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Supercomputer Showdown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Supercomputer Showdown, Credit: Seth Shostak
Do you have a hard-to-answer question? The Summit, Sierra, Trinity, Frontier, and Aurora supercomputers are built to tackle it. Summit tops the pet...

Bought by WCNY, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Skeptic Check: Betting on Pseudoscience
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Betting on Pseudoscience, Credit: Seth Shostak
Psychics may not be able to predict the future or sense your thoughts. Nonetheless, they rake in big bucks. But the harm from pseudoscience can go ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
For Good Measure
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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The reign of Le Grand K has come to an end. After 130 years, this hunk of French metal sitting in a vault will no longer define the kilogram. The n...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Episode 5: Lockdown blues
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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When Richard stops answering the phone and getting out of bed for Zoom meetings, daughter Kerry finds a new way to reach dad—just in time for new r...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:35
Sex Post Facto
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sex Post Facto, Credit: Seth Shostak
Birds do it, bees do it, but humans may not do it for much longer – at least not for having kids. Instead, babies will be made in the lab, with ge...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Time Travel Agents
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Time Travel Agents, Credit: Seth Shostak
Hey, let’s meet last week for coffee. Okay, we can’t meet in the past… yet. But is it only a matter of time before we time travel? Physicists have ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, WUFT, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 15
Videojuegos por una causa
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Te pasas la cuarentena jugando a videojuegos? Aprende como tú y tu ordenador podéis ayudar a los científicos a encontrar una cura para el nuevo co...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
¿Adiós a la barba?
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Son las barbas un nido de coronavirus? Antes que cojáis la cuchilla, ¡pongámoslo en contexto!

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Compras del pánico
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Qué hace que durante una pandemia se acabe el papel higiénico? Los tiempos de incertidumbre hacen tomar decisiones irracionales cuando vamos al su...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of THE COVID ZONE, a St. Cloud Collaborative Movie Making Experience
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In todays’ Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack ventures in to “The COVID ZONE!” No, The COVID ZONE i...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:48
Mascota virus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El coronavirus ha cambiado nuestras vidas haciendo que muchos teletrabajen. A medida que los gatos invaden nuestros fondos de pantalla en el Zoom, ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Metales poderosos
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Quieres protegerte de una pandemia? Aprende de la historia y comienza a trabajar con ... ¡cobre!

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Vampires Shut Down Power Plants
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: team installing water heater controllers
The refrigerator or water heater in your home can be part of the clean energy revolution.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Extraterrestrial
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, Adam and Rhett discuss the idea of life outside of the earth's atmosphere

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 12:52
Video Games
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, Adam and Rhett discuss the science of Video Games and the impact they have had on society.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 12:02
Technology Predictions
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, Adam and Rhett make predictions on the direction technology will take as we proceed into the future.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 13:09
Science Facts
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, Adam and Rhett attempt to spice up your day with some science facts that may not have crossed your mind before.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 13:07
Measurements
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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In this episode, Adam and Rhett Allain discuss the importance and vast range of measurements.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 13:27
David Rohde Part 1
From: Sarah Chang
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David Rohde, writer, investigative journalist, pulitzer prize winner, and author of the April 2020 release "In Deep" joins Bernie and Sarah to talk...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:10
YOU NEED THERAPY: James Stevenson Award Winning Comedies
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Tony Shalhoub
Featuring Tony Shalhoub ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," The Band's Visit) and Kristine Nielsen (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus), YOU NEED THERAPY...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
The X-Flies
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Insects populations are declining. But before saying “good riddance,” consider that insects are essential to many ecosystems. Find out what might ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KUAC, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 15
Creative Brains
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Creative Brains, Credit: Seth Shostak
Many animals are industrious and clever, but humans are unique in their creative and inventive impulses. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gained in Translation
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Hey, Alexa, why don’t you laugh at my jokes? Teaching a computer to recognize humor is difficult because no clear definition of humor exists. Send...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
106: Civil War Candy
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Necco Wafers and Jelly Beans were candies citizens were urged to "send to the troops" during the Civil War. Easy to transport and not likely to mel...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Tale of Lady Montagu
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Smallpox… the word sounds harmless enough, but this “speckled monster” was the scourge of Western Europe throughout the 1700s. Why did it disappear...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2

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