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Cosmos: It's Big, It's Weird
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Cosmos: It's Big, It's Weird, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s all about you. And you, and you, and you and you … that is, if we live in parallel universes. Physicist Brian Greene’s case for multiverses.

Bought by KSKQ, WRGY, KBGA 89.9 FM, WRIR, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRGY, WRIR, KREV-LP, KVSC and more


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
22 - Gary asks, "How can I have strong, secure passwords?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: Protecting your usernames and passwords is as important now as locking your car. What are you doing to keep your online accounts safe?
Lately in the news it seems that all of the major sites are getting hacked and your passwords are being compromised. What should you do to keep you...

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


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Going Viral
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

Bought by WUFT, KKWE Niijii Radio, WRGY, WRIR, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Stomach This
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Stomach This, Credit: Seth Shostak
Not all conversation is appropriate for the dinner table – and that includes, strangely enough, the subject of eating. Yet, what happens during th...

Bought by WRGY, KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
21 - Alex asks, "What is The Cloud?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: What is "The Cloud?"
The Cloud is a tech term that we constantly hear in advertising, but what does it really mean? What is 'The Cloud' and how can normal users take ad...

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


  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
20 - Michelle asks, How can I lower my data usage on my iPhone?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Piece image
Smart phones put the Internet at your fingertips, allowing you to check your email and surf the web from anywhere with the power of 3G and 4G. Howe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
19 - Christine asks, "Should I change web browsers?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: So many choices!
What Internet browser do you use? There are dozens to choose from, and many offer unique features. So which one is best for you? Ray Hollister and...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
18 - Heidi asks, "What is Kickstarter?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: Kickstarter.com
Heidi wants to know what this Kickstarter thing she keeps hearing about on Facebook is. Why are people asking her for money? Ray Hollister and Tom ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
17 - Mike asks, "How do I protect my computer from these security problems with Java I keep hearing about?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: Disable Java now!
Mike has heard a lot of news recently about companies being hacked by people using security flaws in Java, but isn't sure what Java is. What does h...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program, Credit: Seth Shostak
Just remember this: Even our memories of dramatic events that seem to burn themselves directly into our brain are riddled with errors.

Bought by WRGY, WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, WNJR and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Seth's Wine Cellar
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Wine Cellar, Credit: Seth Shostak
In this potpourri show: from atomic clocks … to solar storms … to gold particles that might make gasoline obsolete … there are lots of science surp...

Bought by KSKQ, WRIR, KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
16 - Franklin asks, "How do I make my Gmail login more secure?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Piece image
What if someone hacked into your email, and stole all of your personal information? Luckily, many sites like Gmail and Facebook offer an extra laye...

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


  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Anthropocene and Heard
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Anthropocene and Heard, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why climate change and loss of biodiversity may mean goodbye to the "Holocene," and hello to a new geologic epoch, the "Age of Man."

Bought by WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
2 - Jessica asks, "How can I share an external hard drive with my whole network?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: That USB outlet is a network hard drive waiting to happen.
Jessica wants to setup her external hard drive so that she can access it from her any computer in her house through her network, but doesn't know h...

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


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 4
What is Black and White and Read All Over?
From: Deemable Tech
Caption: Hard Decision Eagle
On today's episode Tom got all the laughs, and Ray got all the crickets. There's bad jokes, good apps, bad smart phones, and an eagle going through...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 52:25
Happy Daze
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Happy Daze, Credit: Seth Shostak
Calling all pessimists – discover why your brain is wired for optimism, the evolutionary advantage of thinking positive and other research into th...

Bought by KSKQ, KCMJ Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Whodunit, Who'll Do It?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Whodunit, Who'll Do It?, Credit: Seth Shostak
The tools of forensics have moved way beyond fingerprint kits - discover why, these days, a prosecutor is as likely to wave a fMRI brain scan as a ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Deemable Duo Rises
From: Deemable Tech
Caption: Ray and Tom join forces to become The Deemable Duo!
On this week's episode of Deemable Tech, Ray and Tom join forces as the Deemable Duo to seek out people who need tech help on the dark streets of T...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:52
Whither the Weather?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Whither the Weather?, Credit: Seth Shostak
BiPiSci 110914 Whither the Weather? BiPiSci11-09-12 09/14/11 10/11/11 We all talk about the weather, and now scientists are doing something about i...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KREV-LP, WNJR, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Skeptic Check: They're Baack!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: They're Baack!, Credit: Seth Shostak
When we return: the mythos and the science of reincarnation, hibernation, and suspended animation.

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Remembers Only
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Remembers Only, Credit: Seth Shostak
Almost everything we know about memory comes from the life of one man born in 1926 and known as H.M., the world’s “most unforgettable amnesiac.”

Bought by KSKQ, KREV-LP, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 24, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Doomsday Live, Part 2
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Doomsday Live, Part 2, Credit: Seth Shostak
If there is only one show you hear about the end of the world, let it be this one. Recorded before a live audience at the Computer History Museum ...

Bought by WCPN, KREV-LP, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Doomsday Live, Part I
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Doomsday Live, Part I, Credit: Molly Bentley
If there is only one show you hear about the end of the world, let it be this one. Recorded before a live audience at the Computer History Museum ...

Bought by WCPN, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KREV-LP, and KSKQ


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
No Expiration Date
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: No Expiration Date, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why food molds, people age and plastic sticks around so gosh darn long.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1