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Ayah Bdeir, littlebits
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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Founder, littleBits littleBits is a hardware company that aims to put the power of electronics in everyone’s hands. The company sells electronic mo...

Bought by Public Radio for All


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 1
Scott Moody, Co-Founder, AuthenTec
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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AuthenTec makes fingerprint sensors that could unlock mobile phones and computers. AuthenTec was sold to Apple in 2012 for $356 million, and the fi...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
Dan Yates, Co-founder, Opower
From: From Scratch
Series: From Scratch
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Opower is a software company focused on energy efficiency. Opower works with utilities to monitor how much energy a consumer uses and gives househo...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
48:Nancy Santiago Negrón, Lending To The Poor & Simine Vazire, Changing Research Approaches
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Nancy Santiago Negrón
Nancy Santiago Negrón of the Opportunity Finance Network shares why it took three calls from the White House for her to join the Women's Bureau at ...

Bought by KKRN, KSJD, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Emotional Resilience - How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Looking out for you
Challenges come in many forms both personal and professional. An expert in the field of emotional intelligence, Geetu Bharwaney, has combined the k...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 59:09
Ep17: Outcome-oriented capitalism
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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This week, we discuss the economics and ethics of hedge fund bets on life-saving medication. What’s wrong with companies like Turing Pharmaceutical...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:45
James Barrat, author of "Our Final Invention"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with James Barrat about his book, "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era."

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:51
Geophysicist Ole Kaven on Man-Made Earthquakes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
Apparently things are moving and shaking in Oklahoma, literally. In the past 8 years earthquakes in the “Sooner State” have increased from 2 a year...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Dream Chaser: The Return of the Spaceplane
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's rendering of SNC's Dream Chaser berthed with the International Space Station, Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation
We’re back at Space Symposium for a conversation with SNC’s Mark Sirangelo, leader of that company’s effort to build the Dream Chaser. We’ll also ...

Bought by KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 4: New Money
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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Cryptocurrencies could revolutionize money and finance. But even more than that, they symbolize how trust is changing as we increasingly rely on te...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 25:24
Fooled Ya
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
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Marco Tempest is not your average magician. He uses robots to do magic tricks on stage -- but the real trick is in how easily he can get an audienc...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 16:56
What makes a boycott effective? Business professor/sociologist weighs in
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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In the wake of the Silver Bay City Council ban of Bent Paddle beer, we wondered...how effective are boycotts anyway? Brayden King is professor of ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 17:58
How might climate change affect North Shore tourism? Researcher offers ideas
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Prof. Mae Davenport of the University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources, along with colleagues from many other fields, has just completed...

Bought by KVSC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 2
Joe Randolph, President and CEO of the Innovation Institute
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Joe Randolph, President and CEO of the Innovation Institute,

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WJCU


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Martin Ford, author of Rise of the Robots
From: Janelle Brown
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Ford about his new book, which looks at how new technologies could soon make many jobs obsolete.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:37
Take Care #33
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Workplace wellness and varicose veins.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
Take Care #21
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: How sunscreen works and the herbal supplement market.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Movers and Shakers at SpaceCom Expo
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA spacecraft models at SpaceCom Expo, Credit: Mat Kaplan
We join 1,600 space entrepreneurs and visionaries in Houston, and talk with Boeing, XCOR, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and more. Emily...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Yale President Peter Salovey Talks about Emotional Intelligence and the Emotion Roadmap
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Peter Salovey and his colleagues share their insights regarding the history of emotional intelligence and the practical applications contributed by...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 12:32
Ken Geiser: Our Chemical World
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ken Geiser
When you see an ad sponsored by the chemical industry espousing the wonders of chemicals, you probably roll your eyes like most of us. But how much...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Imitations: On GMOs and Concrete
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brooke Borel
Now that Stephen Colbert has put his alter ego to bed, some of you may be missing broadcasters pretending to be someone else. Well, apparently, Col...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Rise of the Robots
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Rise of the Robots jacket cover, Credit: Basic Books Jason Gabbert
We’re on the cusp of another revolution: A technology revolution. This one, however, is vastly different from its predecessor: The industrial revol...

Bought by WDBM, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Skin Stem Cell's M.V.Professor w/ Elaine Fuchs
From: Artem Babaian
Series: Jobs In Science Interview Series
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Elaine Fuchs is ahead of the curve in skin stem cell biology. She's a professor at Rockefeller University, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute invest...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:04:45
Tara Montgomery, Senior Director of Health Impact, Consumer Reports
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Tara Montgomery, Senior Director of Health Impact at Consumer Reports, the world's l...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WJCU, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cannabis Radio News #60
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition we get the very latest on critical issues from California, Oregon, Colorado and more in exactly 300 seconds … words and music … lis...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1