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1/26/12 Food Sleuth Radio: BioCycle Editor, Nora Goldstein on food waste, composting, and recycling.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Nora Goldstein, Editor of Biocycle, the magazine devoted to composting, renewable energy and...

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Green Chemistry: Better Living Through Nature
From: A World of Possibilities
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The chemicals we manufacture for modern needs are complex synthetic compounds. Most are untested and some are toxic to nature and the human body. B...

Bought by WPSU-FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Clay A. Johnson
This is not your average diet book. Author Clay Johnson challenges us to be more aware and selective of the information we digest.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
Getting a Spacelift
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Getting a Spacelift, Credit: Seth Shostak
The future of spaceflight, why humans should go to Mars, the techno-wizardry needed to get there, working on an asteroid, and a space tourist’s pri...

Bought by KREV-LP and KSJD


  • Added: Feb 06, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Computer Talk Radio (CES 2012) (Broadcast for January 14-20, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Benjamin Rockwell, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly broadcast for the week starting January 14th, 2012. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is all about the latest and gre...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Health Care Reform -- Groks Science Show 2012-02-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Jonathan Gruber discussed health care reform.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 1
Walmart: Green or Greed? Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Stacy Mitchell
Walmart. What does the name of the world’s largest retailer evoke for you? Do you think of its reputation as a poor employer and its anti-union tac...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Material Whirl
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Material Whirl, Credit: Seth Shostak
The future of man-made materials from 3D printers to artificial skin. Also, why ancient Roman concrete was better than ours.

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Electric Vehicle Pioneer Dave Cloud
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dave Cloud's "Dolphin"
Battery operated cars. No longer the exclusive domain of little kids huddled around a remote control, electric vehicles are beginning to emerge as ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Thinking Life -- Groks Science Show 2012-01-25
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. P.M. Forni discussed the thinking life.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Meejin Yoon.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
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Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology. [27:29]

  • Added: Jan 20, 2012
  • Length: 27:29
Forgiveness -- Groks Science Show 2012-01-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Mary Hayes Grieco discussed forgiveness.

Bought by WRNC-LP and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 25:43
  • Purchases: 2
Wired for Thought
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Wired for Thought, Credit: Seth Shostak
A cup of coffee can leave you wired for the day, but a chip in your brain could wire you to a machine forever; the future of brain-machine interfaces.

Bought by KREV-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sanctions Against Iran
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Istock Photo
As the world community tightens economic sanctions against Iran, many are questioning the possibility of unintended consequences.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
Stewards of Other People's Money... and The Planet
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Graham Sinclair
Socially responsible capitalism – is this an oxymoron? Not according to this week’s guest on Sea Change Radio. Graham Sinclair is a South African s...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Body Politic -- Groks Science Show 2012-01-04
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this program, Prof. Jonathan Moreno discussed the politics of biology.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 26:59
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming Dr. Q
From: Prime Time Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dr. Q and Mark Bauerlein, this week on Prime Time Radio.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:56
Light, the Universe, and Everything
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Light, the Universe, and Everything, Credit: Seth Shostak
Universe, cosmology, technology, invention, Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, time

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 2
Electric Cars -- Groks Science Show 2011-12-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
On this program, Jim Motavalli discussed the new developments in the electric car.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 1
"The Country Doctor Revisited" edited by Therese Zink
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: Real Good Words
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Heidi Holtan talks with Therese Zink about this collection of writing in various forms penned by modern day rural health care professionals. Things...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 20:08
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: Superstition
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Superstition, Credit: Seth Shostak
From fears of Friday the 13th to shattered mirrors - find out why our brains are wired for supernatural belief.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
HEALing Energy: Engineer aims for a global renewable energy plan by 2012
From: SQRadio
Caption: Mark Jacobson, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Stanford University Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson is trying to convince the world that his energy plan based soley on renwables: wind, water, and solar...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create The World We Want
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
The Promise and Perils of Nanotechnology
From: A World of Possibilities
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Today, nano particles are in our food, cosmetics, and hundreds of other items. And this is just the beginning of what is projected to be a $1 trill...

Bought by WRPI, KUMD, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 56:38
  • Purchases: 3
Sensor Sensibility
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Sensor Sensibility, Credit: Seth Shostak
“Ubiquitous sensing” aims to blanket the world in tiny sensors, the out-of-this world detection system that discovered a possibly Earth-like planet...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1

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