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Constant Wonder - Fabric: History Hidden in Plain Sight
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The history of fabric is the history of life and death on this planet.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Kidnappings, Bitcoin, POPS Club
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Kidnappings, Topic 2: Bitcoin, Topic 3: POPS Club

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:43
  • Purchases: 4
GN_5.06_ManureCouture
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Slum Detectives
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
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How researchers are using Google Earth to find the undocumented slums of India.

  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 03:29
Turning Analog Technology into Sound Sculpture
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Egyptian artist Magdi Mostafa's interactive environment for the 2018 Dakar Biennial of Contemporary African Art turns the sounds of analog technolo...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 09:05
Studio Drift on Nature and Technology
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Today we take you to the intersection of nature, art and technology to meet Amsterdam-based artists Ralph Nauta and Lonneka Gordjein of Studio Drif...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 12:15
Audio Speed Tour of the GLOBE Environmental Expo in Vancouver (broadcast)
From: Denis Du Bois
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Denis Du Bois takes listeners on a 10-minute tour of energy technologies shown at the the Innovation Expo at the GLOBE Environmental Conference

  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 14:06
Call Your Mother!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Rushdie Explains India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The Twitter account "RushdieExplainsIndia" has attracted 130,000 followers in a very short time. However it isn't owned by Salman Rushdie, but by R...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
13: The Sounds of East London (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
13.5: England Bells (Standard Length)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds (Standard Length)
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The story of the church bells in England during WWII. (Note: This is the intro to episode 13: The Sounds of East London)

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Cosmologist Roger Penrose and "The Road to Reality"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A British mathematical physicist, Roger is one of the world’s leading scientists. He speaks of black holes, religion and twistor theory. Our conver...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with the man who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars
From: Michael Nevradakis
Series: Dialogos Interview Series
Caption: The Dialogos Interview Series, produced by Dialogos Radio, Credit: Michael Nevradakis
An interview with Dr. Pericles Papadopoulos, the NASA scientist who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:38
13: The Sounds of East London
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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From bells to restaurants, and glasses to songwriting this episode explores the people and sounds of London's East end.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 1
An Extra-Chilly Successor To Hubble
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Scientists working on the Webb Telescope say it's so revolutionary, it’s like “our generation’s Apollo.”
Come winter, your neck of the woods may be cold. But guess how frigid the James Webb Space Telescope will be when it launches in 2018? 400 degrees ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
A $300 House: Fact or Fiction?
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: An early sketch of the $300 House concept, Credit: 300house.com
Vijay Govindarajan, co-creator of the $300 House Project, discusses the genesis of the idea, how it’s different from mere cheap housing, and his ho...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2011
  • Length: 15:12
  • Purchases: 2
"Please Call Stella": Capturing English, from Afrikaans to Zulu
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The Speech Accent Archive is the brainchild of GMU's Steven Weinberger, Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A look -- and listen -- inside the world's largest online database of English accents.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 5
Cell Phone Eye Exams
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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In you lived in sub-Saharan Africa your chances of getting a prescription for a pair of eyeglasses would be almost impossible. There’s only one op...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 4
Police on Facebook
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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More than six million cars, trucks, and other vehicles clog the streets of New Delhi, India every day. And there’s not nearly enough police to enf...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3
Robot Kid
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Back when the Nepali village of Kaskikot didn’t have any technology except the radio, a young farm boy started wondering about how machines work. ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
One Laptop
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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One laptop per child. That’s the goal of a non-profit group working to put laptops into the hands of kids all across the developing world. The id...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Community Cooker
From: World Vision Report
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Kibera is a vast slum in the Kenyan capitol of Nairobi. People who live there struggle with the high price of cooking fuel and the lack of garbage...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
Camotero Cart
From: World Vision Report
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One piece of technology you’ll find in Mexico has fire in its belly and a shrieking whistle to blow off steam. Reporter Shannon Young examines a M...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 3
Solar Engineers
From: World Vision Report
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It’s been more than 30-years since the first Barefoot College was established in Tilonia in northern India. Since then smaller Barefoot Colleges h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1