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moderntek: KZSU Interviewed Noam Chomsky about Social Media,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:44 -0700

KZSU Interviewed Noam Chomsky about Social Media, Occupy Wall Street and the future of funding scientific research in America. Professor Chomsky also discussed why US Corporations and Venture Capitalists are not investing enough in technologies that can help solve our environmental problems. The interview is available from this link.

elizaonair: Prepare for imps and sprites on today’s Peninsula...

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:22:34 -0700

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Prepare for imps and sprites on today’s Peninsula Report!

Sharon Beltracchi and Jeremy Reman, directors of the Stanford Savoyards’ production of “The Sorcerer,” give us a behind-the-scenes look at staging a modern rendition of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Victorian-era comic opera. Spooky incantations survived their cut.

Peninsula Press Reporter Angela Hayes swings by to tell us of the journeys fish take here in Palo Alto. Salmon and trout are leaping amongst the millionaire’s houses.

And Peninsula Press Reporter Rob Franklin brings us the story of a local census that gauges where people go when they live on the streets. Outdoor homeless encampments have been growing in Santa Clara County over the last two years, and that raises environmental concerns often missed in the conversation about housing in crisis.

Listen to the entire show here and tune in at 3 p.m. each Friday on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford, streaming live at kzsulive.stanford.edu

elizaonair: On this week’s Peninsula Report, Stanford alum and...

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:25:53 -0700

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On this week’s Peninsula Report, Stanford alum and sports writer Cyd Zeigler looks at the Jason Collins story and how Stanford University’s athletics program has only gone some of the distance in including gay teammates.

Silicon Valley Business Journal reporter Luke Stangel stops by with top tech stories of the week and background on that enormous buzz word, “big data.”

Peninsula Press reporter Chelsea Janes explains why the Bay Area produces top women soccer stars, yet has no team in the new pro league.

And Stanford Daily Reporter Molly Vorwerk gives the back story on interviewing former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe about partisanship in U.S. politics.

Hear it all here and tune in 3 p.m. each Friday on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford.

moderntek: KZSU interviewed Stanford Professor Roger Blandford...

Wed, 08 May 2013 15:37:00 -0700

Professor Roger Blandford

Crab Nebula

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

moderntek:

KZSU interviewed Stanford Professor Roger Blandford about his research at Stanford’s Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology and at Stanford’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Professor Blandford discussed Black Holes, Dark Matter, Super Nova, the recent flares on the Crab Nebula as well as our expanding universe, solar flares and comets and asteroids. Professor Blandford also discussed the benefits of modern telescopes, like the Kavli Institute’s Fermi Gamma Ray Telescope!

Professor Blandford won this year’s prestigious Gold Medal from the British Astronomical Society. Other scientists who won this medal include Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble and Stephen Hawking.

The interview can be downloaded from http://modernteknews.com/physics.html

moderntek: KZSU interviewed leading VC Bing Gordon about...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:26:00 -0700

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KZSU interviewed leading VC Bing Gordon about gamification and what VCs look for when investing in gaming ventures. Mr. Gordon estimates that today there are probably 1.5 Billion people who play digital games every month, and that in 10 years, about 3.5 Billion people will be playing digital games every month.

To listen to the KZSU interview, please click here:

http://www.modernteknews.com/ventures.html

Bing Gordon: ‘He’s Got Game’

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28071-2004Oct12.html

elizaonair: Atul Singh, Editor in Chief of FairObserver.com,...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:31:38 -0700

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Atul Singh, Editor in Chief of FairObserver.com, joins us to discuss North Korea, America and the warlike words that flow in both directions. In the midst of bluster and fear, what and how should the media report?

Also this week, Peninsula Press reporter Anna Li gives us a Silicon Valley economic update through the lens of bricks and mortar — commercial real estate occupany rates are reaching record highs in the valley.

And Alexei Koseff returns with an East Palo Alto plan to fight violence by treating truancy. And he takes on a quick tour of why solar power sources may be popping up on private homes, but has failed to take off in the commercial sector.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on 90.1FM KZSU Stanford, streaming online at kzsu.stanford.edu.

Data Centers & Saving Energy Now!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:35:14 -0700

Palo Alto's Congresswoman, Anna Eshoo discussed her legislation to save energy at Federal Data Ceters. Why is that important? Beause, she explained "Every 2 days, the world generates more data than in all of human history, prior to 2003". The interview was broadcast on KZSU, Stanford 90.1 FM.

http://www.modernteknews.com/policy.html

Google Ventures Investing $300 M in 2013!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:30:50 -0700

Modern Tek News interviewed Rick Klau from Google Ventures. The interview broadcast on KZSU, Stanford 90.1 FM. Find out why Google Ventures is a great VC and what they are looking to invest in this year!

http://www.modernteknews.com/ventures.html

Tesla Motors Building Supercharges for EVs all over the US

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:30:11 -0700

Tesla Motors and Solar City are building Supercharging Stations to power EVs coast-to-coast. Driving from SFO to NYCity could be low cost, or even free, thanks to those supercharges.. For details, listen to our interview with Dorian West from Tesla Motors; was broadcast on KZSU, Stanfaord 90.1 FM.
http://www.modernteknews.com/Interviews.html

