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Charles Seife on fusion power; Neal Shubin on his human evolution theory

Airs at: Wed, 09/14/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Guests: Dr. Charles Seife talks about the prospects for fusion energy; and Dr. Neil Shubin on our evolution from the fishes   Host: Dr. Michio Kaku, popular physicist, scientist and speaker, professor of theoretical physics in the City College of New York and CUNY Gradu... Read more

Internet of Things; Food Foraging and Medicinal Plants

Airs at: Fri, 09/09/2022 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
  11:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Internet Of Things For the past 30 years or so, the Internet has changed our lives in ways we could not have imagined. It connected 7.5 billion people together regardless of time or distance. But we ain't seen nothing yet. The Internet of Things has... Read more

Aliens in space, robots, the future

Airs at: Wed, 08/31/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  Seth Shostak talks about aliens in space. -- Ray Kurzweil talks about robots and the future. -- Host: Dr. Michio Kaku -- exploration -- mkaku.org -- Released on 08-29-2022         Read more

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs encore

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
    THIS PROGRAM ORIGINALLY AIRED ON JUNE 27, 2022 Sixty-six million years ago an asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. More than half of known species, including the dinosaurs, vanished seemingly over... Read more

Exploration, with Michio Kaku

Airs at: Wed, 08/24/2022 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
  *Black Hole photographed in galaxy *UFO and UAP to be investigated by Congress *Guest: Dr. Fulvia Melia on black holes   -- Explorations is an hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel,... Read more

Exploration, with Michio Kaku

  An hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, gene... Read more

Adam Levin, author of Bubblegum

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2022 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
It’s summer and Jonesy himself is no where to be found. Off climbing mountains in Tibet, or, more likely, flushing top-secret documents down the toilet. So we’ll be re-airing an interview I did for Between the Covers, back in May 2020, the early days of the pandemic, with a... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for August 8, 2022

Airs at: Mon, 08/08/2022 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Sharon Grant hosts this episode of the Old Mole, which includes the following segments: City Charter: The Portland Charter Commission — responsible to evaluate and make recommendations for changes in the structures and operations of Portland city government — has develo... Read more

Once a Braided River

Airs at: Mon, 07/18/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
The Willamette River is the most industrialized and polluted river in Oregon. Weaving through the state's largest city, it has been reshaped and abused for 150 years. In 2000 the last 10 miles of the Willamette, home to the Portland Harbor and Critical Energy Infrastructure... Read more

Hydrogen: The Latest Unicorn Encore Presentation

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2022 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
  This program aired originally on May 23, 2022 As pressure increases for us to drastically reduce carbon emissions, one attention-grabbing option being promoted is renewable hydrogen. But is hydrogen really the answer to our energy needs or is its promotion largely based... Read more