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Steel is the signature material of the Industrial Revolution. It’s also an essential component of the wind turbines, electric cars, and climate-fri...
Bought by KSKQ
- Added: Apr 20, 2022
- Length: 44:52
- Purchases: 1
We sip lattes in a robot café and contemplate the future of work. Our mechanical barista is just a start as robots and A.I. train to do a variety o...
Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more
- Added: Jan 28, 2019
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 9
If we were on a ship at sea, and learned of the impending tsunami, we’d do everything we could to prepare for the collision.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 03, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
World fisheries are in crisis, with many species pushed to the edge of extinction. The current system is a recipe for disaster: demand is up; exter...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 05:25
This is the first in a series of podcasts in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org to explore behavioral science in the workplace. In this installm...
- Added: Apr 13, 2015
- Length: 25:59
There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...
- Added: Mar 06, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 5
What exactly is a dream job? Is it one that pays a lot of money? One where you don’t have to do much work? Is it one that makes you famous? …Or, is...
- Added: Sep 25, 2014
- Length: 04:58
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India. Join Food...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Sep 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The surprising history of a true cultural icon: the barber pole.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 11, 2012
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 1
Neurosurgeon Lee Buono and his eighth grade science teacher, Al Siedlecki, remember reconnecting after more than 15 years.
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 01:52
- Purchases: 2
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