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885: Does AI dream? / 886: Why do we have so much stuff?, 3/30/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Does AI dream?" - Say you're an artist and you want to paint something you can't see. What if AI can? Are you dreaming together? HOUR ...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Extraordinary Ordinary Objects
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Extraordinary Ordinary Objecets, Credit: Seth Shostak
“To live is to count and to count is to calculate.” But before we plugged in the computer to express this ethos, we pulled out the pocket calculat...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, KZUM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Waste Not
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Waste Not , Credit: Seth Shostak
Why create more landfill? Resist the urge to toss those old sneakers or last year’s smart phone. Instead, let global junk entrepreneurs repurpose ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Timing is Everything - The Blue Light Special with Dr. Josh Rosenthal
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Blue light from phones and computers is upsetting our natural circadian rhythm with potentially dangerous results for our health.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:29
Skeptic Check: Data Bias
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Data Bias, Credit: Seth Shostak
Sexist snow plowing? Data that guide everything from snow removal schedules to heart research often fail to consider gender. In these cases, “refe...

Bought by KZYX, WVTF, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
How to Own the AI Revolution
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Caption: Despite sci fi's dystopian portrayals of Artificial Intelligence, it can be harnessed for the betterment of humanity. It's already quite literally saving lives! IBM Master Inventor Neil Sahota reveals how useful this tool can be...and how it can improve
Many people fear the Artificial Intelligence revolution that’s underway. But like every other major societal revolution in human history, you can ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 56:24
  • Purchases: 1
Sci-Fi From the Future
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sci-Fi From the Future, Credit: Seth Shostak
Polls show that most Americans are uneasy about the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence and genetic engineering. We all hope to guide socie...

Bought by KTXK, CHSR-FM 97.9, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KZUM, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Atari Demise -- Groks Science Show 2022-06-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Howard Scott Warshaw discussed his new book, Once Upon Atari.

Bought by KNCT FM and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Go With the Flow
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Solid materials get all the credit. Don’t get us wrong, we depend on their firmness for bridges, bones, and bento boxes. But liquids do us a solid...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBBI Alaska, KZUM and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
One Time Password
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Having unique passwords for every account is extremely frustrating but now, along comes the OTP and KYC.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 06:04
AI: Where Does It End?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: AI: Where Does It End, Credit: Seth Shostak
The benefits of artificial intelligence are manifest and manifold, but can we recognize the drawbacks … and avoid them in time? In this episode, ...

Bought by WRGY, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KMUN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
Framers -- Groks Science Show 2021-05-26
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kenneth Cukier discussed his new book, Framers.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Teaching HTML/CSS, Unplugged and Offline
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
Caption: Sam Taylor with The Coding Workbook., Credit: Sam Taylor
How do you learn web development without a computer, or without any electronic device? Sam Taylor wrote a book to help learners do just that. As a ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 39:51
Supercomputer Showdown
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Supercomputer Showdown, Credit: Seth Shostak
Do you have a hard-to-answer question? The Summit, Sierra, Trinity, Frontier, and Aurora supercomputers are built to tackle it. Summit tops the pet...

Bought by WCNY, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WRGY, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Ep. 439: Ijeoma Oluo, Jill Lepore, and The Bengsons, 12/11/2020
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Ijeoma Oluo
This episode features writer Ijeoma Oluo, historian and contributor at The New Yorker Jill Lepore, and music from indie folk duo The Bengsons.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Alignment Problem -- Groks Science Show 2020-10-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brian Christian discussed his book, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values.

Bought by KWMR, KICI Iowa City, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
AI Countdown -- Groks Science Show 2020-09-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michael Kanaan discussed his new book, T-Minus AI.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Breaking the Code
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A genius entrusted with national secrets who made no effort to conceal his own

Bought by WPCA-LP, KFCF FM, KCRW, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 23
Creative Brains
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Creative Brains, Credit: Seth Shostak
Many animals are industrious and clever, but humans are unique in their creative and inventive impulses. Composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Gained in Translation
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
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Hey, Alexa, why don’t you laugh at my jokes? Teaching a computer to recognize humor is difficult because no clear definition of humor exists. Send...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Perpetual Emotion Machine
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Perpetual Emotion Machine, Credit: Seth Shostak
Get ready for compassionate computers that share your pain, your joy. But wait, our own emotions can be conflicting and irrational. A suite of unc...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
AMOS 19.226: Computing with Light, 11/12/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Computing with Light

  • Added: Nov 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
Human Compatible -- Groks Science Show 2019-10-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Stuart Russell discussed the design of human compatible AI.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 20:35
Distributed Programming for Newbies
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Distributed systems rule much of new technology today, as software programs exist across multiple computers, servers, phones, and smart devices. Ho...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 27:55
AMOS 19.115: Weather Pattern Unpredictability, 6/10/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Weather Pattern Unpredictability

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 02:00