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De-Extinction Show
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: De-Extinction Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Maybe goodbye isn’t forever. Get ready to mingle with mammoths and gaze upon a ground sloth. Scientists want to give some animals a round-trip ti...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc. Station Account and WRGY


  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Eye Spy
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Eye Spy, Credit: Seth Shostak
Who’s watching you? Could be anyone, really. Social media sites, webcams, CCTV cameras and smartphones have made keeping tabs on you as easy as t...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KKWE Niijii Radio, KREV-LP, WRGY, and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
64 - Eileen asks, "How can I find out where a website is hosted and who the owner is?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Eileen's phone number is listed on a website for an organization she has nothing to do with. How can she find out who owns the site so she can ask ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WYAP, and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4
63 - Norman asks, "How can I accept credit card payments using my smartphone?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Norman is a small business owner wondering how he can take mobile credit card payments. Ray and Tom have the answers in this week's Ask Deemable Tech.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
62 - Frank asks, "Are scam artists calling me?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Frank keeps getting phone calls from someone claiming to be from Microsoft. Could he be the target of scam artists? Ray and Tom have the answers in...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Her: The Sequel
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Smart technology may advance, but poor customer service and exploitative contracts stay same.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
61 - Angie asks, "What is Twitter, and why should I use it?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Should you start using Twitter? What are the basics? Ray and Tom have the answers in this week's Ask Deemable Tech.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WCWP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Skeptic Check: About Face
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: About Face, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans are pattern seeking animals – and the silhouette of Elvis appears in our burrito. Does that mean The King is speaking to us through TexMex?...

Bought by KSKQ, RadioFreePalmer, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WYAP, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
60 - Trent asks, "How do I wipe my smartphone?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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How can you make sure your person information is off of your smartphone before you trade it in or give it to someone? Ray and Tom have the answers ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Deep Time
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Deep Time, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think back, way back. Beyond last week to what was happening on Earth 100 million years ago or earlier. It’s hard to fathom such enormous stretch...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KVSC, WRIR, KFOK-LPFM, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
59 - Hector asks, "Do I have to eject USB drives?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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What does it mean when a USB drive is "busy" when you try to eject it? Ray and Tom have the answers in this week's Ask Deemable Tech.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WTIP, and WCWP


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4
Time for a Map
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Time for a Map, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s hard to get lost these days. GPS pinpoints your location to within a few feet. Discover how our need to get from A to B holds clues about wh...

Bought by WRGY, KFOK-LPFM, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 30, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Deemable Tech - June 2014 Special
From: WJCT
Series: Deemable Tech
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Join tech wizards Ray Hollister and Tom Braun as they answer your questions about computers, smartphones and the Internet. They'll also talk about ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 52:00
Busey Kindle
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Buy Amazon’s new “print books”—if Gary Busey says they’re innovative, then it must be true . . .

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:21
The Human Voice
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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In this week's show, a parakeet, a Spanish-language learner, and a professor help make the human voice weird again.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 58:40
  • Purchases: 3
Datafying
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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This week on State of the Human, an 18th century historian, a poet, a computer scientist, a composer, and a mysterious future being confront data.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
What Do You Make Of It?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: What Do You Make Of It?, Credit: Seth Shostak
You are surrounded by products, and most of them are factory-made. Yet there was a time when building things yourself was commonplace. Participan...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Final TEDition
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Love obfuscating jargon, government surveillance, and veneration of the ultra-rich elite? Then welcome to the Final Edition’s TED conference.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
58 - Amanda asks, "How can I restrict in-app purchases on my iPad?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Amanda wants to keep her kids from making purchases while they're playing games on the family's iPad. Ray and Tom have advice about setting restric...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WCWP


  • Added: Jun 11, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show #70, Tan Lin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a fascinating conversation with poet, Tan Lin. He expands poetry’s palette to include data, video, films, hashtags; our newest observab...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
A New Hope for Life in Space
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: A New Hope for Life in Space, Credit: Seth Shostak
A flurry of recent discoveries has shifted the odds of finding alien life: a planet the same size and temperature as Earth, the possibility of tens...

Bought by WRIR and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
57 - Clare asks, "How can I have both a Mac and a PC?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: With the help of a program that comes with your Mac, you too can have the best of both worlds.
Have you need to have both a PC and Mac but didn't want to buy two different computers? Ray and Tom have some advice for setting up a dual book com...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Therapy
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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How many Twitter followers will it take to get this guy out of therapy?

  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Say La Vie
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Say La Vie, Credit: Seth Shostak
Researchers discover life in a subglacial Antarctic lake. James Cameron takes the first solo dive to the deepest, darkest part of the ocean.

Bought by KSKQ, WRIR, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
56 - Glen asks, "How do I set up a Wi-Fi network?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Are you thinking about setting up a wireless network for your home? Ray and Tom have a few tips for you in this week's Ask Deemable Tech.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WTIP, and WCWP


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4

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