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The most common element in all accidents is the human element. In the quest to eliminate driver error and make our roads safer, we’ve been searchin...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Believe it or not, electric vehicles used to be more popular than gasoline engines. The first practical electric car in 1884, and for decades many ...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Imagine waiting to catch a train. You show up at the station and wait for the familiar clanking of wheels and squealing of brakes. This time, howev...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
Are we being told the truth about GMO foods in our midst? Sheldon Krimsky is Editor/reader here and Ralph Nader wrote the foreword to this informat...
- Added: May 30, 2014
- Length: 01:40
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 01:00:13
- Purchases: 1
By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 02:00
IEEE Spectrum Radio explores what the workplace will look like and what the meaning of work will be 30 years into the future.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KHNS, KTSW 89.9, WUFT, KUER and more
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 54
Dale Peterson joins us to discuss chimpanzee behavior.
Bought by 'The Sea', 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KPVL
- Added: Feb 24, 2014
- Length: 27:44
- Purchases: 5
While many schools across the country are facing budget cuts and teacher layoffs, students at highly reputable universities are signing up in drove...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXDU
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 11:18
- Purchases: 2
In California a surprising trend is taking place, one that is threatening precisely what makes community colleges unique – their accessibility to a...
- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 10:58
For this special documentary, Dustin Dwyer spent six weeks in the fall following a group of third grade students at Congress Elementary in Grand Ra...
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 58:31
Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 11:13
In robust economic times, America’s armed services have had to hustle to recruit qualified soldiers. But when civilian unemployment is high and th...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Dec 06, 2013
- Length: 03:20
- Purchases: 1
Ever wonder how the Halloween we Americans celebrate came to be? In search of answers reporter Todd Crotty ventured into the past to unravel the m...
- Added: Oct 31, 2013
- Length: 04:08
The area’s so flat that every bunny hill seems a candidate. But, no, really — where is it?
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 06:53
- Purchases: 1
Pregnancy tests? Pigeon poo? What Chicago aldermen really do
One frustrated Chicagoan wondered what her alderman’s responsible for
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 11:45
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Lance Grande discusses his new book, "The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time."
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jul 17, 2013
- Length: 20:48
- Purchases: 1
Happy Independence Day! Tomorrow is the 237th birthday of the United States and following long-established American tradition, lots of us are going...
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 05:02
Are you planning a summer vacation this year? Correspondent Rich Fish entertains us with a collection of classic tourist cons to make sure your mon...
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 04:56
From: Nancy Lin
Forget about point-of-sale displays. What if you could get people talking about your products right before they are ready to buy? Takuro Yoshida, C...
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 43:00
Host Rich Fish swipes away at scams targeting smartphones and tablets. From smishing to bluebugging, the mobile market has introduced a whole new p...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 04:48
Summer is moving season and Rich Fish has advice for renters AND homebuyers on how to make sure your money moves with you.
- Added: Jun 05, 2013
- Length: 04:59
Rich Fish is busting illegal telemarketing and counting down the top three phony phoners reported to the Indiana Attorney General. That's on a new ...
- Added: Jun 05, 2013
- Length: 05:00
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 50:27
Rich Fish debunks the outrageous swindles of the so-called "sovereign citizen" movement whose members peddle home purchase scams, tax evasion scams...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 04:39
