famed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson is back with Aurora, a cautionary tale about just how difficult interstellar travel may be. Emil...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 8
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: Is Apple's Refusal to Open the I-phone An Egocentric Worldview
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Today's Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks 'Since Apple claims they refuse the order to open the San Bernadino murderer's I-phone to respect the ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending March 4, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: FBI vs. Apple: What's at Stake in Encryption Fight; Battle to Protect Indi...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Exploring Saturn With Cassini
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Cassini Mission Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with the latest discoveries at the beautiful ringed planet, its moons and its rings. Emily...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Apple and The 15 Year old's Myopic World View
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The worldview of fifteen year olds is often very very small. , Credit: Susan Cook
So we now know that Apple has made the extraordinary contribution called ‘Enter the wrong password 10 times and all the data on your way-too-expens...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:07
Zero-G With OK Go!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The carefully-planned madness and joy of OK Go’s Upside Down and Inside Out Zero-G Video Shoot, Credit: OK Go
Have you seen it? OK Go has gone where no band has gone before to make a music video. Mat talks with Damian Kulash and Tim Nordwind about the hazar...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
EP 1 — The Sharing Economy?
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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In this first episode of Upstream, a radio documentary series, we look at the darker side of the "sharing economy" and explore the conditions that ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KZYX


  • Added: Feb 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:44
  • Purchases: 2

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