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From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold

Steel is the signature material of the Industrial Revolution. It’s also an essential component of the wind turbines, electric cars, and climate-fri...

Bought by KSKQ

Meet Your Robot Barista

From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science

We sip lattes in a robot café and contemplate the future of work. Our mechanical barista is just a start as robots and A.I. train to do a variety o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, CHSR-FM 97.9, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio and more

Humility is the New Smart Age

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

If we were on a ship at sea, and learned of the impending tsunami, we’d do everything we could to prepare for the collision.

Bought by KCBX

Inventing Fish

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Caption: Frozen tuna in the hold of a fishing ship. , Credit: Alex Hofford | Greenpeace | MarinePhotobank.org

World fisheries are in crisis, with many species pushed to the edge of extinction. The current system is a recipe for disaster: demand is up; exter...

Ethical Systems Design: Bringing Behavioral Science Into Corporate Life

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet

This is the first in a series of podcasts in collaboration with EthicalSystems.org to explore behavioral science in the workplace. In this installm...

The Madam Next Door

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KUNV, KKRN, and KPVL

A Dream Job

From: Daniel Wanschura

What exactly is a dream job? Is it one that pays a lot of money? One where you don’t have to do much work? Is it one that makes you famous? …Or, is...