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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
Computer Talk Radio (October 6th-12th, 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 6th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the computer nerd and expert, opens with the ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
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
WorldCanvass: Global Science Fiction
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:40
At the Exploratorium, there's no such thing as too much Pi
From: KALW
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The basic definition of the number pi is that it’s doesn’t have an exact value – it’s an infinite calculation. But it is possible to know the exact...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Maria Rodale Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman of Rodale, Inc., and author of “The Organic Manifesto. Maria...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Clever Apes: Breaking the fossil record
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Joseph Orgel holds his sample of T. rex tissue. , Credit: (WBEZ/Michael De Bonis)
In this installment, Gabriel Spitzer discovers how an ancient specimen might rewrite prehistory, and maybe medical books, too.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 08:25
  • 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
Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/03/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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THIRD OF NINE ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Psychology of Teen Gratitude
From: Youth Radio
Caption: Students and staff eat a Thanksgiving dinner at Youth Radio., Credit: Youth Radio
The study of gratitude is a burgeoning field within positive psychology. Across the board, results show that people who are more thankful are less ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KDNK, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 3
South Bay entrepreneur leads experiment in DIY science
From: KALW
Caption: Entrepreneur Eri Gentry left her job in finance to build a community laboratory in her garage.
A study released earlier this year showed that the U.S. is on its way to a major shortage of science talent; about 1% of American students score ab...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
StoryCorps: Frank Kovac
From: StoryCorps
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Frank Kovac talks about building the world's largest rotating-globe planetarium.

Bought by WEZU, Spokane Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
Guardian Science Weekly Podcast: Dog expert John Bradshaw discusses the science of man's best friend
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Guardian Science Weekly, Credit: guardian.co.uk
Alok Jha meets biologist John Bradshaw to discuss his new book In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our Understanding

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:48
  • Purchases: 1
Biomimicry
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Nautilus
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 3
The Emerald Ash Borer
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Agrilus planipennis , Credit: jlucier/Flickr
There have been mysterious purple boxes popping up in trees along roadsides and throughout forests. Charlie Nardozzi has some silly ideas about wha...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Allergy-Free Gardening
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Pollen Grains, Credit: John Goode
Why are more and more people suffering from allergies? Would you believe that there are more pollens in the air than ever before in history? Charl...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: There's no mistaking a hot pepper, Credit: Courtesy fRedi via Flickr
Charlie Nardozzi, expert horticulturist, talks about red hot chili peppers that range in intensity from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-nationa...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Dandelions
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidesimonetti/3841764697/, Credit: Courtesy Davide Simonetti via Flickr
Dirty little weeds or delicious salad greens? Master horticulturist, Charlie Nardozzi shares nutritional information and shines a light on dandeli...

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Why scientists love Germany
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In a specially extended show, we visit the European Space Agency's operations centre, and get a taste of some of the most exciting research being c...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 57:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: The next generation supercomputer
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: A supercomputer, Credit: NASA
How new technologies will put your laptop into hyper-drive; why Ikea is so good at getting you to buy stuff you don't need; plus, archaeological ev...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:39
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes Special
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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Over this hour, we'll bring you highlights from the show's first half-year. We’ll learn about why kids play with fire, how vibrations let us peer ...

Bought by KUT and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Curiosity and Other Riddles [30:00 AND 20:00 versions]
From: Cambridge Science Fest Crew
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Questions and answers from some of the most curious people in the world. If you could understand one thing about how the world works, what would...

Bought by KWMR, KVSC, North Country Public Radio, WMPG, KUT and more


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 30:18
  • Purchases: 9
Land for Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Things are going to the birds. Land that is. In the form of 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. that protect bird habitats.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Of Bonds and Blooms
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Gary and Barb Kirkpatrick at the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida., Credit: Lance Robson
Sometimes the ocean can be a threat to human health. Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, a wife and husband scientist team, describe what they’re doing to n...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 09:10