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Soft and Squishy Robots in the Classroom, with Dr. Holly Golecki
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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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
The Paranormal Cafe with Brian Haughton
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: The Paranormal Cafe
Caption: Brian Haughton's 'Haunted Spaces, Sacred Places, Credit: mysteriouspeople.com
Brian Haughton is an archeologist, researcher, and author on the subjects of supernatural folklore and ancient sacred places. When I contacted Bria...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 57:21
National Writers Series: Temple Grandin
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author, professor and autism advocate Temple Grandin talks with editor Laura Hohnhold.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 90: Sharks
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The U.S. Navy attempted to develop a shark attack repellant after many sailors were attacked during WWII. The first step was the formation of a “Sh...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 24:15
Teaching Science in Prison
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: The cover art for this episode alludes to the activity mentioned where a class of forms a scale model of the solar system with the sun as a basketball.
Science education occurs in juvenile detention centers, as part of the schooling available to young people there so that they can receive their hig...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 40:25
Gaming Culture for Computer Science and Engineering Education
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspi...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 40:18
Episode 78: The Botanist
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1993, a man in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was found dead in his home. He’d been burned with a stun gun, hit with a shovel, and shot several tim...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 20:56
  • Purchases: 2
Bounce With Me! We're Being Heated! by Christopher Sullivan
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lucy DeVito
Take radars, magnetrons, and dielectric heating; add two teenagers; mix and get lots of heat in this funny short about a teenage first date. Winner...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 25:55
Distillations Turns 200
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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This is Distillations’s 200th episode, and we’re celebrating! We pored through hundreds of shows and pieced together some of the funniest, grossest...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 37:10
The Oregon Caves
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Roger Brandt, the manager of visitor services and education at the Oregon Caves National Monument, one of the few marble ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
Ig Nobel Prizes honor research that makes you laugh, then makes you think
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Bob Carter chatted with Marc Abrahams, editor of "Annals of Improbable Research, " about the 2014 Ig Nobel prizes recently awarded at Harvar...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 21:18
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
From: Cannabis Radio News
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The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, won federal approval in March to conduct “whole plant” research on marijuana wi...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2014
  • Length: 11:03
Intoxication & Civilization: Beer's Ancient Past
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Solid Comfort, 1906., Credit: Library of Congress
This show takes on the frothy subject of beer, and explores the science, culture, and history behind the suds.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Challenge of Crafting Ice Wine in Minnesota
From: Radio K
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The German “eiswein” tradition was created almost by accident. This sweet, powerful wine was discovered when winemakers tried to save grapes that f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
Besides looking good, the Emergency Bra could save your life
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Elena Bodnar, founder & president of the Trauma Risk Management Research Institute in Chicago, about her...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Taxidermy
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
In this episode, we visit Leah Wade at San Francisco's Quiet Science Taxidermy Studio to learn about the art of making the dead live again ... sort...

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 2
Gold Dust
From: Laurence Yeung
Caption: The Genesis mission set out to bring pieces of the sun back to the Earth. Unfortunately, luck favored the literal interpretation. , Credit: NASA/Genesis Mission
What is the most expensive thing in the world?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Clever Apes: Curveballs from space
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Clockwise and counterclockwise galaxies from the Hubble Telescope, Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Livio and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA
Astronomers re-evaluate origins of our solar system and entertain the idea that the universe is shaped like a small doughnut.

Bought by KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 6
Clever Apes: Deconstructing Disgust
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
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What is disgust, and where does it come from? Host Gabriel Spitzer explores why we've evolved with this emotion and what it says about us.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: The March of Time
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Alexander Karczmar, at 93, is an authority on the brain and a student of the self.
How our brains age, and why some people manage to cheat death and stay sharp.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
Horned lizards of our nation's Air Force
From: Jordan Nelson
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After Texas Horned Lizards were found living at Tinker Air Force base, government biologists and private researchers began to study the animal. Pi...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, YouthCast, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 3
Quest_Flying Cars
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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NASA is sponsoring a technology contest to revolutionize small planes -- and it's open to the general public.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
Beam Up To The Star Trek 40th Anniversary Convention in Las Vegas
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Planetary Radio visits the celebration of 40 years of Star Trek.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, and KSJC


  • Added: Sep 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 3