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In her new book: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate”, Naomi Klein argues that while it’s too late to stop climate change, we can ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
Even the most casual followers of energy policy have become aware of the controversy surrounding the massive expansion of fracking in this country ...
- Added: Aug 20, 2014
- Length: 30:00
An investigation into the declining numbers of bumblebees in the United Kingdom and the efforts being made by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to p...
- Added: Jul 24, 2014
- Length: 27:59
Back in 1958 Popular Science published an article about General Motor’s plan to build self-driving cars guided by electrical cables in roadways. Gi...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
The most common element in all accidents is the human element. In the quest to eliminate driver error and make our roads safer, we’ve been searchin...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Believe it or not, electric vehicles used to be more popular than gasoline engines. The first practical electric car in 1884, and for decades many ...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Imagine waiting to catch a train. You show up at the station and wait for the familiar clanking of wheels and squealing of brakes. This time, howev...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Physicists are approaching closer and closer to one of the Holy Grails of modern science: creating self-sustaining fusion reactions on Earth, and u...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
For the past fifty years physicists around the world have been trying to create a fusion power reactor, harnessing the processes deep inside of sta...
- Added: Jun 04, 2014
- Length: 02:00
It was early morning, November first, nineteen fifty-two. The scientists who had gathered on the beautiful Enewetak (A-ne-we-tak) Atoll in the Sout...
- Added: Jun 03, 2014
- Length: 02:00
By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Taking the listeners back into the early history of the universe, this introductory episode explains what fusion is, how it powers stars, and how i...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 23:05
Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This...
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 24:31
Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. The ...
- Added: Apr 16, 2014
- Length: 22:54
Is organic food worth a higher price at the check out? Chuck Benbrook, Ph.D., Washington State University, helps us do the food math. Join Food Sl...
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Local citizens have organized to help protect and support a Great Blue Heron rookery in the middle of a busy Seattle neighborhood.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 05:14
- Purchases: 1
When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...
- Added: Feb 08, 2014
- Length: 07:20
When Klaas Martens transitioned to organic farming, his neighbors at the local coffee shop bet how long it would be before he went broke. But Marte...
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Can organic farming feed the world? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with New York State...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 53:53
- Purchases: 2
Captive-bred California Condors lack role models to show them how to survive in the wild. But wildlife biologists are there to help them navigate t...
- Added: Dec 09, 2013
- Length: 01:00
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 23:53
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gue...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 26:18