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Caption: A Moment of Science
Bombardier Beetles: Saying "No" to a Hungry Predator

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
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Ears Adrift's MC2 Sonja Wickard interviews scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory about the advancements in body armor technology.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 08:03
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Schools have reopened in Fall 2020 amid the COVID19 pandemic, and educators are putting in overtime to make it work. Four educators speak about th...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 46:33
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Forty years after Carl Sagan’s ‘Golden Records’ began their long voyage into the depths of outer space, Eyal Gever - an Israeli high-tech-wunderkin...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 31:11
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This episode of the FEHLER podcast is an exploration of mistakes in science and their connection to art. Listen for more!

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 14:27
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A lot of the technology we associate with the modern day started on anachronistic machines. I'm not talking about mainframes, I'm talking older. To...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2020
  • Length: 48:31
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
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Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:33
  • Purchases: 1
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An experiment in living together, forever.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 23:04
Caption: Monopole in Savoy, MA, Credit: James Szkobel-Wolff
The Covid-19 Pandemic has changed how we live and work in the modern era. For most, that’s meant going online. But for an estimated 150 million Ame...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 32:00
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Los Angeles streets are the testing ground for climate resilient streets

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


  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
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It was a good living. If you can stay in business 53 years, that says a lot.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we take internet communication for granted, but for one man, complacency is not an option. Widely considered to be the inventor of the moder...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 26:22
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Microsoft's first case of piracy actually happened with their very first product.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 10:25
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In 1986 the BBC released a comprehensive survey of Britain. Burned onto two LaserDiscs, the early computer encyclopedia was a technological marvel.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 33:04
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The perfectly nice lady behind one of TV's most menacing overdubs

Bought by PRX Remix and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Computer viruses today pose a very real threat. However, it turns out that their origins are actually very non-threatening. Today, we are going to ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:11
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It’s one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It’s another thing to try to ruin that stranger’s life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:08
Caption: ASC Tim Link, Credit: Tom Howell
In this episode Tom talks to the creator of the show Constantine Soo, and room acoustic expert Tim Link of ASC.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 41:20
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He built Facebook's business model.....and then realized he was addicted to his phone.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 43:36
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And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 39:44
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Check out one of Nintendo's totally odd accessories.

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:28
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Gaming's purple boxm from 2001

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 02:28
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The original 4 player smash fest on the Nintendo 64

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 02:14
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Piece on Nintendo's 2006 console.

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 02:23