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Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future
From: Spectrum Radio
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Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by WNYC, KZYX, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFOK-LP, WNIN and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Why scientists love Germany
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk, Credit: guardian.co.uk
In a specially extended show, we visit the European Space Agency's operations centre, and get a taste of some of the most exciting research being c...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 57:33
  • Purchases: 1
Collaborative Music with Aid of Social Media
From: Toby Scott
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Can new, globalized cultural traditions that cross national boundaries be created with the aid of social media? "Album in a Day" is a community-d...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:16
Clever Apes: Sense abilities
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: www.wbez.org/cleverapes
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer explores the realm of the senses, finding out how cochlear implants are opening up a world of sound for the h...

Bought by KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 3
Menlo Park start-up looks to bring personal robots to market
From: KALW
Caption: The PR2 is an open source robotics platform., Credit: Willow Garage
The year 2010 gave us the Ipad, the malaria-proof mosquito and a beef-powered train, but it didn’t give us something that it was promised it would ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 08:28
Mike Doughty Talks Social Media, Addiction, and Songwriting
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Mike Doughty, Credit: Deborah Lopez
Producer Rebecca Lavoie talks with singer-songwriter Mike Doughty about his unusually interactive presence on social media sites, the new narrative...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 08:06
The Mad Scientist
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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David Kontak builds bizarre musical machines out of found objects and uses them to produce experimental soundscapes.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Grounded: The End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight
From: KUT
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KUT News’s hour-long special report: Grounded: the End of the Shuttle Era and the Future of Space Flight, explores the launch of U.S. space mission...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Apes in space
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Ham, the first chimp in space, Credit: NASA
In this episode, host Gabriel Spitzer considers what science has to learn from flying saucers, what it might take for humans to colonize space in o...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Public Radio Remix, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 12:59
  • Purchases: 3
Engineers of the New Millennium: The Water Energy Crunch A Powerful Puzzle
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
The Water-Energy Crunch is a clash of essential needs. Humans are thirsty creatures who need water to drink and bathe, but also to produce most for...

Bought by KUNM, 90.5 WESA, WNYC, KVNF, WNIN and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Freedom of the Internet
From: KUNM
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The future of the Internet is the future of our education, health, opportunity, and self-determination. Right now big cable and telephone companies...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 59:50
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
Engineering Pharmaceuticals
From: WFYI
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Engineering Pharmaceuticals explores one of the major causes of rising health care costs – development of new drugs. It can cost up to a billion d...

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, KZYX, WMRA, WRPI, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2010
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 16
HOB Radio: Cars!
From: Ben Manilla
Series: House of Blues Radio Hour
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A special House Of Blues Radio Hour tribute to the Automobile!

Bought by Northstate Public Radio, WNCU, WCPN, and WXXI


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Evolution of the Mash-Up
From: Andrew Davis
Caption: Thru-You YouTube Music Mash-up from User Generated Content, Credit: Thru-You.com / Kutiman
Mash-ups (creating new art works from existing creative pieces) have been around for at least two decades, but the digital universe has helped this...

Bought by Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
Hide and Seek
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Geocaching is a high tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices.

Bought by KRUA, KOSU, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 3
The Mikie Show #9 Joseph
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We interview Joseph Benevidez. He does something I’ve always dreamed about doing but you’ll have to listen to find out, it’s better that way. Plus,...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Nissan Leaf electric car tour test drive report
From: Denis Du Bois
Caption: Nissan Leaf all-electric car prototype, Credit: Nissan North America
Carbon-free electric car prototype tour is in Seattle through 12/12/09, as COP15 climate meetings accelerate in Copenhagen.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:46
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
Soundprint_news_09-00034: Teaching:The Next Generation/Educating Emily
From: Soundprint
Series: SOUNDPRINT weekly series (News Hole Compatible)
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Soundprint_09-00034_news uploaded 8/21/09: Teaching:The Next Generation/Educating Emily

Bought by WRVO and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2009
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
Ride the Wave
From: Catherine Spangler
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Take a ride on Seattle's newest transportation option.

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:54
Engineers of the New Millennium: The Global Water Challenge
From: Spectrum Radio
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One Hour Radio Special presented by The National Science Foundation and IEEE Spectrum Radio exploring emerging global water issues.

Bought by Red River Radio Network, WEKU, KGOU, WCAI / WNAN, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 13
One Giant Leap
From: WHRV
Series: How We Saw It
Caption: Composite five frame shot of the Saturn V boosters lift off carrying Apollo 11 to the moon., Credit: GETTY
This 1-hour radio documentary will celebrate the moon landing through the eyes of those who witnessed it and the memories of those who contributed ...

Bought by KCUR, KRCB-FM, WUFT, and KWIT


  • Added: Jul 20, 2009
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 4
A Shortcut Back To 1969 -"The Lunar Module"
From: Peter Bochan
Caption: Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11
40th Anniversary Mix of man's trip to the moon which began on July 16th, 1969

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound and WFPL News


  • Added: Jul 16, 2009
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 2
Analog in a Digital Age
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A man practices the ancient art of timekeeping.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRVO, WMPG, and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 4