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Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
From: Tradeoffs
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We explore “cascades of care” — how a doctor’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 18:18
AND Campaign, Dust, Autonomous Cars
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A campaign to keep Christian voters engaged in the political process when neither of the major parties seems like a good fit. Topic 2: Why...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR
The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
App helps track Ebola spread
From: University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism
Caption: An app designed by university researchers and students helps government officials and health workers visualize the spread of Ebola in Liberia.
Students and faculty from U.S. universities have teamed with the Liberian Ministry of Information and an American tech company to help fight Ebola....

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Sep 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 2
Asteroid miners prepare to harvest outer space
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn
It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 4
Glacier Melts
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Glaciologists use wireless sensors to research glacial ice melt due to Global Warming.

Bought by KZSC


  • Added: May 11, 2006
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum Radio August/September 2005 Program #007
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio Hour Long Technology Program (August/September 2004)

  • Added: Aug 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:55
Spectrum Radio November 2004 PILOT Program #000
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio PILOT Half Hour Long Technology Program (November 2004)

  • Added: Aug 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:56
Spectrum Radio December 2004 Program #001
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio Hour Long Technology Program (December 2004)

  • Added: Aug 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:59
Spectrum Radio January/February 2005 Program #002
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio Hour Long Technology Program (Jan/Feb 2005)

  • Added: Aug 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:52
Spectrum Radio March 2005 Program #003
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio Hour Long Technology Program (March 2005)

  • Added: Aug 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:55
Spectrum Radio July 2005 Program #006
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio Hour Long Technology Program (July 2005)

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Jul 07, 2005
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum Radio June 2005 Program #005
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Spectrum Radio Hour Long Technology Program (June 2005)

  • Added: Jul 07, 2005
  • Length: 59:50