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Caption: Dragonfly wearing a "telemetry backpack"
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
Caption: Cello Fortress Logo, Credit: Joost van Dongen
Cello Fortress us a video game with four players playing against a live Cellist improvising notes to defend the fortress.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
Caption: Vintage Tomorrow's jacket cover, Credit: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
The late 19th century was an age of rapid technological change. It’s happening again today. Through interviews with experts such as Willaim Gibson,...

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  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Two biodiesel enthusiasts discuss their involvement in the Hudson Valley biodiesel community.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Hard Decision Eagle
On today's episode Tom got all the laughs, and Ray got all the crickets. There's bad jokes, good apps, bad smart phones, and an eagle going through...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 52:25
Caption: Professor William E. Halal
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Digital Detox, Credit: http://thedigitaldetox.org/
Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Album Leaf
A growing group of musicians are returning to old analog keyboards, sometimes refurbishing and playing instruments older than they are.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
Caption: Dr. Chrystal Louis
It’s estimated that every day 36 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. It’s the leading cause of death by diseas...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Alexandre Montegu
“Intellectual property law impacts virtually all modern business,” says Alexandre Montagu. Several years ago he established MontaguLaw , focusing o...

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Every drug we take is tested with crab blood. And it all started with a walk on a beach.

Bought by WAMC and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Nuclear Roulette, Credit: cover design by Matthew Simmons
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Security experts have concluded that attacks on Iran will serve neither US nor Israeli goals. That’s also the position of Greg Thielmann of the Arm...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
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"Libraries must have been very noisy places, with everyone clacking away at their typewriter" thought one student recently. True story. Tom and Ro...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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Today's text messages and yesterday's telegrams might just be pretty much the same thing, only very different. Confused? So are Tom and Ron!

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
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Have astronauts - once futuristic heroes - become a ho-hum thing of the past? Have they always existed in some form? Ron and Tom share their thoug...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
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The acclaimed movie "The Artist" presents a unique opportunity for members of different generations to compare the effects of ever-changing technol...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine
America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is-a world leader in self-government, industry and technology, and po...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
Public radio reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte brings you a podcast about women, the workplace and success. In episode one: why we need a show like this, ...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 10:11
Caption: The Packard Campus is roughly 500,000 square feet, built into the side of a mountain in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains., Credit: Library of Congress/Matt Raymond
What do you get when you take a former Cold War bunker and fill it with the world’s largest collection of films, TV shows, radio broadcasts and sou...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
Caption: Clay A. Johnson
This is not your average diet book. Author Clay Johnson challenges us to be more aware and selective of the information we digest.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
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Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 1
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 ...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Istock Photo
As the world community tightens economic sanctions against Iran, many are questioning the possibility of unintended consequences.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
Caption: Making way for the Marcellus, Credit: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:57