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Fooled Ya
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
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Marco Tempest is not your average magician. He uses robots to do magic tricks on stage -- but the real trick is in how easily he can get an audienc...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 16:56
Owning The Clouds
From: Steven Jackson
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Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 3
Ski Champion's Invention Transformed The Sport
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
The Rise and Fall and Rise and Fall of Thomas Alva Edison
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: Fugitive Waves
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Look around your daily life.  There's a little piece of Thomas Edison almost everywhere.

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 23:26
  • Purchases: 7
Viral Video's Patient Zero
From: JP Davidson
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The amazing story of the world's first viral video, and how it launched a multi-million dollar media empire.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 17:43
Voicemail Retrieval
From: Mariel Fiedler
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Me trying to retrieve a voicemail message and failing to remember the password... until I finally get it.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
A Virtual Dinner Party
From: Zak Rosen
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An exploration into why one of America's most respected art institutions decided to challenge visitors to re-think thei way they perceive art.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Nerd Ranch
From: Philip Graitcer
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It's kind of a dude ranch for nerds

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WBHM, New Hampshire Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WILL


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
RN Documentary: For the Love of Bridges
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Documentary on the love and fascination people feel about bridges.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Pimp my PC! Portrait of a LAN Party
From: Aaron Henkin
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This story answers the burning question "What's it like to hang out with a bunch of guys at a fourteen-hour video game marathon?"

Bought by WZBC, Audible, Public Radio East, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2004
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 4