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Dr. Holly Golecki, a professor in the Bioengineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about using soft robotics ...
- Added: Sep 04, 2023
- Length: 48:22
Cultivated meat has the potential to disrupt the meat industry, and engineer Dr. Katie Kam joins the podcast to talk about it. Katie founded BioBQ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2023
- Length: 28:20
The Physics Circus at The University of Texas at Austin tries to attract kids to science using loud and entertaining demonstrations that might not ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2022
- Length: 29:29
Do scientific research articles sometimes sound like another language? To K-12 students, very often it’s yes. Tanya Dimitrova tried to help solve...
- Added: Feb 03, 2022
- Length: 48:59
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
Math is fundamental to engineering education and other disciplines. That’s part of why Richard Rusczyk wants to teach kids harder math than they o...
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 59:36
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
The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a nonprofit running several programs in K-12 STEM education, including its Computer Science Insti...
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 35:39
STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and...
- Added: Apr 07, 2021
- Length: 45:50
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” some might say. But what if it is broke, and we don’t know how to fix it? Today’s Apple Seed episode explores “b...
- Added: Jan 26, 2021
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 2
Model railroading is uniquely primed for doing educational outreach today, says Stacey Walthers Naffah, President of Milwaukee-based Walthers. Wal...
- Added: Jun 27, 2020
- Length: 46:32
The nonprofit Beyond Benign specializes in developing and disseminating educational resources in green chemistry – like how to create bioplastics, ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2020
- Length: 51:47
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
The Slavic folklore of Baba Yaga flies high in Bone Mother, a world premiere by Sandbox Theatre’s aerial wing - The Swingset. Co-directed by Evelyn...
- Added: Sep 20, 2019
- Length: 05:18
Robert Bahar talks consequences, social memory, and justice versus revenge.
- Added: May 30, 2019
- Length: 21:50
Today, we take you to South Florida, for a conversation about public art with Swiss born artist Ugo Rondinone. Miami Mountain is the latest in his ...
- Added: Feb 01, 2018
- Length: 08:34
The Justice Department has submitted a controversial request to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Experts say the questio...
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KYUK, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more
- Added: Jan 12, 2018
- Length: 03:15
- Purchases: 6
In 1972, the movie Deliverance shocked audiences with its depiction of brutal, violent people in the backwoods of Georgia. But the man behind the f...
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KENW, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Dec 08, 2017
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 3
Nowadays, no distant or exotic locale is out of reach with the aid of virtual reality. But those who make the simulations still aren’t satisfied. J...
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WOUB, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Dec 01, 2017
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 5
If you’re a crossword puzzle enthusiast, you probably know the name Will Shortz. That’s because you’ve probably solved—or least attempted to solve—...
Bought by KUER, KENW, KSFR, PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more
- Added: Oct 27, 2017
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 6
Most of us probably think our everyday actions are based on decisions our mind has already made. But a Virginia researcher says we make decisions o...
Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, WOUB, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 20, 2017
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 5
Doctors often suggest managing diabetes through diet and exercise, but that’s primarily for type 2 diabetes. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes ...
Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and WOUB
- Added: Oct 06, 2017
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 5
The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...
Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB
- Added: Sep 22, 2017
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 3
With the immigration debate heating up once again, two Virginia professors are taking their students to ICE detention centers in an effort to bust ...
Bought by KENW, KRZA, WOUB, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 4
Nearly a quarter of Virginia’s schools are in rural areas. According to one researcher, Federal education policy could threaten the sustainability ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Aug 25, 2017
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 1
