Technology
What is the grid and why do renewables strain it?
In the push for an electrical energy source that can sustainably power the modern world — namely, renewables, like wind and solar — t ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:49That feeling when your phone is missing and panic grips you
Others seem to weather it without permanent physical or psychological damage. I am talking, of course, about the miserable moment you realize you have lost your cell phone.
9 years ago
Protecting your privacy online
Guests: Brian Fung, Matt Blaze, Julie Kearney Congress just voted to eliminate the Federal Communications Commiss ...
Air Date: March 31, 2017
Listen 00:49:27Trump’s newest EO and the environment; protests in Russia; combating ISIS
Guests: Robinson Meyer, Alec Luhn, Rukmini Callimachi We have three stories for today’s edit ...
Air Date: March 29, 2017
Listen 00:49:21Vera Rubin. Zora Neale Hurston. Eugenie Clark. On this episode, we celebrate women who forged a path for generations of female scientists ...
Air Date: March 24, 2017
Listen 49:35How New Jersey is trying to become the ‘Silicon Valley’ for the commercial drone industry
In a quiet corner of South Jersey, in a hangar built for the Second World War and stacked with history, a tech company hopes to help buil ...
9 years ago
The FBI is investigating Trump-Russia ties
Guests: Robert Baer, John Dean FBI Director James Comey announced at a House hearing on Monday that they are inve ...
Air Date: March 22, 2017
Listen 00:49:00Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress
Brianna Wu has been outspoken about sexism in male-dominated video game culture. Brianna Wu has loved video games ever since she w ...
9 years ago
Listen 5:06Creating the next generation of innovators by understanding how young people use media
Helping kids be creative is the best way to make them innovators. Minecraft, social media, and connected learning tools can build social skills, and drive civic engagement.
9 years ago
Guests: Anne-Marie Slaughter Today we’re going to listen to Marty’s conversation with ...
Air Date: March 14, 2017
Listen 00:49:30Is the ‘gig’ economy forcing changes in workforce classification?
“Gig workers” — the term often used to describe members of today’s workforce who provide services on a “per job,” or per “g ...
9 years ago
Art and data marry to illuminate stories of life on the Schuylkill River
President Trump is committed to eliminating the Waters of the U.S. Rule, which outlines federally protected ...
9 years ago
An aspiring astronaut’s life on fake Mars
Ross Lockwood spent four months on top of a volcano in Hawaii. He lived in an inflatable dome the size of a two-bedroom apartment with fi ...
9 years ago
ListenGuests: Sara Goldrick-Rab, Aaron Schenk, Aminata Sy Betsy DeVos, the recently minted Secretary ...
Air Date: February 22, 2017
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