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I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:29
Purchases: 16

99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 12

99% Invisible #34- The Speed of Light for Pyramids (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

What we can learn from architects who lived thousands of years ago: make buildings last longer.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 16

99% Invisible #33- A Cheer for Samuel Plimsoll (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

This simple graphic design has saved thousands of lives.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 20, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 17

99% Invisible #26- Chicago's Jailhouse Skyscraper (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

If you want to stand out as a skyscraper in Chicago, you've got your work cut out for you.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 11

99% Invisible #23- You Are Listening To (Standard 4:30 Version Only)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

When open-source data becomes a thing of beauty.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 13

99% Invisible #21- BLDGBLOG On Sound (Standard 4:30 Version Only)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The word of the day is: archaeoacoustics.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 12

99% Invisible #18- Check Cashing Stores (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

One could argue that check cashing stores do a lot of things that are just plain wrong. But given so many people use them, what are they doing right?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 14

99% Invisible #15- Sounds of the Artificial World (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Without their beeps and chimes, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Troy Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:31
Purchases: 14

99% Invisible #14- The Periodic Table (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

The Periodic Table knew what our universe was made out of even before we did.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, WMUU-LP, Rhythm & News Service and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 19

99% Invisible #10- 99% Sound and Feel (Standard 4:30 version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Even though he was deaf, Beethoven wrote some of the greatest works of music of all time. So when Chris Downey started losing his sight, he didn't...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:29
Purchases: 15

99% Invisible #19- Liberation Squares (Standard 4:30 Version)

From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)

Tompkins, Tiananmen, Tahrir...why do revolutions always start in public squares?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 04:30
Purchases: 15

Riddles from the Border Regions, 12/03/11

From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions

THIRD OF NINE ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9

Added: Dec 01, 2011
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 2)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 2 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian E...

Added: Jun 29, 2011
Length: 29:00

Climate Change Gridlock: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 1)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Global warming is no longer a fear for the future. It’s threatening human civilization, now. Part 1 of a special 2 part series produced by Brian Ed...

Added: Jun 21, 2011
Length: 29:00

World on the Edge – A Discussion with Author Lester Brown

From: Daphne Wysham
Series: Earthbeat

The world is facing a potentially devastating 'Food Bubble,' that according to pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown.

Added: Apr 22, 2011
Length: 56:59

Sea Rise

From: With Good Reason

Caption: Rising sea levels, Credit: marineinsight.com

The oceans are slowly rising due to ice melt and the warming of the waters. And at least one east coast city has hired a Dutch firm to evaluate op...

Bought by KVSC

Added: Mar 29, 2011
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

Voyager -- Groks Science Show 08-18-10

From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show

Prof. Stephen Pyne discussed the history of Voyager.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT

Added: Aug 18, 2010
Length: 24:56
Purchases: 2

Insects Galore

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author...

Added: Jun 07, 2010
Length: 29:23

How Do We Feel About Surrogate Mothers?

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if t...

Added: Apr 26, 2010
Length: 28:52

A Vet's Life

From: Barry Vogel

What would you do when a seemingly unhappy or self entertaining bull is running full speed, headed right for you… and what does your pet mean to yo...

Bought by 'The Sea'