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Is Wireless Tech Making You Sick?
From: Doug Wood
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The story of Ruth Moss, her smart meter, and her fight to establish a single name for the physical symptoms of exposure to RF radiation.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Where They Built the Bomb
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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If you want to cool off in this brutal desert summer, you need to get up someplace higher, around 7,000 feet up — the high-desert plateau around Lo...

Bought by KSJE and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cornucopian Myth: William Catton #107 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“The age of growth and the age in which growth is going to be considered a good thing is coming to an end.” The late sociologist William R. Catton ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KTRL


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
What We Want More Of: Hunter Lovins #111
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Our ecosystems contribute tens of trillions of dollars to our economy every year, but – as L. Hunter Lovins notes, “At present we’re losing every m...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Rewriting Our Cultural Narrative: William Rees #105
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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How big is your ecological footprint? Probably bigger than you think. After all, out of sight, out of mind. As an originator of ecological footprin...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
WorldCanvass: Genetics and New Technologies
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of the many ways in which genetics and new technologies are changing the world we live in and challenging long-held assumptions.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:37
Green Design
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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Commentary that argues that to be environmentally friendly we want products designed so that the high value materials can be removed - reserving re...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:48
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
How much water do we use?
From: William S. Hammack
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A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Magnetic Seizure Therapy
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Powerful magnetic currents seek to replace electroshock treatments for severe depressions.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2008
  • Length: 07:48
MegaCities Series 4: Shanghai, China
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 4: Shanghai, China

  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 13:15
MegaCities Series 3: Mumbai, India
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 3: Mumbai, India

  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 12:34
MegaCities Series 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 2: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 08:57
  • Purchases: 1
MegaCities Series 1: Tokyo, Japan
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
MegaCities Series 1: Tokyo, Japan

  • Added: Jun 21, 2007
  • Length: 11:25
Smart Credit Cards
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Fingerprints on Credit Cards are becoming the new high tech signature

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Iraq Power Grid
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Spectrum Radio visits Iraq's power stations under development.

Bought by War News Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Jan 07, 2006
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Trojan Horses w/ Spyware Commmentary
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Advanced viral software & spyware seeks to profit from your computer

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
Rebuilding Iraq Interview
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Editor Interviews Army Technical Specialist

  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:53
Journey of Man, Our Migration from Africa
From: Barry Vogel
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation about human evolution with geneticist Spencer Wells, author of the book and movie, “Journey of Man, A Genetic...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2004
  • Length: 29:01