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Oceans of Energy
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Tapping Earth’s largest source of clean energy -- its oceans. Ocean waves, tides and heat. A massive resource. Then, there’s salt gradient energy. ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 53:57
Earth Parallels -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Carroll discussed his book, Planet Earth, Past and Present.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Cell Phones and Brain Cancer with Ellen Marks
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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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...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 2
Sugar Unglued -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Richard Jacoby discussed his book, Un-Glued.

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


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Medical Art -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Allen Sussman discussed his book, Saving the Art of Medicine,

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ransomware Attacks: Bad for Hospitals, Deadly for Patients
From: Tradeoffs
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In 2021, University of Minnesota health economist Hannah Neprash listened to a Tradeoffs story on ransomware in health care and was inspired to stu...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 24:29
Techlash -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Tom Wheeler discussed his book, Techlash.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hypothesis Driven -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Alex Cowan discussed his book, Hypothesis Driven Development.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Last Island -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Adam Goodheart discussed his book, The Last Island.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
2338: Are We Living in a Simulation?, 9/19/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How would we even tell the real world from a simulated one?

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-09-17 Are We Living in a Simulation?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How would we even tell the real world from a simulated one?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Biofuel Cars -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this episode, we we explore biofuel cars.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
2337: Adorno and the Culture Industry, 9/12/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Theodor Adorno was born September 11, 1903.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
Sex Talk -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-30
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Stephen Furlich discussed his book, Sex Talk.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Artificial Intelligence -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kevin Surace discussed advances in artificial intelligence.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Should We Erase Bad Memories?
From: Open to Debate
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Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
On Disinformation -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Lee McIntyre discussed his book, On Disinformation.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
2023-08-13 Making a Better World
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can moral philosophy make us better people?

Bought by KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
2333: Making a Better World, 8/15/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can moral philosophy make us better people?

  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
ADHD Refocused -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-09
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. David Sitt discussed his book, ADHD Refocused.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Muscles -- Groks Science Show 2023-08-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Roy Meals discussed his new book, Muscle.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Subsurface granite on the Moon? The anatomy of a lunar hot spot
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Matt Siegler from the Planetary Science Institute shares his team's surprising findings about the granite formation that might lie beneath Compton-...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KVSC, RadioStPete Florida, WJCU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 12
Blockchain Reaction -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Elizabeth Varghese discussed her book, [Block]Chain Reaction.

Bought by KMXT, KDX Worldround Radio, WYAP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Is Social Media Bad For Kids' Mental Health?
From: Open to Debate
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Recently, the US Surgeon General released an advisory stating with social media, there’s a risk of harm to children and adolescents' mental health....

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
An essential ingredient for life in the oceans of Enceladus
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Chris Glein, a lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, joins Planetary Radio to talk about the discovery of phosphorus in the oceans of...

Bought by KIYU-FM, WJCU, WMUU-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KRZA and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 13

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