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Backpacks... for Dragonflies?
From: Rebecca Sheir
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
Technology's Promise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 1
Vintage Synths Enjoy a Renaissance
From: Kimberly Haas
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
Nuclear Roulette
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
What About Iran?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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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
Why Has America Stopped Inventing?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
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
Library Of Congress Preserves A Treasure Trove... Underground (short version)
From: Rebecca Sheir
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
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 WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD 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 WFPL News, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KUMD and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 9
Part 2, Wind and Water
From: Ross Chambless
Series: Plugging Into Nature
Caption: The Stairs hydroelectric dam in Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of the oldest sources of electricity for Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
Sustainable Cities: There's an App for That!
From: Denis Du Bois
Series: Energy Priorities
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Sustainable urban development is a whole new way of thinking for American cities. Technology is emerging to help planners, architects and residents...

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dream Jobs 2011 Promos
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
15 and 30 second promos for "Dream Jobs 2011: Outside the Cubicle"

Bought by WNIN, WCPN, WBEZ, KGOU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 6
#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, 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 WAMC and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 2
Dream Jobs 2011: Outside The Cubicle
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
In Dream Jobs: Outside the Cubicle listeners will hear the stories of three very determined people who struggled to find the career path outside co...

Bought by KZYX, KFAI, WAMC, WCAI / WNAN, WNIN and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 23
"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 Public Radio Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC


  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 4
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, January 3, 1923
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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While many of the most-told love stories are fairy tales, hers was real and it changed YOUR life.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
CATFISH -- Henry Joost, Nev and Ariel Schulman talk reality thriller.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Filmmakers Henry Joost, Nev and Ariel Schulman talk about taking the journeys, metaphorical and literal, to discover the truth about their Facebook...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 10:32
Antarctica: Life On The Ice 30 Second Promo
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
30 Second Promo for Antarctica: Life On The Ice Special

Bought by WFIU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCPN, 90.5 WSNC, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Antarctica: Life On The Ice 15 Second Promo
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
:15 Second Promo for Antarctica: Life On The Ice Special

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
Zero Energy Buildings
From: Denis Du Bois
Series: Building Priorities Briefing
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It's the 10th anniversary of the the oldest and largest "ZEB" -- net zero energy building -- in the U.S. Dr. David Orr is the visionary behind it. ...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 01, 2010
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Orchestrion: Pat Metheny's One-Man Band
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Low Power Max
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Somewhere near Portland, Maine a man -- known here as Max -- is likely be found breaking the law almost 24 hours a day... from his attic.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
Ben Neill: Mutantrumpet Ninja
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Memories of Moog
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
Caption: Robert Moog
On what would have been his 75th Birthday, we remember Robert Moog, creator of the Moog synthesizer with Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist with T...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1