Tag Archives: corruption

Media Mining Digest 49 – Oct 19, 2012: Whistleblowing, Alzheimer’s Patients, Mental Health in Developing Countries, Iran Currency Crisis, Avon in Africa, Corruption in South Africa, Ocean Preservation, Charisma, Acne Research, Podcasting Basics, Science Simulations, Debt, Poverty, Community Broadband, Stop and Frisk, Contraceptives, Slow Medicine, Civil Politics, Nigeria Sues Shell, Education Status

The following audio files were selected from a larger group of 178 for the last week. The link to each podcast is at the highlighted topic and reached by double-clicking or ctrl-clicking the topic. All 23 podcasts converted to 1.5x speed … Continue reading

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Media Mining Digest 25 – May 4, 2012: Fighting Corruption, VR and AR, Social Media in School, Saturated Fat and Red Meat, Africa Brain Drain, Bio Banking, Vertical Farms, Brain Research, Bahrain Demonstrations, Racial Imprisonment, Ham Radio Thrives, Cloud Storage, Genomic Medicine and H5N1 Flap,

Fourteen links to podcasts from this digest are found in two formats here and here. Fighting Corruption 41 mins – In this 2007 Ashoka audio lecture strategies are presented that can be used by companies, governments, and citizens to break … Continue reading

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Media Mining 15 – Feb 24, 2012: Corruption in Equatorial Guinea, Jenner’s Smallpox Article, New York Smallest Carbon Footprint, NYC Improves Commo, Networked Knowledge, Journals Under Fire, Smoking Hazard, AIDS Vaccine, Injecting Tumors, Homeless Tunnels in Las Vegas, Thermoelectric Generators, and Spice History

Corruption in African nations isn’t remarkable news and is based on the sale of oil, but it does provide another example to compare with previous entries in an earlier blog. In this one Rob Walker investigates what’s happened to billions … Continue reading

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Podcast Gems 7 – Dec 29, 2011: SOPA at Stanford, Corruption in Greece-Chicago-Somalia-Sweden, Virus-caused-cancer, Copyleft, Salmon Aquaculture Inland, and Virus Clearance Isn’t Easy

“This Week in Law” has a reasoned discussion about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that Congress is debating and could have a big impact on all of us. A couple other topics are included in the podcast which is … Continue reading

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