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Exotic States Materialize With Supercomputers
From: Jorge Salazar
Series: Science and Supercomputers Podcasts
Caption: Exotic state of matter known as quantum spin Hall effect shown here by red crossing lines that traverse the band gap of the discovered material and conduct electricity only at its edges., Credit: Credit: Qian et. al.
Materials with novel electrical properties discovered using XSEDE computational resources Stampede and Lonestar supercomputers of TACC.

Bought by Radio Newark and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 2
In an old church, the Internet Archive stores our digital history
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The Internet Archive, San Francisco., Credit: Under CC license from Flickr user Beatrice Murch
In San Francisco’s Richmond District, where Geary Boulevard meets Park Presidio, there stands a bright, white, defunct Christian Science church. Th...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with cardiologist, genomics and telemedicine expert Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scrip...

Bought by WJCU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton Health Economist
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with renowned Princeton Health Economist Dr. Uwe Reinhardt about the rollout of the Affor...

Bought by WJCU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Esther Dyson, Founder of HICCup
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with angel investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, cosmonaut and founder of numerous tech...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:58
  • Purchases: 1
Open Access: Generation Open
From: Fred Rascoe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Early career academic faculty members from research institutions talk about their experiences with making their research open to the public.

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 52:38
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Tejal Gandhi, CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Tejal Gandhi, President and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation and th...

Bought by WRIR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Eric Viire, Medical Director, XPrize Competition
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Eric Viire, Medical and Technical Director of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE Comp...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San Francisco’s last remaining bookbinders
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Stepping inside the Taurus Bookbindery is kind of like stepping back in time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Local Muslims look to the sky - and their smartphones - to know when to fast
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: East Bay Muslims pray atop a UC Berkeley hill, Credit: Hana Baba
About 20 Muslim families are gathered on a hilltop outside the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, just after sunset. A water fountain bubbles, w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
Women in STEM: Marine Mammal Center combines science with animal welfare
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Northern elephant seal weaners return to the wild after rehabilitation at The Marine Mammal Center, Credit: Mike Adaskveg
Women are underrepresented in a lot of scientific fields, but there’s one branch of biological science that bucks the trend: veterinary science. Wo...

Bought by KZYX, XRAY.fm, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 3
The Fog Harvester
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: John Lovell checking his fog harvest, Credit: Leila Day
Lovell is a fog harvester. He’s obsessed with the fog, and the water resources that are floating right over our heads. He points at a little white ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Berkeley drafts cell phone health warnings
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Do you hold your cell phone against your ear? Your user manual probably warns against it. Bret Bocook knew how to use a cell phone. So he didn’t b...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Martin Kohn, Chief Scientific Officer of Jointly Health
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Martin Kohn, Chief Medical Scientist for Jointly Health, and recent Chief Medica...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 2
Zero waste in San Francisco is a 2020 vision
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.” Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Who’s using San Francisco WiFi?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The map shows both active and planned wireless service. Currently, only the Free Wifi Service on Market Street is a supported service. , Credit: City of San Francisco
At the corner of Sanchez and Market, Jason Dorn pulls out an iPhone. He’s at one end point of the access area for San Francisco Free WiFi, a free w...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:30
Programming bootcamps: will they shake up the industry?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Dev Bootcamp class, Credit: Rachel Wong
Around 20 students are standing in a circle in a big open office space. There are both men and women, mostly in their 20s or 30s. One-by-one, they...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:15
Oakland Wiki puts 'community brain' online
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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When you’re trying to figure out a piece of information online, your search will typically bring you to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia about pr...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 10:56
Robin Guenther, FAIA, Sustainable Healthcare Design Expert
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week on Conversations on Health Care, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Robin Guenther, FAIA, Principal at the global archit...

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Russell Branzell, President and CEO of the College of Health Information Management Executives
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Russell Branzell, President and CEO of the College of Health Information Management ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Maryland Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene for the State of Maryl...

Bought by WEZU and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Asteroid miners prepare to harvest outer space
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn
It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 4
Rushdie Explains India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The Twitter account "RushdieExplainsIndia" has attracted 130,000 followers in a very short time. However it isn't owned by Salman Rushdie, but by R...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Still Rooted in Potatoes
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In Aroostook County, life still revolves around the potato harvest even though few family potato farms are left.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:16
Dr. Erica Frank, CEO of NextGenU.org
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Erica Frank the Canada Research Chair in Preventive Medicine and Population Heal...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2