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Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for July 28th-August 2nd, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting July 28th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, our nerd and friend, begins the show with the n...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for June 8th-14th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 8th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the computer nerd and show host, starts off the ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for June 8th-14th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 8th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the computer nerd and show host, starts off the ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
The Age of Ivory -- Groks Science Show 2013-07-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Kevin Uno discusses carbon, ecology, elephants, and conservation.

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


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
  • Purchases: 3
Chemistry Magic
From: With Good Reason
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In mid-May, more than 1500 high school students competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning projects included a p...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

Bought by WUFT, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, WRIR, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
In Which Curiosity Goes Gangnam Style
From: Laurence Yeung
Series: The AudioPh[i]D
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Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
International Testing in Science and Math
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Engineering Change: Why STEM matters
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Why does STEM matter, and why are women and minorities being targeted? This is the first in a series ta...

Bought by WJCT and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for November 24th-30th, 2012
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting November 24th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the stuffed nerd (Thanksgiving weekend and ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Computer Talk Radio (October 20th-26th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting October 20th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the bespectacled host, opens with the latest...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2012
  • Length: 53:59
The Field Trip Podcast: Beach Rocks
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: MIke Smith
This week we go to to the beach with Field Trip Correspondent Laura Hautala and her Science Mom. Yes, we said Science Mom. And don’t worry, it’s no...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Wetlands
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
We’re back with another installment of our “Summer Dispatches” series, this time starring Field Trip Correspondent Nicole Jones as she figures out ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (June 30th-July 6th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 30th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the bespectacled host, opens with news items l...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
An answer to the American education crisis
From: With Good Reason
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A psychologist and education specialist is finishing up a major study that looks at how teenage brains respond to mental exercises. His findings su...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Taxidermy
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
In this episode, we visit Leah Wade at San Francisco's Quiet Science Taxidermy Studio to learn about the art of making the dead live again ... sort...

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 2
Second that Emotion
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Second that Emotion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why flies in milk gross you out and other voyages through human emotion.

Bought by KSKQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Computer Talk Radio (December 3rd-9th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 3rd, 2011. Benjamin Rockwell opens with the tech and computer news of the week...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Bug Off!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bug Off!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time; stories from the frontier of epidemiology.

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Absolutely Small -- Groks Science Show 2011-08-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Michael Fayer discussed how quantum theory explains our everyday world.

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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 31:37
  • Purchases: 3
Wonderous Universe -- Groks Science Show 2011-07-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Brian Cox discussed the wonders of the universe.

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


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 3
Sound & Vision: Why Deaf People See Differently
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The secret behind Gallaudet's circular classrooms lies in something called "visual attention.", Credit: Gallaudet University
Deaf people don't see better... they see differently.

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 4
Grounded: The End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Manned Space Flight
From: KUT
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“Grounded: The End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Manned Space Flight,” is a special report from KUT News exploring mission, place and what i...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 52:25
  • Purchases: 1
Miami University's Farewell to Coal
From: Joe stampson
Caption: Miami University's Coal Plant
Miami University student Annie Srsen reports on the university's plan to eliminate coal's use on campus. Miami is currently researching other energ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1