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Caption: Skeptic Check: Hostile Climate, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a record we didn’t want to break. Carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere is at an all-time high. Meanwhile an op-ed in a leading new...

Bought by KVSC and WOUB


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Electrical stimulation to the brain can improve math performance.

  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Brian Switek discusses his new book, “My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs.”

Bought by KPVL and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 32:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Protecting your usernames and passwords is as important now as locking your car. What are you doing to keep your online accounts safe?
Lately in the news it seems that all of the major sites are getting hacked and your passwords are being compromised. What should you do to keep you...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Going Viral, Credit: Seth Shostak
Discover how viruses go from birds to pigs to you, how fossil viruses got into your genome, whether E.T. might be a virus, and what it takes for id...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stomach This, Credit: Seth Shostak
Not all conversation is appropriate for the dinner table – and that includes, strangely enough, the subject of eating. Yet, what happens during th...

Bought by KREV-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: What is "The Cloud?"
The Cloud is a tech term that we constantly hear in advertising, but what does it really mean? What is 'The Cloud' and how can normal users take ad...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A generational discussion about 'tinkering' over the decades.

  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting May 4th, 2013. The host with his nerdy glasses, Benjamin Rockwell, opens up the sh...

  • Added: May 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting May 4th, 2013. The host with his nerdy glasses, Benjamin Rockwell, opens up the sh...

  • Added: May 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
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Smart phones put the Internet at your fingertips, allowing you to check your email and surf the web from anywhere with the power of 3G and 4G. Howe...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: So many choices!
What Internet browser do you use? There are dozens to choose from, and many offer unique features. So which one is best for you? Ray Hollister and...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kickstarter.com
Heidi wants to know what this Kickstarter thing she keeps hearing about on Facebook is. Why are people asking her for money? Ray Hollister and Tom ...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Disable Java now!
Mike has heard a lot of news recently about companies being hacked by people using security flaws in Java, but isn't sure what Java is. What does h...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: De-Extinction Show, Credit: Seth Shostak
Maybe goodbye isn’t forever. Get ready to mingle with mammoths and gaze upon a ground sloth. Scientists want to give some animals a round-trip ti...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KVSC, KREV-LP, KSKQ, and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Three generations discuss how tinkering has changed

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting April 28th, 2013. Our trusty nerd, Benjamin Rockwell, opens with the tech news hig...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting April 27th, 2013. Our trusty nerd, Benjamin Rockwell, opens with the tech news hig...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 20th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the nerdy news highl...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 20th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the nerdy news highl...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Deep Time, Credit: Seth Shostak
Think back, way back. Beyond last week to what was happening on Earth 100 million years ago or earlier. It’s hard to fathom such enormous stretch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, KREV-LP, WOUB, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 6th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the nerdy news highli...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting March 6th, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the show host, opens with the nerdy news highli...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Skeptic Check: Forget with the Program, Credit: Seth Shostak
Just remember this: Even our memories of dramatic events that seem to burn themselves directly into our brain are riddled with errors.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, WNJR, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4