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The Ethical Dilemma of Geoengineering & Global Warming (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a via Wikimedia Commons
In an era where climate change is top of mind for all and our futures hang in the balance, scientists think they’ve found a solution: geoengineerin...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
Pain, Fear and Waste: The Costs of Unnecessary Care
From: Tradeoffs
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We explore “cascades of care” — how a doctor’s desire to be thorough can snowball into a harmful spiral of unnecessary care.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 18:18
Picking Up Scraps: Connecting Rural Massachusetts to the World
From: James Szkobel-Wolff
Caption: Monopole in Savoy, MA, Credit: James Szkobel-Wolff
The Covid-19 Pandemic has changed how we live and work in the modern era. For most, that’s meant going online. But for an estimated 150 million Ame...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 32:00
Fighting Smog in Los Angeles
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 39:44
Sex prescribed as Medicine with Dr Nicole Prause Phd. a Neuroscientist researching human sexual behavior and the physiology of sexual response
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Sex prescribed as Medicine with Dr Nicole Prause Phd. a Neuroscientist researching human sexual behavior and the physiology of sexual response. Th...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 2
Big Hunger Big Chicken Big Moment
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Big Hunger by Andrew Fisher and Big Chicken by Maryn McKenna
Antibiotics in chicken getting away from us and hunger groups loving on corporations. Plus ending hunger by force of law.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Oct 07, 2017
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 2
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Surveillance
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion on surveillance issues

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Podcasting Patent Threatens Independent Media
From: JP Davidson
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Personal Audio LLC owns a patent that it says covers the entire concept of podcasting. Podcasters are being asked to pay licensing fees for the rig...

Bought by KUOW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 2
Cyber Teachers
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Brain Injury and Couples
From: With Good Reason
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Five times as many people get a brain injury than are diagnosed with breast cancer, and the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury can be devastatin...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Ghost In The Machine: Computers, Music and Creativity.
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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'Ghost In The Machine' examines computers in Music. David Cope is one of the main interview subjects; he's designed a remarkable computer program t...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 53:46
Episode Five: Rebooting the Public Square
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In the finale of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott takes us into the public square, to look at how governments must re-engage with citizens.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode Four: Re-Industrializing the planet
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In Episode four of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks as how the digital revolution has changed how business are run.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode Three: Collaborative Health Care
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In part three of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the future of heath care and medicine.

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode Two: Open-Source Knowledge
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In episode two of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the transformation of education and science, and the emergence of knowledge-sharing an...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Episode One: Turning the media inside out
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: ReCivilization
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In the first installment of ReCivilization, host Don Tapscott looks at the media and how the industrial-age model of mass production is giving way ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 53:02
Clever Apes: Breaking the fossil record
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Joseph Orgel holds his sample of T. rex tissue. , Credit: (WBEZ/Michael De Bonis)
In this installment, Gabriel Spitzer discovers how an ancient specimen might rewrite prehistory, and maybe medical books, too.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 2
As Renewables Boom, California Struggles to Quit Coal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
Caption: The coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico. , Credit: Matt Preusch
California is known for its "green" reputation. Just look at all the new solar and wind farms popping up around the state. So it might be a surpris...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 8
A Difficult Path for Clean Coal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
Caption: Taking measurements during carbon storage project in Canton, Ohio., Credit: Courtesy ODNR
Coal generates half of all the electricity in the U.S. It’s also the biggest source of global-warming emissions and other air pollution. The coal i...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 9
Clever Apes: New dimesions
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Diagram of the holometer at Fermi Lab
In this episode, stories of two researchers: one measuring the shape of music, and another hunting for signs that the world is flat.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
#4: E-Waste Programs Reach Milestone
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: E-waste circuit boards, Credit: QUEST
Every year, Americans throw away more than 300 million outdated lap tops, cell phones, printers, broken computer monitors and old television sets. ...

Bought by KSRQ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
#3: Bioplastic Boom
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: Bioplastic packaging, Credit: QUEST
Companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Heinz ketchup have determined that plastic made from plants — not oil — makes sense both for the environment a...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 3
Clever Apes: Trick of the lgiht
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Lisa Utschig holds a vial of the protein active in photosynthesis.
In this installment, we consider why photosynthesis remains a puzzle to science. And we’ll find out how a research team at Argonne National Laborat...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KUT


  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
Quest_Longevity
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The quest to extend lifespan, and ''healthspan'' to 100 years and beyond.

  • Added: Aug 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:46