Science & Technology

Populist Dialogues - 14-01 - Why Not Nuclear? The Case Against Nuclear Power

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Guest David Hill is a volunteer working with Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility on their program to stop the use of nuclear power. He delivers a modified version of his power point presentation: “Why Not Nuclear? The Case Against Nuclear Power.” He provides a broad overview of how nuclear works (fission vs fusion), the environmental and health dangers of nuclear energy, discussion of Fukushima and the Columbia Generating Station at Hanford and why it needs to be closed down.

First broadcast December 29, 2013

Sci-fi Journal - Mar'14

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Sci-Fi Journal for March 2014 live from TempleCon with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. Jay introduces trailers for "Godzilla", "Interstellar", "Maleficent", and "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" in Popcorn Previews. Calvin covers home video releases, and pinball and video game news with trailers for "Titanfall" and a game coming from SEGA in the Alien franchise.

Sci-fi Journal - Feb'14

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Sci-Fi Journal for February 2014 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. Jay starts with Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Jupiter Ascending", "The Amazing Spider-man 2", "Transcendence", and "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Calvin does Game Over covering home video releases, video game news and more Pinball news.

Sci-fi Journal - Jan'14

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Sci-Fi Journal for January 2014 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. Glenn Morshower opens the show from RI Comic Con. Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailers for "Earth to Echo", "Edge of Tomorrow", and "I, Frankenstein". Calvin does Game Over with Blur-Ray release dates, Pinball Arcade news, and Calvin decided to buy the X-Box One.

Sci-fi Journal - Dec'13

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Sci-Fi Journal for December 2013 shot live at RI Comic Con with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau and Calvin Watts III. Jay does Popcorn Previews with trailer for "X-Men: Days of Future Past", "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Divergent", and "The Last Days on Mars". Marc does Toob News with the latest in things happening on TV, and he introduces our "In Remembrance" tribute to those who passed away this past year. James does Anime Daisuki with the latest Anime news.

Sci-fi Journal - Nov'13

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Sci-Fi Journal for November 2013 with hosts James Hinsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, and Calvin Watts III. In Popcorn Previews Jay intros the trailers for "300: Rise of an Empire", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "Rio2", and "Skinwalker Ranch". In Game Over Calvin talks about Blu-ray and DVD releases, and talks about the release of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and the video games that are coming out soon. Part 2 of Calvin's report from the Pinball Wizard Arcade in Pelham, NH. In Toob News Marc discusses all the latest on TV shows we love.

In The Studio - Vegetables: Fresh-Canned-Frozen

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Lin Weaver hosts Christine Bruhn and Diane Barrett, UC Davis professors and Cooperative Extension Specialists in the Food Science and Technology Department. 

Topics include: nutritional comparison of the value of fresh, frozen, and canned produce, and a demo of how to wash and preserve the produce. 

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Sci-fi Journal - Oct'13

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Sci-Fi Journal for October 2013 with hosts James HInsey, Jay Kingston, Marc Morisseau, Adam Tuchman, and Calvin Watts III. In Popcorn Previews Jay presents trailers for "Ender's Game", "Free Birds", and "ROBOCOP". The SFJ Crew went to Halloween Night at the PawSox game at McCoy Stadium in August. We interviewed Erin from the Providence Ghost Tour, Joe Chin of T.A.P.S., and Steve Perry of RI Comic Con. In Game Over, Calvin talks about exclusive retail video releases and how it affects shopping choices, and about Pinball Arcade for consoles and mobile devices.