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the sniffer: the sniffer: trendwatching: return of localism and the nano antenna!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:32:09 -0400

In this trendwatching podcast, Nora Young talks about Alex Steffen’s recent post at worldchanging, suggesting that the combination of rising fuel costs, consumer sensitivity, and other factors may spell an end to the relentless push for globalism.Meanwhile, Cathi Bond has found a cool project in the nanoantenna; new hope for re-using energy byproducts (via engadget) Plus, Nora touts Scandinavian [...]

CBC Radio: Spark: CBC Radio: Spark: Spark in the Summer 10 - Telemegaphone Project

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:56:05 -0400

A sneak peak at an upcoming item for our first show of Season 2 about a very loud phone on top of a mountain in Norway.

Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American: Science Talk: August 27, 2008

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:56:58 -0400

Return of a Killer: Tuberculosis in Russia

Science Times: Science Times: NYT: Science Times for 08/26/2008

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:12:08 -0400

This week: a new sub for studying the deep frontier; fishy stories from restaurants and markets; and kamikaze microbes.

New Yorker: Out Loud: New Yorker: Out Loud: Prime Time

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:56:04 -0400

The New Yorker's television critic, Nancy Franklin, discusses the Beijing Olympics and why great television is such a rare thing.

This American Life: This American Life: #362: Got You Pegged

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:48:12 -0400

Stories about the trouble people get into when they assume too much about strangers.

CBC Radio: Writers & Company: CBC Radio: Writers & Company: Writers & Company - 24/08/2008 - Michael Chabon Interview

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:28:12 -0400

Eleanor Wachtel in conversation with a great American storyteller, Michael Chabon. From "Wonder Boys" and "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" to "The Yiddish Policeman’s Union."

All in the Mind: All in the Mind: 2008-08-23 The Mind of the Market - National Science Week forum

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:29:40 -0400

Are markets moral? Is our hunter-gatherer brain geared for modern capitalism, and do economies work like evolutionary organisms? The rise of neuroeconomics, the extinction of Homo Economicus and more - with outspoken founder of the U.S Skeptics Society, Dr Michael Shermer, and shareholder activist and Crikey founder, Stephen Mayne.

Book Review: Book Review: Book Update for 08/22/2008

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:05:44 -0400

This week: Biographer Brenda Wineapple on Emily Dickinson, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, Paul Berman on Norman Mailer, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.

CBC Radio: Dispatches: CBC Radio: Dispatches: Best of Dispatches, August 24, 2008 -- Kabul, Afghanistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, Fosu, Ghana, Turkmenistan, Leeds, England, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:33:12 -0400

The new 0pium Eaters of Afghanistan; the world's oldest narcotic is hooking the country's children. A Canadian journalist goes to Sierra Leone to teach young reporters, but gets schooled in the perils of being one. The unsung compassion of Sylvia Nortey. Ghana did away with school fees so teachers like her could help more kids learn. Now if only they had money for pencils. The long and winding road to Pakistan's National Art Gallery, from the architect who refused to veer from the path.

CKUT Podcast - aackk!: aackk! - Friday, August 22, 2008

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:58:14 -0400

CBC Radio 3 Podcast: CBC Radio 3 Podcast: #170 - Beach Blanket Blotto

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:04:26 -0400

Guest host Lana Gay takes us to the beach for some surf, sand, and BBQ! Annette and Frankie always had a sweet soundtrack for their beach blanket parties and this is no exception. Enjoy music from some of Canada’s top Surf, Ska and Reggae bands like Empiricals, Massawippi Skank, One Night Band, Urban Surf Kings, the Burnin’ Sands, Los Tabernacos, General Rudie, plus many more!

The Science Show: The Science Show: Science Show - 2008-08-23

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:12:17 -0400

Eureka Prizes 2008 Nicky Phillips reports on the Australian Museum´s Eureka Science Prizes awarded this week. Hagfish Hagfish are blind, like big slimy eels. They predate fish and clean up the ocean bottom. Rebecca McLeod has looked at energy flows in New Zealand´s Fiordland ecosystems and discovered that hagfish actually derive energy from forests. Rain washes forest material into the water and, through bacterial decomposition, makes its way through the food chain to hagfish. Rebecca McLeod is New Zealand´s Young Scientist for 2008. Flushing the Great Barrier Reef The body of water between the coast and the deep ocean is a lagoon. It is about 50km wide, 2,000km in length and 10-50m deep. Peter Ridd has investigated the flushing of the water in this massive lagoon. The east Australia current helps flush the lagoon, but it is a repository for land runoff of nutrients and pollutants. Laura Molino - modern man's struggle with primate urges Living with Aspergers Berry Billingsley describes the behaviour of her son Harry, who has Asperger's syndrome. And Daniel Lightwing describes living with the condition. The risk of sea level rise In 2008, 634 million people live within 10km of coasts. Mara Bún compares recent predictions with actual changes in sea level, and considers the consequences if sea levels continue to rise.

Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American: Science Talk: August 20, 2008

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:13:12 -0400

What's the Buzz: A Conversation with Buzz Aldrin

Science Times: Science Times: NYT: Science Times for 08/19/2008

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:52:13 -0400

This week: What a short-lived lizard tells us about life on earth, surprising news about older runners and a visit to an aircraft carrier 70 feet underwater.

