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A Blind Date with Dividends: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith on Polarizing Algorithms
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
Present Shock - Tech: Existential Threat or Life Support?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Days of wonder, days of rage. We're living through an information revolution as profound as any since Gutenberg and the printing press, but are we ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 05, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Rediscovered Radio: WYSO’s Lost Tapes
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Listen to this story on how an act of benign neglect transformed Southwest Ohio based WYSO from a small public radio station into a community.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:33
  • Purchases: 1
2021-04-18 The Ethics of Algorithms
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Would you trust your life to an algorithm?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, and Capital Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Many Millennials Don't Seem to Care About Data Breaches
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill, Credit: (c) AP Images
Recent data breaches hitting big companies such as Facebook have cause people to go into a frenzy. However, the generation that goes online the mos...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:38
Filmmaker and Art Director Karl Warnke
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Concept Art for "The Old Man and Death", Credit: Karl Warnke
Area Voices producer Alauna Yust covers the arts in our region. And she’s got some pretty close connections to the arts. Her husband, Karl Warnke, ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 10:10
Do Video Games Kill? Episode 1 - Let the Game Begin
From: Andrew Mingyar
Series: Do Video Games Kill?
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In which I interview someone who believes video games can cause violence in children.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 23:07
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1 ~ Music in Video Games
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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The importance of music in video games is discussed with local composer, John Hoge.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2014
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1
PHONES
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on the impact of phones in society

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
99% Invisible #57- What Gave You That Idea (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What Charles Dickens has to do with those insurance commercials on TV.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #31- The Feltron Annual Report (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Information designer Nicholas Felton has figured out how to graph the un-graphable: a year in his life.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 13
Global Voices Podcast 1 - Who do we believe online?
From: Global Voices Online
Series: Global Voices Podcast
Caption: Global Voices Podcast
The Global Voices Podcast 1. Tune in for a discussion about the Gay Girl in Damascus hoax; listen to sounds from Guinea Bissau; and talk to Firuzeh...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 26:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of the Book
From: With Good Reason
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Some say that books – that is, the printed, non-digital variety – are destined for the trash heap. Call it the Age of the Kindle.

Bought by WEKU


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Restoring Old New York
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: A still from the 1920 film "Manhatta."
The early American experimental film "Manhatta" gets a much-needed facelift.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
Humankind: Tucker Stilley / Managing Pain
From: Humankind
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This documentary tells the moving story of Tucker Stilley, a remarkable spirit who, in his early forties, was diagnosed with ALS (known as Lou Gehr...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2010
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Facebook
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Facebook vies with email to control your life

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 01:22
Carpe Diem Today?
From: Jennifer Neeley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As a society both structure or lives around work as well as derive meaning from it. My hope is to inspire thought about how we 'seize the day' -- o...

  • Added: May 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:56
Electronic Newspapers
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
eNewspapers for On-Line News Reading

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 06:19
Email Habits
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
A look at our emailing habits

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
Every Eye's A Camera
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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cell phones plus YouTube make stars of everyone, for better or worse

  • Added: Nov 25, 2006
  • Length: 01:17