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Staccato Cello Fortress
From: Judlyne Lilly-Gibson
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
Computer Ed. Radio #1317
From: WSIU
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Computer Ed Radio is a weekly series that turns "Geek Speak" in to "Street Speak."

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:52:00
Jack and the Microbiome -- Groks Science Show 2013-01-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Microbial ecologist Jack Gilbert joins us to discuss the Earth Microbiome Project.

Bought by KPVL, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 31:58
  • Purchases: 3
Fire together, wire together -- Groks Science Show 2013-01-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Jason MacLean joined us to discuss this Hebbian plasticity and the past, present, and future of research on neuronal networks.

Bought by KMXT, WRNC-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 3
Design professor Barry Kudrowitz talks toys, creativity, and why play matters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis chatted recently with Barry Kudrowitz, assistant professor of product design at the U of MN, just in time for the holiday toy sea...

Bought by KVSC, KSRQ, and KFAI


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 17:41
  • Purchases: 3
Avstry Trim 14 - Ransom Rideout
From: J.R. Warmkessel
Series: Aviation Trim
Caption: Ranson Rideout, Credit: J.R. Warmkessel
Ransom tells us about being sworn in by James Stewart and his early days of flying

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:17
My Robot
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: Roxxxy and an admirer, Credit: technoget.com
Back in December 2009, Brooklyn make-up artist Jessica Jacobs needed a job. She had experience with sculpting movie special effects, so a friend as...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: The birds and the bees (x-rated version)
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: Sex poster at Natural History Museum, Credit: Andy Duckworth
WARNING: contains frank details about animal sex... please listen and approve before broadcasting. We reveal nature's most bizarre and intimate se...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 13, 2011
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Ham the astrochimp and the LHC keeps going
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: Ham at work, Credit: Nasa
It's 50 years since the first American went into space; why the Large Hadron Collider isn't going to shut down for a year as planned; and we trick ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:10
  • Purchases: 1
NPR's Scott Simon Remembers Space Shuttle Columbia
From: Feliks Banel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon recalls anchoring live breaking coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.

  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 08:50
The Guardian's Science Weekly: How blogs are changing science
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: Science Online, Credit: scienceonline2011.com
Recorded at Science Online 2011 in North Carolina, we take an extended look at the world of blogging and its role in modern science; plus, who is B...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 38:50
  • Purchases: 1
Exit 25-Eccentric Druid Billionaires
From: Sam Dingman
Series: The Road 2 Shambala
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Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:59
"GOOD MORNING, MR. TOASTER"
From: Peter Tannen
Series: Tannen Weekly Humor Show
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I just found out that some of the appliances in my home actually talk to each other. Seriously...even when I'm not there. And it probably happens ...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 02:33
From Tetris to Chiptunes
From: Avishay Artsy
Caption: Mike D’Errico, left, and Jeremy Murphy make up the chiptunes duo The Attic Bits., Credit: Avishay Artsy
A pair of young electronic musicians put a dance-inspired spin on video game music.

Bought by Vocalo.org and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Hiller's Virtual World
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
From i-Pods to i-Phones... You-Tube to chatrooms... writer Andrew Hiller says it seems we do everything we can to avoid actual human contact these ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:27
Continuous Commissioning Watches for Waste in Big Buildings
From: Denis Du Bois
Series: Energy Minute
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Continuous commissioning is a way of using technology to make sure building systems are running at peak efficiency.

  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:21
Curiosity and Other Riddles [30:00 AND 20:00 versions]
From: Cambridge Science Fest Crew
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Questions and answers from some of the most curious people in the world. If you could understand one thing about how the world works, what would...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WMPG, KUT, The Neighborhood, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 30:18
  • Purchases: 7
Looking for Love
From: Angela Regas
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In August of 2009 I was 29 years old, single, and living in Iowa City. I wasn’t going to be 29 much longer, and I decided I didn’t want to be sing...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNIN, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
5 minutes with the Sound Guy
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
ATMI Reporter Ana Gerber-Cavalier sat down with one of the most recognizable sound engineers in the city.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
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
Matisyahu on the World's Stage
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Matisyahu, Credit: Run4Change.com
Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jew from White Plains, New York has built personal relationships online that have propelled him all the way to the Winter Olym...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1