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One woman's heartbreaking story of her husband's brain cancer diagnosis, and why cell phone manufacturers warn users never to hold the phone agains...
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 28:17
- Purchases: 2
Managing Director of Aspen Digital at the Aspen Institute, Ryan Merkley briefly discusses a report on mis- and disinformation released in November,...
- Added: Jun 21, 2022
- Length: 07:41
Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 25:04
- Purchases: 1
Insurers who raise health care premiums, systematically deflect accountability for increases as necessary to cover rising health care costs. Deduc...
- Added: Nov 02, 2018
- Length: 07:48
A musical tribute to "My Funny I.T. Guy" . Blackberry phones - like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had- used to be considered difficult...
- Added: Jul 08, 2016
- Length: 02:08
Earning your degree is a milestone in life, but it's just the beginning of a whole new set of concerns, especially when it comes to money.
Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and KUPR low power FM
- Added: Jun 21, 2016
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 2
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
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
Episode 110:
Given the exciting development of the FCC opening comment on petitions from Wilson, NC and Chattanooga, TN to restore local authority ...
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 24:41
Episode 59:
Chattanooga's EPB Fiber is the highest profile community network in the U.S. It was the first network in the nation to offer a symmetri...
- Added: Sep 02, 2015
- Length: 24:59
The Better Business bureau has a cool new feature on their website – an interactive map that shows what scams have been reported from where…all ove...
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Episode 63:
Jim Baller is back again for the second show in our series on the history of municipal broadband networks. He is the President of the ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 17:39
Episode 120:
Lisa Gonzalez and I have been wading though all kinds of crazy talk since the cities of Wilson and Chattanooga filed petitions with th...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 16:12
Episode 72: We are back with the fourth volume of our responding to "Crazy Talk" theme on the Community Broadband Bits podcast. The source of this ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 24:06
Episode 62:
Lisa Gonzalez and I are back with another back and forth reaction to some of the crazy claims made by opponents of community owned Inte...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 19:52
Episode 55:
Following up on our first "Responding to Crazy Talk" episode last month, we decided to publish a second edition this week. Again, Lisa...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 21:11
Episode 50:
For our 50th episode, we're trying something new: Lisa and I respond to three common claims made by opponents of community owned networ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 12:40
Episode 18:
Dewayne Hendricks is a serial entrepreneur, innovator, and wireless expert. Wired magazine labeled him a broadband cowboy back in 2001...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 26:34
Episode 83:
When we think about the threat of monopoly, we almost always focus on how monopolies can raise prices beyond what is reasonable. But th...
- Added: Jul 29, 2015
- Length: 19:42
Episode 91:
Lisa Gonzalez and I, Christopher Mitchell, are back in studio for a short conversation about the implications of a municipal network or...
- Added: Jul 29, 2015
- Length: 13:15
Bad news and good - a headsup on a new wrinkle in the email spam game, a look at some of the current cons, and a couple of examples to prove that s...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 04:00
Popular models of innovation (including buzzwords such as "creative destruction" or "disruptive innovation") prize getting rid of anything that's o...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Jul 14, 2015
- Length: 58:06
- Purchases: 1
Kevin MacDowell, manager of Monroe County Public Library's two new digital creativity centers, introduces us to Level Up, an all-ages productivity ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2015
- Length: 04:58
In Episode 19 of Behind The Thread, we go inside the 7-year energy crisis that has beleaguered Pakistan's vital textile industry and see what is be...
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 46:30
If you thought the "Heartbleed" bug was bad, get ready for Shellshock, as the Bash Bug is much, much worse. 70 percent of all computers -- includin...
- Added: Oct 09, 2014
- Length: 05:01