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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
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The US has double the traffic deaths per capita of other wealthy nations. Why are American roads so dangerous and what would make them safer?

Bought by KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Aug 02, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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On this episode, we looked at the book "Now and Forever," one of the first book-length investigations into the many ways that loops (repeated audio...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 2
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By age 25, a young Croatian had come down with a bad case of wanderlust. So much wanderlust that he lived out his days as a perpetual pedestrian, w...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
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On today's show, children don't know any reality that hasn't included some sort of social media. How can we keep our family's relationships to tech...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
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Is it even possible to be authentic on social media?

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
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Topic 1: Renewal Mill is trying to reduce food waste and greenhouse gases by transforming spoiled byproducts into something edible. Topic 2: Mitche...

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9

  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
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Topic 1: Why the mishaps of the 1904 Olympic Marathon almost led to the event being banned in all future Olympic Games. Topic 2: How world's fairs ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
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What is synthetic biology? Researcher and professor Dr. Xiaojing Gao introduces this cutting edge field. He explains how his lab at Stanford Univer...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 27:54
Caption: A student robotics team works on a robot., Credit: REC Foundation
The Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation has been running robotics programs for youth for years, including the widespread global com...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2021
  • Length: 37:29
Caption: Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short, Credit: Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short
Mechanical engineer Dr. Ada-Rhodes Short studies robot brains, having previously worked in industry and academia for commercial toy companies, NASA...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 39:09
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STEM curriculum specialist Dr. Corey Hall shares tips and resources for teaching engineering effectively at the K-12 level in 2021, both during and...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 45:50
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Topic 1 - Cosmic Queries; Topic 2 - Koji; Topic 3 - Homemade Roller Coaster

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 51:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1 - Black Women; Topic 2 - Laser Weapons; Topic 3 - Solar Flares

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 51:44
  • Purchases: 5
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They told me, "Let 'er rip, guy!" "Tighten up that zip tie!" This is Episode 103 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
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Do wooden planks below my feet not splinter while they shift during monumental bends and strains from interstory drift? This is Episode 101 of Eng...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Topic 1 and 2 - “The Mountains Sing”: Trauma, Resilience and the Legacy of War in Vietnam, Topic 3 - An App That’s Designed to Be Your BFF

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 52:07
  • Purchases: 3
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Every product has flaws and some quirks, but are products better if they come from skunkworks? This is Episode 97 of Engineering Word Of The Day, ...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
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A real electrical top champ is the multitalented op amp. This is Episode 94 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinat...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2020
  • Length: 07:46
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To control and steer kinetic energy is an actuator's ultimate apogee. This is Episode 89 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favo...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:34