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Skeptic Check: OMG, GMO?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: OMG, GMO?, Credit: Seth Shostak
You are what you eat – the science –and the controversy - of genetically engineered foods, plus synthetic biology on Mars.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Better Mousetrap
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Better Mousetrap, Credit: Seth Shostak
How inventors get their ideas, what happens when their creations spawn entire new industries, and how the inventor of a squirt gun might just have ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KREV-LP


  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Computer Talk Radio (June 2nd-8th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 2nd, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the host with the glasses, opens with news of W...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Mass Transits
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Mass Transits, Credit: Seth Shostak
On June 5, our sister planet Venus will slowly slide across the face of the sun, the last transit of Venus until 2117; join us for a special episod...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KZYX


  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 2
To Earth and Back
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: To Earth and Back, Credit: Seth Shostak
Meet the NASA officer whose task is to keep Earth, Mars - and the entire solar system - free of hitchhiking bacteria.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
That's So Random!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: That's So Random!, Credit: Seth Shostak
We crave order in things, but we can’t iron out every chaotic crease, nor would we want to: from brain cell activity to the evolution of species, ...

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


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 4
A Conversation with Jonah Lehrer
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, discusses the new science of creativity. [34:06]

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 34:07
Early Adapters
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Early Adapters, Credit: Seth Shostak
How Homo sapiens can wield technology to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, a growing population, and the blitz of hi-tech.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Episode Five: Rebooting the Public Square
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In the finale of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott takes us into the public square, to look at how governments must re-engage with citizens.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode Four: Re-Industrializing the planet
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In Episode four of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks as how the digital revolution has changed how business are run.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode Three: Collaborative Health Care
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In part three of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the future of heath care and medicine.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode Two: Open-Source Knowledge
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In episode two of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the transformation of education and science, and the emergence of knowledge-sharing an...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode One: Turning the media inside out
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In the first installment of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the media and how the industrial-age model of mass production is giving way ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Humans Need Not Apply
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Humans Need Not Apply, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s silicon vs. carbon as intelligent, interactive machines out-perform humans in tasks beyond data-crunching – find out what jobs are left for hu...

Bought by WBWC and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 2
Second that Emotion
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Second that Emotion, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why flies in milk gross you out and other voyages through human emotion.

Bought by KSKQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Found in Space
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Found in Space, Credit: Seth Shostak
From Google to GPS – how modern mapping is reshaping our world view.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Seth's Cabinet of Wonders
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Cabinet of Wonders, Credit: Seth Shostak
A potpourri show: from Sealab … to the next Cosmos series… to software to replace scientists, you never know what you’ll find when you root around ...

Bought by KREV-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 3
Skeptic Check: Prog-Not-Stication
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Prog-Not-Stication, Credit: Seth Shostak
From psychics to the Mayan end-of-world prophesy to computer forecasts: who can divine the future?

Bought by KREV-LP and KSJD


  • Added: Mar 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Skeptic Check: Saucer's Apprentice
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Saucer's Apprentice, Credit: Seth Shostak
UFO sightings are as common as flies at a picnic, but proof of visitation is alien – find out why belief persists.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KMUN, KREV-LP, and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Aware am I?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Aware am I?, Credit: Seth Shostak
From food to sex to fine art, humans are pleasure-seekers - discover the surprising motivation behind our desires.

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (January 21st-27th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Benjamin Rockwell, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 21st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell opened with the news of the week, including Kodak...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
Wired for Thought
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Wired for Thought, Credit: Seth Shostak
A cup of coffee can leave you wired for the day, but a chip in your brain could wire you to a machine forever; the future of brain-machine interfaces.

Bought by KREV-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Electric Cars -- Groks Science Show 2011-12-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this program, Jim Motavalli discussed the new developments in the electric car.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 2
Skeptic Check: Superstition
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Superstition, Credit: Seth Shostak
From fears of Friday the 13th to shattered mirrors - find out why our brains are wired for supernatural belief.

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


  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lego My Legos! - An Educational Look at the Classic Toy
From: Mason Sand
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At one elementary school in Brookline, Massachusetts, Legos are having a big impact on S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) learning....

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:09

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