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2023-03-26 The Philosophy of Smell
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can our sense of smell tell us things that our other senses can’t?

Bought by KMUN, WNED Buffalo, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2313: The Philosophy of Smell, 3/28/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can our sense of smell tell us things that our other senses can’t?

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
A Video Game for Designing Robots, with Dan White
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Screenshot of the game RoboCo., Credit: Filament Games
Learning in robotics doesn’t have to take weeks, if you can design, build, and test a robot in hours in a video game. Dan White, CEO of Filament G...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2021
  • Length: 51:41
Teach 3D Printing, with David Seto and Michael Welch
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Two books on 3D Printing by David Seto and Michael Welch.
Kids can learn CAD for 3D printing, but teaching it doesn’t have to be a hassle. David Seto and Michael Welch wrote a set of books to make teachin...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 49:38
Legendary LEDs, with Dr. Russ Dupuis
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Dr. Russell Dupuis, Credit: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, have changed the world – and continue to do so. This energy-efficient electronics technology came from decades of ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 53:11
Listen and Learn: Making an Audio Course in Science for Kids
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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How do you make an audio-based course to teach science topics to kids? Podcast creator, teacher, and musician Marshall Escamilla explains. Marsha...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 44:13
Yale President Peter Salovey One Minute Talking About the Emotion Roadmap
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: People believe they can get better
Peter is one of the key pioneers in emotional intelligence known for the ability model of emotional intelligence. The abilities include identifying...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: :49
Teach the Geek to Speak
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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As a biomedical engineer in orthobiologics, Neil Thompson still had to do a lot of public speaking. He was a self-professed awful public speaker, ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 31:48
Q&A with a Chemical Engineer
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What does a chemical engineer do? What makes a good one? What should young people know about the field? Chemical engineer Will Mullen helps us ans...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 54:38
Helping People Change
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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How can you help someone to change? Richard Boyatzis is an expert in multiple areas including emotional intelligence. Richard and his coauthors, Me...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
Teaching Ethics
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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How do you teach ethics to engineering students? Guests Dr. Beccy Hambright and Richard Burgess talk about their experience tackling that question...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2019
  • Length: 48:02
  • Purchases: 1
Aerospace Engineering for Future Pilots
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Studying engineering might help you in your future career, especially if that future is in the Air Force. Today’s guest is a pilot who studied aer...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 25:38
Reaching the High School Girls Who Didn’t See Themselves in Tech
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Among the various STEM education organizations that have developed throughout the last several years, there is ChickTech. The local Austin chapter ...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 35:42
An Architect in the Classroom
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode pictures the underside of stairways in the Austin Central Library, photographed during the conversation., Credit: Pius Wong
What skills does a professional architect bring to high school education? Guest Kelly Foster explains, as he shares his experience as both a practi...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 48:32
Batteries Save the Day
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Installing battery in Sterling
A story of 3 towns who find that storing solar energy in giant batteries is cheaper and safer than power plants.

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


  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Science Storytelling
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Marshall Escamilla is part of a team of podcasters who create Tumble, a science podcast for kids and their families. With a background in music and...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 39:29
  • Purchases: 1
Hidden in Plain Sight: Sensory Processing Disorder
From: Benedict Carrizzo
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Documentary on a developmental affliction called "Sensory Processing Disorder."

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 24:44
Engineering 101
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What is engineering? What are the important aspects of engineering that anybody should know? Can we talk about all this without getting too deep in...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2018
  • Length: 27:36
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From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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This is not normal. This is episode 45 of a series about engineering vocabulary, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
Are All-Girls Engineering Classes Different?
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Teachers at all-girls schools might have insights on how to engage more young people – especially girls – into engineering. Several teachers at The...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2017
  • Length: 52:36
Autism in the Engineering Classroom
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode is full of origami cranes, and it is inspired by “the birds activity” from past podcast guest Ellen Browne, which Melanie describes at the end of this episode; it is also inspired by the colored puzzle pieces historically us, Credit: Pios Labs
In the big push for more engineers today, can we get them from autistic students? Research has shown that college students with autism spectrum dis...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 27, 2017
  • Length: 40:45
  • Purchases: 2
What Exists?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Quantum Mechanics seems to be at the bedrock of reality, but it’s tricky to study – because observing things in the quantum world affects them. In ...

Bought by WCNY, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
How Did the Universe Begin?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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How did the Universe start? And where is it going? The answers may help us assess whether the Cosmos has meaning and purpose. In part one, we ask: ...

Bought by WCNY, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 6
Can ESP Reveal a New Reality?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Extra-sensory perception seems like the stuff of fantasy, but should the possibility be taken seriously? In part one we ask, Can ESP Reveal a New R...

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
Can Mind Heal the Body?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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It’s common to think of Brain and Mind as two separate things that can influence each other. But is that right? And how far can such influence go? ...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, WCPN, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5