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Electric Cars - Pros and Cons, Part 2
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Beia Spiller, Director of the Transportation Program at Resources for the Future, and Dr. David Rapson, Economic Policy Advisor for the Fed and...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nuclear Colonialism and The Story “Oppenheimer” Didn’t Tell (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of the explosion after the Trinity detonation on July 16, 1945, Credit: United States Department of Energy
Oppenheimer swept the Golden Globes, but what did it leave out? We talk about the impact of nuclear colonialism on New Mexico with Myrriah Gómez, a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WORT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Marine Biomimetics, part two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In these three episodes of World Ocean Radio we are exploring a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marine Biomim...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:07
Should We Erase Bad Memories?
From: Open to Debate
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Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Are Lifespans Long Enough?
From: Open to Debate
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What if we didn’t have to grow old and die? The average American can expect to live for 78.8 years, an improvement over the days before clean water...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Troy Public Radio, WNED Buffalo, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
RESCUE, part 17: Technology & the Ocean Pharmacopeia
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with an examination of familiar products derived from the ocean that we use to support our ways of...

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 05:04
Will ChatGPT Do More Harm Than Good?
From: Open to Debate
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ChatGPT is all the rage. But despite the chatbot’s growing popularity, it’s not without controversy. Critics raise privacy and ethical concerns, an...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
RESCUE, part 15: Technology Food and Health
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash, Credit: @timberfoster
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with the topic of seafood consumption. While more than 3 billion people worldwide rely on wild-c...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 05:05
RESCUE, part 14: Technology and Climate Action
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with an outline of the four technological focus areas of the recently announced Ocean Climate Ac...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 10:38
Cybersecurity Awareness Month, with Nicole Bushong
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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As part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, cybersecurity engineer Nicole Bushong shares essential cybersecurity habits and tools for keepin...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2022
  • Length: 01:42:33
Synergy in Ocean Innovation
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we discuss two...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
Catalogue of Life and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we highlight T...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:04
2022-02-18 Our Greatest Unintended Experiment
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 13
220218: Our Greatest Unintended Experiment, 2/18/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For years, scientists, activists, and politicians have tried to warn the world of the potential catastrophic consequences of dumping greenhouse gas...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
2022-01-23 Hacking the Brain: Beyond the Five Senses
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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If you could have another sense beyond the normal five, what would it be?

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Let's Unmake Something: On the Unconstructable Earth
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our rising awareness that we have destroyed our planet has simultaneously provided us not with remorse or resolve but with a new fantasy: that the ...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Three Little Words - End Fossil Fuels
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our show is Three Little Words and our guest is Holly Buck, author of Ending Fossil Fuels - Why Net Zero Is Not Enough just out from Verso. We’re ...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
211105: Geoengineering: Who Should Control Our Atmosphere?, 11/5/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, we’re currently on course for at least 3°C (5.4°F) of warming by 2100 even if all of the voluntary ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
2021-11-05 Geoengineering: Who Should Control Our Atmosphere?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, we’re currently on course for at least 3°C (5.4°F) of warming by 2100 even if all of the voluntary ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, WLPR , Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
2021-07-02 Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
210702: Clearing the Air on Carbon Offsets, 7/2/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For over two decades, carbon offset programs have promised individuals and businesses that they can reduce their overall carbon footprint by paying...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Value Trade Off
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Manganese nodules on the Atlantic Ocean floor off the southeastern United States, discovered in 2019 during the Deep Sea Ventures pilot test, Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-seven of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about a carbon-free future: one that ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
2020-12-06 Are We Alone?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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If there is intelligent life beyond Earth, how would that change life ON Earth?

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Challenge of Technological Change
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twelve of the multi-part BLUEprint series. As we embark on our collective quest for a sustainable future, we a...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
Revealing the Seabed Floor
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to bring together all available data to produce a General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean by 2030, Credit: GEBCO
In 2019 a partnership was announced between The Nippon Foundation and the International Hydrographic Organization to undertake the GEBCO Seabed 203...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:13