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Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #140 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Jim Fusilli 21st Century Music Finds #1
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: The War And Treaty
Long time pop and rock music critic Jim Fusilli (Wall Street Journal) introduces listeners to three 21st Century music artists that music fans migh...

Bought by WRGY, North State Public Radio, KSJE, and KUHF


  • Added: Oct 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
'Rona Ramadan
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Many Muslims fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. This year, it falls within the coronavirus pandemic and people are curious about the he...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
perovskite
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
Caption: Perovskite crystal structure., Credit: Cadmium at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2527511
Engineers, unite! Harness the power of perovskite. This is Episode 78 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:50
CRISPR
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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I like my definitions to be CRISPR and clearer. This is Episode 76 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or fu...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2019
  • Length: 04:26
Kalman filter
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Keep your data streams from going helter skelter with the help of a Kalman filter. This is Episode 70 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal s...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:01
tare
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Forget to get your tare, and you might shed a tear. This is Episode 69 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, o...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:31
enantiomer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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She thought it was very fancy of her / to separate the two enantiomers / She looked in the mirror / It couldn't be clearer / The left one was bette...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 1
corrosion
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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If you have some metal, in a pot or a kettle, on this you can trust: over time it'll rust. This is Episode 64 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an in...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
locknut
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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For those situations when you just can't let go. This is Episode 54 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or f...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Feb 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 1
WYSIWYG
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Why Would Somebody Insist We Yank Goats? That's not what WYSIWYG stands for. This is Episode 53 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
510(k)
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Submitting a 510(k) might be like saying you're qualified for college because your fraternal twin is already there. This is Episode 52 of Engineeri...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
poka-yoke
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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The delicious flavor of a 0% manufacturing defect rate can come from fresh poka-yoke. This is Episode 51 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #123: The Battle Over Your Right to Vote
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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This week on Life of the Law, our team meets IN-STUDIO with Wendy Weiser, Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NY...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 40:56
kanban
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Organize your to-do list efficiently! This is episode 44 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
operator
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not just telephone operators, folks!

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
UX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Another design buzzword? Or important field? Both?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #118: In Studio - Global Intellectual Property
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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All over the world people create. Music, art, literature. But is their creative work protected? Sure there are international copyright laws, but ar...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 38:45
Life of the Law #114: Inside San Quentin - To Be Heard
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Troy Williams and scholars Rebecca McClennan, Keramet Reiter, Ashley Rubin, and Heather Thompson drove about an hour away to San Quentin State Pris...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 48:26
Part Two: Teaching a Tribal College
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Previously on CC, we brought you Part One of “How Teaching at a Tribal College Changed My Life—Or at Least My Teaching” with Winona State Universit...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 27:05
Rarely Heard
From: George Harter
Series: A Night on the Town
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Great songs seldom heard from well-known musicals

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KAAD-LP, WVTF, and WRR


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 4
Two Guys on Your Head: Aging and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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Life is terminal. Whether we like it or not, time marches on, and as it does, we age. One of the most challenging realities for everyone to face ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
The Beat : Tammi Brown - "The Poet Robert Bly Gives His Annual Saint Valentines Day Reading To the Town of Moose Lake, Minnesota, Population 1207"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Tammy Brown is the recipient of a 2011-2012 Loft Literary Center Mentor Series Award. She writes regularly for the Minnesota Women's Press and has ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Redbricks and Weatherboards
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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I’ve lived in Melbourne’s suburban inner west for five years, walked my street of redbricks and weatherboards every day, but never stopped to liste...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
We Thought He Had a Black Heart
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Through their journey down Letaba road, Brandon, Keith, and Jameel quickly realise that appearances may not be the entire story and that there is m...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1