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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
Gamification -- Groks Science Show 2011-11-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Gabe Zichermann discussed gamification by design.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 25:37
  • Purchases: 4
Bug Off!
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Bug Off!, Credit: Seth Shostak
Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time; stories from the frontier of epidemiology.

Bought by WVTF, KSKQ, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Infinite Beginnings -- Groks Science Show 2011-09-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. David Deutsch discussed the beginning of infinity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, WRFA-LP, KREV-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 27:03
  • Purchases: 5
Seth's Tool Shed
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Seth's Tool Shed, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scheme for finding life on Mars, adopting to climate change, and a new moon of Pluto.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Absolutely Small -- Groks Science Show 2011-08-31
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Michael Fayer discussed how quantum theory explains our everyday world.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 31:37
  • Purchases: 3
Wonderous Universe -- Groks Science Show 2011-07-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Brian Cox discussed the wonders of the universe.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 3
"Please Call Stella": Capturing English, from Afrikaans to Zulu
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Speech Accent Archive is the brainchild of GMU's Steven Weinberger, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A look -- and listen -- inside the world's largest online database of English accents.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 5
The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: A world without oil; plus 30 years of the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: betterplace.com website, Credit: betterplace.com
Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 37:05
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: The birds and the bees (x-rated version)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Sex poster at Natural History Museum, Credit: Andy Duckworth
WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting. We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Ham the astrochimp and the LHC keeps going
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Ham at work, Credit: Nasa
It's 50 years since the first American went into space; why the Large Hadron Collider isn't going to shut down for a year as planned; and we trick ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:10
  • Purchases: 1
Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Richard Dawkins discussed The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:28
  • Purchases: 2
Smart Swarm -- Groks Science Show 2010-08-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Peter Miller discussed the Smart Swarm.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 25:12
  • Purchases: 2
Translating Good Intentions to Good Inventions
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Bonobo Handshake -- Groks Science Show 2010-06-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Vanessa Woods discussed the Bonobo Handshake.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: 22:44
  • Purchases: 2
Global Hothouse -- Groks Science Show 2010-05-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Melanie Lenart discussed life in the hothouse.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 2
Natural Philosophy -- Groks Science Show 2010-04-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Marcelo Gleiser discussed a Tear at the Edge of Creation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
Emotional Anatomy -- Groks Science Show 2009-10-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Jawer discussed the anatomy of emotion.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Recycling -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Byron Elton discussed carbon recycling technology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
CO2 Storage In Utah
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Dr. Brian McPherson in his University of Utah lab
Who will be liable for the CO2 geophysicists plan to pump underground?

  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:32
Eco Barons -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-13
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Edward Humes discussed the new generation of Eco Barons.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Cold Fusion -- Groks Science Show 2009-05-06
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Michael McKubre and Dr. Irving Dardik discussed the advances in cold fusion research.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMXT, and KVSC


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 3
Accelerating Evolution -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-22
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Gregory Cochran discussed how civilization accelerated human evolution.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2009
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
Supersense -- Groks Science Show 2009-04-15
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Bruce Hood discussed the origins of superstitious beliefs and why we believe in the unbelievable.

Bought by WTJU, KPIK-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 16, 2009
  • Length: 26:48
  • Purchases: 4