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Small Modular Nuclear Reactors at Hanford

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2024 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for Locus Focus
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Its legacy from nearly a half-century of Plutonium production has left a toxic stew of radioactive and chemical waste that will remain hazardous for tens of thousands of years. But while the U... Read more

Happily Even After

Airs at: Sun, 01/07/2024 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Jonah Paquette, PsyD, is a psychologist, author, and speaker who specializes in the science of well-being and emotional fitness. He is the author of four books including Happily Even After, Awestruck, The Happiness Toolbox, and Real Happiness. Jonah’s writing aims to provi... Read more

Life Before the Internet

Airs at: Sun, 12/24/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
Michael Gentle is a former IT and data-privacy professional. Michael is the author of a number of best-selling books on business and technology, including IT Project Financials, IT Success, and others. His newest book and the topic of today's program is Life Before the Inte... Read more

Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving on 12/07/23

Airs at: Thu, 12/07/2023 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Cascadia Stack has programs in Spanish and in English. They have a preparedness workshop scheduled for January 27th in Vancouver. Find out more about what they do online here.  Read more

Environmental Clashes on Native American Lands

Airs at: Mon, 11/27/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken talks with Cynthia-Lou Coleman, Professor Emerita of communication at Portland State University, about her recent book, Environmental Clashes on Native American Lands (2020, Palgrave Macmillan). One of the clashes taken up in the book centers on the discovery ... Read more

Threshold

Airs at: Sun, 11/26/2023 at 8:30am - 9:00am
Produced for Pathways
John Nelson is a visionary author and writer of the new novel, Threshold: A Crisis Ignites a Universal Awakening. He is an award-winning author, novelist, editor, and screenwriter with forty-five years of writing experience, his work spans non-fiction and fiction. John's bo... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for November 13, 2023

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
  Patricia Kullberg hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: Crypto and Fraud: After the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX last November, federal prosecutors charged the company's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, with fraud and what ... Read more

Crypto and Fraud

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2023 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
After the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX last November, federal prosecutors charged the company's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, with fraud and what prosecutors describe as the largest financial fraud in recent history. Pleading not guilty, Bankman-Fried made an a... Read more

The Early Days of Artificial Intelligence

Airs at: Thu, 01/11/2024 at 9:00am - 9:30am
Produced for The Imaginary Possible
In the final episode of The Imaginary Possible host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with computer  scientist, software architect, and writer, Rudd Canaday about the early history of Artificial Intelligence and the evolution of computer science. Rudd wrote his first first computer ... Read more

Understanding How AI works: An Interview with Leila Kaneda

This Thursday at 9am don't miss episode #2 of The Imaginary Possible. host Suzanne LaGrande speaks with Machine Learning Engineer Leila Kaneda. Among other things Suzanne and Leila discuss: What Machine Learning Is Some common misconceptions people have about AI Data Bi... Read more