New Yorker: Out Loud: New Yorker: Out Loud: Getting in Tune

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:40:08 -0400

In this week's issue, the composer John Adams writes about his time in San Francisco. Here Adams discusses his influences, the pressures of expectation, and the motivation behind his memoir.

CBC Radio: Spark: CBC Radio: Spark: Spark in the Summer 9 - We're Back!

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:12:05 -0400

Spark is back and gearing up for Season 2.

CBC Radio: Writers & Company: CBC Radio: Writers & Company: Writers & Company - 17/08/2008 - Jackie Kay Interview

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:40:11 -0400

Poet and novelist Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. Adopted and raised by a white Glasgow couple active in the Communist party, she looks at Scottish society from a fresh and interesting angle.

The Science Show: The Science Show: Science Show - 2008-08-16

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:56:04 -0400

Black rats - brilliant adaptors Black rats were responsible for the death of 75 million people in the 13th century during the Black Plague. Today they cost the US grain industry $19 billion a year. But black rats also happen to be brilliant at adaptation and survival. Feeling squirmish? Well the south Vietnamese aren´t, with their rat meat industry producing 10,000 tonnes of rat meat every year. They can be traced to Southeast Asia they have spread throughout every continent and if you think they're not in your house.... think again! Saving Denmark's Houting fish The draining of rivers and the conversion of marshes into farm land has had a dramatic effect on Houting fish in Denmark. So too have the numerous fish farms in their rivers. With the fish's natural habitat destroyed the Houting Project has been established to secure 90 hectares of wetland for the fish to spawn. The project has also had an unexpected gain for fish farmers. Now required to use ground water rather than water from the river the farmers have seen a doubling of their fish production in a year. Microalgae produce biodiesel In north Queensland scientists are using an innovative method to produce biodiesel by feeding marine microalgae with fish excretions. The algae use fish farm slurry as nutrients to produce oil. In fact, no other crop produces as much biodiesel as microalgae. Beside their oil production the microalgae also produce carbohydrates and proteins that could be used as stock feed. Green at Work - the cost of building lifts The World speaks and reveals that running building lifts produces carbon emissions. Why pay to go to the gym to an use a stair-master machine when you can walk up stairs to your office? Laura Molino - future transport options Laura and Tess consider how we'll get about as oil supplies dwindle. Questacon 20 years and going strong Twenty years ago Questacon was born out of the ANU as an experiment to gauge how the public liked hands on science. It was so popular that it became Australia´s National Science Centre in Canberra. Fast forward to 2008 and Questacon is still buzzing and more importantly attracting children, teenagers and adults to science.

Book Review: Book Review: Book Update for 08/15/2008

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:32:08 -0400

This week, the NY Times Exec Editor Bill Keller talks about Nelson Mandela and a historic rugby game, Notes from the Field with Rachel Donadio, novelist Stacey D'Erasmo on Linn Ullman's new book, and best-seller news from Dwight Garner.

the sniffer: the sniffer: trendwatching: monorails for bikes and death of magazines.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:40:11 -0400

In this trendwatching podcast, Cathi Bond mentions the Schweeb, a sort of monorail for bikes (via gizmodo). Meanwhile, Nora Young mentions the alarming drop in magazine sales (via psfk.com). Would you read newspapers, magazines, and books on something like the Kindle, now that at least one analyst is predicting big sales?

CBC Radio: Dispatches: CBC Radio: Dispatches: August 17, 2008 - Best of Dispatches -- New Haven, Conn, Capetown, South Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:04:10 -0400

You say torture - I say abuse. You call it escalation, I call it a surge. We parse White House euphemisms with a language lord who decries them as "floating metaphors, with a low yield of fact." In South Africa is it smut and gore or a public service? Tabloids specialize in grim and ghastly. And it's making mainstream journalists uneasy. As Ethiopia shudders under poverty and oppression, Canada's accused of bean-counter development. A feature documentary from the Horn of Africa.

CKUT Podcast - aackk!: aackk! - Friday, August 15, 2008

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:28:12 -0400

All in the Mind: All in the Mind: 2008-08-16 The Stuff of Thought with Steven Pinker

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:52:08 -0400

Why do we often avoid speaking our mind? Does swearing have an evolutionary function? What do linguistic taboos do to your brain? How are new words born? Acclaimed author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker is a self-confessed verbivore. To him language offers a window into the human mind and how it works. He joins Natasha Mitchell in a feature interview to argue there´s nothing mere about semantics. Radio National often provides links to external websites to complement program information. While producers have taken care with all selections, we can neither endorse nor take final responsibility for the content of those sites.

CBC Radio 3 Podcast: CBC Radio 3 Podcast: #169 - Wordplay

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:32:09 -0400

Guest host Tariq Hussain hones his wordplay skills while exploring the lyrical side of songwriting. Shared verse from Canada’s top lyrical songwriters Christine Fellows, Luke Doucet, Tarik Robinson from Dragon Fli Empire, and instrumental “lyricist” Brent Cooper along with a chorus of songs from Crystal Castles, Chad VanGaalen and Matt Mays.