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Deviced! Balancing Life and Technology in the Digital World
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much time we spend online. We might even ask if it really matters. The digital world is so ...

Bought by KCBX and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 08/13/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: My computer and me - Addicted to your smartphone? Just wait 'til you hear about what's coming next. Come follow us th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Persuasion Wars
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dean Hartley
We have entered a brand new era of persuasion. This is completely untested water’s. In a world of everything computer, a world where our household ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life Finds a Way
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andreas Wagner
Diversity is the product of nature’s creativity. It also turns out that creativity in nature and culture follow very similar fundamental principles.

Bought by KCBX, KRZA, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Scientific Attitude
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Lee McIntyre
Science deniers and attacks on science are more prevalent today. Interestingly, America leads the world in the sheer number of people who have cont...

Bought by KZYX, KCBX, and KVSC


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Spectrum 12/18/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The true physics message of Christmas - What would you do if you got a text message from an elf — an elf who says Sant...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Octopus Fever
From: Ruby Schwartz
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You might have seen the headlines. Scientists recently gave octopuses ecstasy. It was part of a study where they expected to learn about social beh...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., HowSound, PRX Remix, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 10:38
  • Purchases: 4
10252018: Our Smartphones, Our Selves: How to Be a Happy Human in the Digital Era with Dr. Ravi Chandra & Amy Blankson, 10/25/2018
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on social media and...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 45:17
Spreading False News
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Why false news spreads faster than the truth on social media.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
2018 Spring Fundraiser: Experiencing More With Less / Predicting Success
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To The Best of Our Knowledge Fundraisers
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In this special fundraising edition of "To the Best of Our Knowledge," host Anne Strainchamps samples some of our best interviews about simplicity ...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WUTC, KUSU, KCPW Salt Lake City, KANW and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:21:32
  • Purchases: 6
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Peter Kalmus
We have a choice to fight the change, or be part of the change. That has never been more apparent than when we are watching ice caps melt, heat tha...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Huttner, MPR's chief meteorologist, talks climate change and more
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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MPR's chief meteorologist Paul Huttner was in Grand Marais to speak at North House, and stopped by to chat with WTIP's CJ Heithoff. Hear what he ha...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 19:18
Trekkin’ Across the Universe With Andrew Fazekas
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: One of many illustrations from "Star Trek, The Official Guide to Our Universe", Credit: CBS
The Night Sky Guy, Andrew Fazekas, talks about his beautiful new, Star Trek-inspired guide to the real wonders of astronomy. Emily Lakdawalla has ...

Bought by KMUD, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
A.D.H.D. Nation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Schwartz
A high percentage of children in the United States are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, as it’s become known.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician’s Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Steven Hatch
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Your Brain on Movies, Pt. 1
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Psychologist Jeffrey Zacks explains why people (even psychologists!) get so emotionally involved in movies.

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 4
Why We Cheat: Stories of Dishonesty and Human Nature from Dan Ariely and Others
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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In this last installment of our three-part series on workplace ethics in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we take an honest look at cheating....

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:21
Ethical Negotiation: Not an Oxymoron
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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In this second podcast in our collaboration with EthicalSystems.org, we examine negotiation. Turning again to behavioral science for insight, we le...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 25:06
Watch Your Back
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Richard A. Deyo
One of the most frustrating medical complaints for patients and doctors is back pain. Professionals and patients expect the usual medical diagnosis...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
09: Babble Machine (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
SIDE EFFECTS -- Psychiatric consultant and co-producer Dr. Sasha Bardey Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dr Sasha Bardey, San Francisco, Ca 1/24/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Sasha Bardey talks situational sanity, the neuro-chemistry of personality, and the power of the media.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 17:29
09: Babble Machine
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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The Babble Machine, takes its name from a fictional device referenced in The H.G. Wells novel, The Sleeper Awakes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 1
Summer of Extremes 2012 ( or Why You DO Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A "newsical" look at the weather...the extreme weather as we enter July...how the mainstream media report the weather...told thru narration, music ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2012
  • Length: 55:14
Seeing the Bigger Picture
From: With Good Reason
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A special effects wizard pulls back the curtain. Coming up, the future of 3D printing… and bullies two-point-oh.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1