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We did it. My family finally bought an electric car. What’s it like? Should you get one too? Here to help me explain is my husband, Ryan T Conaty.
Bought by PRX Remix, Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Aug 07, 2023
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 4
Today we’re answering a question from listener Molly Magid. She wants to know- what are the environmental impacts of space travel and how does it c...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Jul 18, 2022
- Length: 03:26
- Purchases: 2
Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some p...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 1
With the effects of climate change all around us, there's a push to power more of our lives with renewable electricity, including things that used ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 12, 2022
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
Two years ago, we aired an episode responding to a question from a listener named Monica. She wanted to know if it was possible to convert her gas ...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Mar 21, 2022
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 2
Today we’re answering a question from Cori Myers- she’s the sister-in-law of our founder Stephen Porder. She wants to know if the laundry detergent...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 28, 2022
- Length: 03:55
- Purchases: 1
In recent episodes, we’ve talked a lot about electric cars, but we haven’t really spent time talking about what makes them work- the battery. What ...
Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 08, 2022
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 2
A few months ago, our team was talking on Zoom when our founder, Stephen Porder, asked if he could pitch a story idea. For this episode, we’re goin...
Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 14, 2021
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Today, we’re going to talk about painting roofs white. Some experts say white shingles could lower electricity bills and cool down hot cities. So, ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 03:56
- Purchases: 1
On our show, we talk a lot about how to reduce our carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions. But some scientists are developing another approach to climat...
- Added: Apr 19, 2021
- Length: 03:51
Today, we have a question from listener Todd Penoyer. He does maintenance for retail shopping centers in southeastern Massachusetts and he uses a l...
- Added: Apr 12, 2021
- Length: 03:56
Today, we have a question from listener Tom Chun. Recently, his water heater stopped working. Tom didn’t have time to spare, so he just went with t...
- Added: Mar 01, 2021
- Length: 03:46
If you follow the news about climate change, you’ve probably heard the phrase “net zero.” But what does “net zero” really mean?
- Added: Feb 08, 2021
- Length: 03:37
Taking into account the energy that goes into making a whole new car, is it more energy-efficient to keep the gas car you already have, or to get a...
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 04:00
Hydroelectric power is the most widely-used renewable energy source in the world. It creates about one-sixth of the world’s electricity. But how ex...
- Added: Dec 09, 2020
- Length: 03:58
Over the last few months, many of us have turned to digital devices to stay connected. We wondered: how much energy are we using with all of this t...
- Added: Nov 02, 2020
- Length: 03:47
My name is Megan Nickerson and I’m a senior majoring in microbiology with a biochemistry minor at the University of Arizona. I’ve been working with...
- Added: Oct 06, 2020
- Length: 04:54
“Hello! My name is Brandon Good and I am a rising sophomore at the University of Arizona. I am majoring in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science with ...
- Added: Oct 06, 2020
- Length: 04:20
I am a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Psychology with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Arizona. I work in the CEN lab of Dr. Fellou...
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 04:51
Thesis Thursday airs six times every Thursday and features students sharing their research from the University of Arizona’s Department of Environme...
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 05:11
Aneta Kielar, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona and the director of the Language and Neuroimaging Research Laboratory.
- Added: Jul 09, 2020
- Length: 04:57
These teachers know tech. Steve Dembo and Victoria Thompson teach in K-12 and are also educational technology consultants. Steve is a middle scho...
- Added: May 11, 2020
- Length: 01:11:32
José Manuel Cisneros Vázquez nació en San Luis Potosí, México, el 28 de febrero de 1973. José es profesor en la Universidad Autónoma Campus North-C...
- Added: Nov 07, 2019
- Length: 05:16
"Amelia Lappenbusch is a junior majoring in Biology and Classics at the University of Arizona. Since her freshman year, she has worked in the Yao l...
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 04:49
- Added: Jun 05, 2019
- Length: 15:30
- Purchases: 3
