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Fritz Pleitgen is a journalist who covered the Stasi in East Germany during the 1980s. He explains how one lives and acts in a surveillance state.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 17, 2014
- Length: 02:28
- Purchases: 1
It’s the artists — from Orwell of Nineteen Eighty-Four, to Philip Dick and Margaret Atwood, to Trevor Paglen and Banksy — who raise the big questio...
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 1
In May 1975, Popular Mechanics published an article called “Cities In The Sky”, about plans for space colonies by 1995. Flash forward forty years a...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
You must be accountable for your actions.
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 04:10
We’re trying also to locate Aaron Swartz as a landmark in the culture and the age.
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 58:35
It’s the first high energy X-ray telescope in space, and it is providing theory-shattering data along with stunning images of some of the universe’...
Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, WOUB, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 3
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 21:58
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Jul 18, 2013
- Length: 15:17
- Purchases: 1
In California, 40% of teachers are over 50, and the number of credentials awarded to new teachers each year is shrinking, according to its Departme...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 41:32
Advances in technology bring us new, visionary underwater devices to record and transmit observational data. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, ...
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 05:20
DENVER - It's supposed to be the first review of cell-phone safety standards in 15 years by the FCC, but some people say the planned review does no...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 01:45
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode three, we ask why so few women work...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 07:56
- Purchases: 2
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode one: why we need a show like this, ...
Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 10:11
- Purchases: 1
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 34:05
- Purchases: 1
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Want to learn French, or maybe how to compost, but don’t have the cash to take classes? A group of artists in New York is working to create a syst...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUT, and WILL
- Added: Apr 25, 2010
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 4
Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Archaeologist Michael Shanks talks about the history of stuff and our relationship with it.
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 09:33
The world machine: What happened before the Big Bang? What is the WORLDMACHINE? In Switzerland deep down under the ground scientists are imitating ...
- Added: Oct 28, 2009
- Length: 29:58
Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a bl...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and ed...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:33
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
