PRX - Pieces for Format: Special

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

22 results


Piece image
As part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybersecurity engineer Nicole Bushong shares essential cybersecurity habits and tools for keepin...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2022
  • Length: 01:42:33
Caption: Spaghetti code is an example of an anti-pattern., Credit: Pios Labs
My code is as long as here to Saturn but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern. This is Episode 104 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 07:44
Piece image
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
Piece image
In this special episode, we go microscopic to learn about viruses. We explore how they work, and we discuss our odds of defeating them. We also lea...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 49:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rendering of the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19., Credit: CDC
The South-by-Southwest education conference for 2020 is cancelled, due to emergency declarations related to COVID-19. Pius and Rachel discuss what...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2020
  • Length: 32:30
Caption: Wall of patches at Slab BBQ, including two for the 10th Mountain Division., Credit: Pios Labs
How do you “develop your practice” as a teacher and administrator? Rachel and Pius discuss this question and share their thoughts on going deeper i...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 18:29
Piece image
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
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
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
Piece image
If you can resist concentrated attack and damage, maybe you've got some engineer-level hardness. This is Episode 62 of Engineering Word Of The Day,...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Piece image
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
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
Piece image
Science is a process of determining what is reality objectively. How do we sift the subjective from the objective for understanding economic propos...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
Piece image
David Holtzman, professor and chairman of the neurology department at the Washington University School of Medicine, explores Alzheimer's disease an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Piece image
Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it? When...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:19
Piece image
“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Dr. Bradley Jolliff describes how lunar samples and orbiters provide insights into the history of Earth's closest neighbor.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 13:12
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Are you an auditory learner or a visual learner? If you answered "yes" you would be right. We use all our senses to learn and process information....

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
As human beings, we are, in fact, creatures. Like any other living organism, energy conservation is of highest priority to our vibrant being, whet...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Piece image
Even though football teams who consider themselves to be rivals often like to highlight their supposedly apparent differences, in actuality, rivals...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
Piece image
Failure is a scary word that carries a very negative connotation. “I’m a failure.” “He’s a failure.” “I don’t want to be a failure.” The word ‘...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1