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City Of Women: Who is Wendy Carlos?

Airs at: Fri, 04/29/2016 at 3:00am - 5:30pm
Produced for:  City of Women
Listening to music on the radio, if you are so inclined,  you will not hear many female led vocals. Especially if you are listening to mainstream music. Country Western, Blue Grass and RnB have more female voices. Punk Rock is getting there, some electronica, yes. But, it i... Read more

The Underground: WHATS THE MATTER

Airs at: Wed, 01/28/2015 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
we tricked you into thinking about matter! Read more

Author Clinton Galloway, "Anatomy of a Hustle: Cable Comes to South Central L.A"

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
HBO. CNN. BET.  These cable stations have revolutionized our television viewing experience and our culture as a whole. In 1979,  cable was still an emerging technology, but one that brothers  Clinton and Carl Galloway knew was worth pursuing.  The Galloway brothers, both y... Read more

Between Us

  General Interest. Science, politics, literature, popular culture, comedy, arts & music, etc.   Read more

Emma Marris on her book "Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World."

Airs at: Mon, 09/26/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Gene Bradley speaks with Emma Marris, author of "Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World."  In her book Marris interviews leading scientists and environmentalists and visits imaginary Edens, designer ecosystems, and Pleistocene parks. She contends that ... Read more

Radiozine on 06/27/11

Airs at: Mon, 06/27/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Marianne Barisonek interviews Tali Sharot about her book "The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain," an exploration of the neural basis of optimism, and how the brain simulates the future. How does the brain generate hope? How does it trick us into ... Read more

Daniel Wilson talks about his novel "Robopocalypse"

Airs at: Thu, 06/09/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek interviews Portland writer, television host and robotics engineer Daniel Wilson, author of the technothriller "Robopocalypse," which explores the fate of the human race following a robot uprising. Wilson has an M.S. and P.H.D. in Robotics, and an ... Read more

Are We Alone in the Universe?

Airs at: Sun, 06/12/2011 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Digital Divide
Are we alone in the universe? So far, definitive proof has eluded us. However, in recent years scientists have been engaged in a widespread search for extraterrestrial life, which has produced encouraging results. To learn the latest about the quest for life beyond Earth, D... Read more

Fight the Empire on 06/02/11, interview with Michael Shermer

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Fight the Empire
The Believing Brain—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths Host Per Fagereng interviews Michael Shermer, author of numerous books including the most recent, "The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and... Read more

Special Programming: Public Affairs on 04/29/11

Airs at: Fri, 04/29/2011 at 8:00am - 12:00pm
Stop Nuclear Madness Join us all morning as we look at one of the world's most crucial issues, nuclear power. "As a physician, I contend that nuclear technology threatens life on our planet with extinction. If present trends continue, the air we breathe, the food we eat, ... Read more