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Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Shane Mishler discussed the implementation of technology in business.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Coronavirus concerns forced many universities to close their campuses this fall. The mix of fewer students on campus, canceled athletics, and onlin...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
Caption: Episode 20: Andrew Gelman & Stephen Hawkins
There’s been a lot of polarized events, responses and counter-responses over the past few months. So it seems time to step back and take a longer r...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 26:25
Caption: Monopole in Savoy, MA, Credit: James Szkobel-Wolff
The Covid-19 Pandemic has changed how we live and work in the modern era. For most, that’s meant going online. But for an estimated 150 million Ame...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 32:00
Caption: Right: U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez (NM); Right: Professor Alvaro Bedoya
What is the history of surveillance in the US? What are its implications for today's activists, immigrants, and people of color? Professor Alvaro B...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:53
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On November 8th, 2016, voters in 26 Colorado communities opted out of a restrictive state law (SB152) that prevents them from investing in their ow...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
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Free speech is not the norm, and even in a country that explicitly protects speech in its foundational documents, censorship can still creep into o...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 58:45
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North Carolina’s digital divide between urban and rural communities is increasing dangerously in a time when high quality Internet access is more i...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:22
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In an interview with Kitty and Michael Dukakis, journalist Katia Hauser explores the benefits and risks of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 10:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Episode 2: In our second podcast, we have interviewed Monica Webb with the Wired West Initiative in rural western Massachusetts. Like our first pod...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 15:41
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Episode 162: A few weeks back, we noted an excellent new report on Holyoke Municipal Light Plant in Massachusetts published by the Berkman Center f...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
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Episode 113: Though much of western Massachusetts has poor access to the Internet, the town of Leverett is in the midst of fiber build that will of...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 18:25
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Episode 65: Holyoke Gas & Electric has been connecting community anchor institutions and local businesses in Western Massachusetts with fiber netwo...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 17:25
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Episode 132: Ever since the last time Chris Mitchell spoke with Blair Levin on Episode 37, we have wanted to have him back for a friendly discussi...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 37:30
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Recent Attacks Targeting Canadian Soldiers Offer Politicians Rationale to ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The map shows both active and planned wireless service. Currently, only the Free Wifi Service on Market Street is a supported service. , Credit: City of San Francisco
At the corner of Sanchez and Market, Jason Dorn pulls out an iPhone. He’s at one end point of the access area for San Francisco Free WiFi, a free w...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:30
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When you’re trying to figure out a piece of information online, your search will typically bring you to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia about pr...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 10:56
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene for the State of Maryl...

Bought by WEZU and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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It’s the artists — from Orwell of Nineteen Eighty-Four, to Philip Dick and Margaret Atwood, to Trevor Paglen and Banksy — who raise the big questio...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Data visualization of Oakland’s budget (2012-13) created by Open Budget Oakland
It’s a Tuesday evening in Oakland’s City Hall. A group of people ranging in age from their 20s to 50s are sitting, many in front of their laptops. ...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:54
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You’re driving your car down a street and as you pass, a camera takes a photo of your license plate. Who is taking the photo and what are they doin...

Bought by KMUZ and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Kevin Counihan, Chief Executive Officer of AccessHealthCT, Connecticut's state-based...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently released a report on the growing domestic use of unmanned aircraft for surveillance. Chuck Samue...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 27:44
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Douglas Starr discussed the origins of forensic science.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 3
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The Indian government plans to give all 1.2 billion Indians a fingerprint ID. Are you in favor of a national biometric ID to prevent identity theft...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:00