
Technology
Flood maps, coastal issues, and climate change
Guests: Lisa Auermuller, Erin O’Neill, and Bryan Walsh Several important reports surrounding the issue of c ...
Air Date: August 21, 2013
ListenPhiladelphia bioethics meeting tackles implanted memories and other thorny issues
Consider, for example, the implications of a fake memory. ...
12 years ago
2013 Philly Geek Award Winners #PHLGeekAwards
And the 2013 Geek of the Year award goes to… Dan Ueda, coach of th ...
12 years ago
On Snakey’s trail in Swarthmore, but we couldn’t find the 7-foot boa constrictor either
We’re here in Swarthmore, Pa., on the trail of a 7-foot-long boa constrictor that goes by the name ‘Snakey.’ He& ...
12 years ago
The Prospects and Perils of Geoengineering
The prospect of controlling the weather has for a long time lived solely in the realm of science fiction and the plots ...
Air Date: August 13, 2013
ListenDo you want to make your house more energy efficient? Maybe you want to help the environment, save money on your electricity bill, or j ...
Air Date: August 13, 2013
ListenAnthony Weiner’s well-publicized misdemeanors have cast light on the under-the-radar practice of sexting. And it seems that New York ...
Air Date: August 8, 2013
ListenU.S. help sought over chemicals in Delaware River, Paulsboro water supply
Perfluorononanoate acid (PFNA) is a toxic compound used ...
12 years ago
Nutter admininstration using paid tech internships in battle against brain drain
The mayor of Philadelphia treated 10 college kids to lunch this week. The occasion was a city-sponsored internship program that ...
12 years ago
This week, Philly is the capital of baseball’s stat-loving geeks
This story is about the passionate embrace of numbers. So here are a few: 671, the number of baseball geeks gathered in Philadelphia this ...
12 years ago
Guests: Michael Doyle, PJ Crowley, Ben Wizner Private Bradley Manning could face up to 136 year ...
Air Date: August 1, 2013
ListenCyber espionage; Replacing passwords
Guests: James Mulvenon, Dan Goodin Cybercrime is estimated to cost the U.S. economy as much as ...
Air Date: August 1, 2013
ListenAn update on the U.S. natural gas boom
GUESTS: MARIE CUSICK & ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN. The hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” proce ...
Air Date: July 29, 2013
ListenNSA spying, Snowden and the secret FISA court
Guests: KEN DILANIAN, JAMES CARR, ELIZABETH GOITEIN Edward Snowden is still in Russia hoping for asylum. Attorney ...
Air Date: July 29, 2013
ListenReaction to the President’s speech on the economy
President Obama launched a major effort yesterday to turn the public’s attention back to the economy. ...
Air Date: July 25, 2013
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