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Caption: New York City, where School That Can is based.
Casey Lamb and Roger Horton work with the nonprofit organization Schools That Can. Schools That Can aims to promote real-world learning in educati...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 52:13
Caption: The cover art for this episode comes from Gilbert Toyne’s 1925 Australian patent on the rotary clothesline., Credit: Australian Government patent system.
Like much of the world, Australian educators are increasingly embracing STEM education for younger students. Chris Perkins is one such teacher at K...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2019
  • Length: 55:37
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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
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What should you look for in your first engineering job? How do you bridge high school, college, internships, and then finally full-time work? Is c...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 40:41
Caption: Photo of the robot from Every Kid Gets a Robot., Credit: Danielle Boyer, The STEAM Connection.
What do young people think about STEM fields today? Michigan STEM educator Danielle Boyer talks about her perspective as a recent high school grad...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 36:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Distributed systems rule much of new technology today, as software programs exist across multiple computers, servers, phones, and smart devices. Ho...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 27:55
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Cybersecurity professional Nicole Bushong discusses cyber threats, data privacy, hacking, women in tech, dyslexia, and empathy, all related to her ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:47
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German and American libraries have influenced each other’s development tremendously over the last few centuries. During this time, the library has ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WNYO, KICI Iowa City, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 4
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In this age of growing internet technology and connected computers, cybersecurity engineers and computer scientists will be more critical. Softwar...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 53:19
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Days of wonder, days of rage. We're living through an information revolution as profound as any since Gutenberg and the printing press, but are we ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 07, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The educational technology company Robolink is coming out with a new robotics platform for teaching kids the fundamentals of programming artificial...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 44:17
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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
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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
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Architectural and civil engineers are using rich digital tools to simulate constructed buildings. Similar tools are also being used in digital vide...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2018
  • Length: 54:23
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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
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: Image of the robot Misty II, used with permission., Credit: Misty Robotics
Engineer Ian Bernstein talks about his startup’s newest consumer robot released by Misty Robotics: Misty II. Based on what he learned developing hi...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 34:01
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Vivian Shen and Ruby Lee want to teach kids how to program one-on-one over the internet. Vivian and Ruby are Cofounders of Juni Learning, their new...

  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 38:49
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Neuroscience research needs help from many fields, including engineering. Dr. Talia Lerner describes some of the engineering tools that she uses to...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 31:00
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Robots, role models, rap, and more all stood out at the 2017 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival. Pius highlights products, programs,...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:05
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How can we deal with data better? How can we teach kids to deal with data better? Sarah Morris from the nonprofit Nuclear Learning Network has some...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 25:06
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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
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Hear from two nonprofit organizations trying to provide girls with more education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 47:25
Caption: Dogged Pursuit of Pluto, Credit: Seth Shostak
Pluto is ready for its close up - but the near encounter during this historic flyby will last less than three minutes. Be ready for the action wit...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KREV-LP, WRGY, KSKQ, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting January 11, 2014... from the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. Benjamin Rockwell, o...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 59:00