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99% Invisible #23- You Are Listening To (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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When open-source data becomes a thing of beauty.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 13
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #21- BLDGBLOG On Sound (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The word of the day is: archaeoacoustics.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #20- Nikko Concrete Commando (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The story of the guy who etched his name in 1,000 slabs of San Francisco concrete--and the reporter who spent years tracking him down.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #18- Check Cashing Stores (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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One could argue that check cashing stores do a lot of things that are just plain wrong. But given so many people use them, what are they doing right?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #15- Sounds of the Artificial World (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #10- 99% Sound and Feel (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Even though he was deaf, Beethoven wrote some of the greatest works of music of all time. So when Chris Downey started losing his sight, he didn't...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #19- Liberation Squares (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Tompkins, Tiananmen, Tahrir...why do revolutions always start in public squares?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
Computer Talk Radio (December 16th-23rd, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 16th, 2011. Benjamin opened with the news of the week, including touching in Ca...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Computer Talk Radio (December 10th-16th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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The 2011 Holiday Season Computer Purchasing Guide from Computer Talk Radio. This annual show provides insight on what people should look for when ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Magic Bullets: Big Ideas and Big Projects (4 Part Series)
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Memorabilia from the now defunct AutoWorld in Flint
Changing Gears reporters will tackle a subject that’s long been a part of the Midwest mind frame: magic bullets. By magic bullets, we mean the big...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 1
Busting Convention With The Combustion Engine
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Johnson
Do you ever try to envision a world where all the cars are electric – quiet, clean and carbon-neutral? Sounds great, but the truth is that the shif...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (December 3rd-9th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting December 3rd, 2011. Benjamin Rockwell opens with the tech and computer news of the week...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Computer Talk Radio (November 26th-December 2nd, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting November 26th, 2011. Benjamin Rockwell opened with news regarding Chattanooga, TN's Gig...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Future Food Production: The Sky’s The Limit
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Dr. Dickson Despommier
We often hear about vertical economic growth and vertical integration in business but the idea of growing our food vertically sounds fantastical. ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Computer Talk Radio (November 19-25th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting November 19th, 2011. Benjamin opens up as always with the computer and technology news ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Rainmakers and Water Misers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kathryn Flagg
Remember when Lex Luthor designed a weather-controlling machine? Superman, of course, foiled his sinister plans…or did he? Using technology to cont...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Total Artificial Heart
From: With Good Reason
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A new device called the Total Artificial Heart replaces the human heart and can save the lives of patients who may have died while awaiting transpl...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
Bridge to Transplant
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Total Artificial Heart is one of the many wonders of modern medicine. Elliot Majerczyk has this report on a medical team pioneering a new techn...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Computer Talk Radio (November 12-18th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting November 12th, 2011. Benjamin opened with the news of the week, ranging from Adobe's mo...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Computer Talk Radio (November 5th-11th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting November 5th, 2011. Benjamin opened with the computer news from the latest week, startin...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Tapping Into Geothermal Energy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Karl Gawell
Humans have been capturing and using geothermal heat from the earth for a very long time. Geothermal energy was being used in China back in the 3rd...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
145: OTEC
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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World Ocean Radio follows the progress of all the major developing ocean-related alternative energy technologies including wind, wave, tidal, and s...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:04
Computer Talk Radio (October 29-November 4th, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting October 29th, 2011. Benjamin Rockwell opened with a number of news articles, including t...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Computer Talk Radio (October 22-28, 2011)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting October 22nd, 2011. Benjamin opened with the computer news items of the past week, incl...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 54:00

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