Science/Technology

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Exhalation

Airs at: Thu, 07/04/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Like such eclectic predecessors as Philip K. Dick, James Tiptree, Jr., Jorge Luis Borges, Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, China Miéville, and Kazuo Ishiguro,  Ted Chiang has explored conventional tropes of science fiction in highly unconventional... Read more

Wednesday Talk Radio on 04/24/19

Airs at: Wed, 04/24/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
Guest host Linda Olsen-Osterlund takes a look at Facebook and social media's usage of personal data, its discriminatory practices, and all the other things that make people question the future and definition of privacy. Call in with your comments 503-231-8187. Read more

Zucked by Roger McNamee

Airs at: Fri, 04/12/2019 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
In a New Yorker profile of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg last September, Evan Osnos writes: “If Facebook were a country, it would have the largest population on earth. More than 2.2 billion people, about a third of humanity, log in at least once a month. That user bas... Read more

Insectuality 2: Ultrasonic Bugaloo

Airs at: Sat, 03/30/2019 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
Tonight from 12:00-3:00 AM Bill McQuay of Ecolocation Sound and NPR will be guest hosting and presenting the final installment of his and researchers Drs. Laurel Symes and Hannah ter Hofstede's recent field recordings from Barro Colorado, Panama.  Thrill to the ultrason... Read more

Social Design Insights: In defense of slowness

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Radiozine brings a special presentation of Social Design Insights. Spencer Bailey is the editor-at-large of the book publisher Phaidon and a contributing editor at Town & Country magazine. A writer, editor, journalist, and strategist, he was previously the editorial direc... Read more

Surveillance Capitalism

Airs at: Tue, 03/26/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Alternative Radio
  Surveillance Capitalism is a global architecture of behavior modification which poses profound threats to society. It was invented at Google, duplicated at Facebook, and has moved almost seamlessly into virtually every economic sector. Vast wealth is accumulated in an... Read more

Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

Airs at: Fri, 03/29/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Today on Between the Covers, Suzanne LaGrande interviews science writer, lecturer and author Thomas Hager, discussing his newly published book, Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine   Behind every landmark drug is a story. It co... Read more

Emotional.Store's 100 Year Plan

Airs at: Fri, 03/15/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Radiozine
Jenna talks with Emotional.Store duo Bailey Hikawa and Scotty Wagner about present their newest project, “100 Year Plan,” a dystopian response to participating in the producer economy in the age of automation takeover. This live-cinema experience presents a performance o... Read more

International Womxn's Day Threshold Shift Special Feature

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Produced for:  Threshold Shift
A Conversation with Two Scientists from Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology and Bioacoustics Research Program Nikki Martin delves deep into a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Laurel Symes and Dr. Michelle Fournet about their work as well as their experiences of be... Read more

Poetry and Science

Airs at: Fri, 03/08/2019 at 9:00pm - 10:30pm
Poetry and sound with Judith Arcana of Poetry and Everything, Tiel Ansari of Wider Window Poetry, and Nikki Martin of Threshold Shift. We'll be exploring the intersections between poetry and sound, words and representation, art and science on this International Womxn's D... Read more