Interested in Sustainability?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:30:05 -0700

Stanford Professor Paul Ehrlich talked to us about sustainability and why its so important in the next 2 decades. Prof. Ehrlich wrote The Population Bomb which has been a national best seller since the 1970s. In our interview, we discussed his recent publication "Can a Collapse of Global Civilization be Avoided?" . The interview was broadcast on KZSU, Stanford 90.1 FM.
http://www.modernteknews.com/sustainability.html

MediaX: Media, Communications & Technology at Stanford

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:29:58 -0700

Interested in the latest research in media, technology & communications? Listen to our interview with Dr. Martha Russell, Stanford University's Director of MediaX. The interview was broadcast on KZSU, Stanford 90.1 FM.

http://www.modernteknews.com/Media.html

Interested in Stanford Univeristy's Astronauts?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:29:52 -0700

Follow our interviews with Stanford University's astronauts! The first interview was with Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who got her MS & PhD from Stanford and now leads NASA's Johnson Space Center. These interviews are broadcast on KZSU, Stanford 90.1 FM.

http://www.modernteknews.com/Space.html

Colors with a Cause - Celebrating Holi with Asha Stanford

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:04:45 -0700

Colors with a Cause - Celebrating Holi with Asha Stanford:

Colors with a Cause - Celebrating Holi with Asha Stanford

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Holi is around the corner, in India Holi will be celebrated on 26th March.

Holi is the Festival of Colors, traditionally celebrated to welcome spring, as well as the harvesting season. Holi is celebrated with music, food, and a lot of color. The main festivities involve tossing colored powder at one another or soaking others with colored water. Colors everywhere, joyous celebrations, singing, dancing…Holi is a boisterous occasion. It’s a festival that brings joy and mirth, fun and play, music and dance, and, of course, lots of bright colors!

It is all about spreading the colors of happiness around and when colors are spread with a cause, then it is called Asha Stanford Holi which is a very popular and well known event in the bay area. This year the event is on April 6th and 7th 2013.

Today on Chai Time, we are going to celebrate Holi with some very special guests. We are happy to have Snetu Karania and Shikhar Agarwal, dedicated volunteers from Asha who are closely involved in organizing this much awaited event in Bay area. We will discuss what it takes to organize event like Asha Stanford Holi which was attended by 11000 people last year, and how the proceedings from this mega event are used by Asha.

We will also talk to Snetu and Shikhar regarding their motivation and thoughts about getting associated with Asha.

And as always, we will listen to some popular Holi songs.

elizaonair: Underground art, unconventional lobbying and Palo...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:23:00 -0700

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Underground art, unconventional lobbying and Palo Alto athletics round out this Peninsula Report podcast.

Stephanie Guitierrez reports in on a new civic art project that heads underneath Palo Alto’s Caltrain tracks.

Rachel Estabrook updates us on Silicon Valley’s high-tech lobby when it comes to immigration reform. And Alexei Koseff profiles one very young lobbyist who’s taken on the local juvenile justic system’s deportation policy.

And to start things off, Emma Townley-Smith ventures onto Palo Alto’s playing fields to cover the different sporting groups jockeying for space this year.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on 90.1 FM KZSU Stanford.

Bill Brittan, the founder of the Green Pro Network discusses how...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:25:09 -0700

Bill Brittan, the founder of the Green Pro Network discusses how policy can create incentives for people to upgrade their homes to use less energy. Rebates and credits are not always enough — people are often unaware of the incentives available, or might have trouble finding the right company to perform the retrofit or installation.

Listen here. Presented by Mei Shen, Adam Pearson, Sophia Vo, Diane Wu, and Erik Olesund. Learn more at greengridradio.org.

Garry George, the Renewable Energy Project Director at Audubon...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:59:00 -0700

Garry George, the Renewable Energy Project Director at Audubon California, and Stanford conservation biology Ph.D student Chase Mendenhall share their views on fitting biodiversity conservation into solar development plans.

Listen here. Presented by Mallory Smith, Adam Pearson, Sophia Vo, Diane Wu, and Darren Handoko. Learn more at greengridradio.org.

Newscast Julia Turan brings us the week’s science...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:33:05 -0800

Newscast Julia Turan brings us the week’s science headlines - listen in here, and you can read more:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23387382

http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/february/bioprobe-0225.html

peninsulareport: Antilocapra americana runs faster than any...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:49:00 -0800

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Antilocapra americana runs faster than any other land animal in America and its closest modern relative is the giraffe. Yet each year, herds of this exotic, ancient antelope pass over the everyday highways and ranch lands of Wyoming on their seasonal migration. On this week’s Peninsula Report, we learn what it took for reporters Emilene Ostlind and Joe Riis to capture the pronghorns in action.

Peninsula Press reporter Brittany Torrez brings us the Palo Alto development update — new buildings mean more cars. And residents are concerned.

And Riva Gold speaks to us of love. Valentine’s Week was big business for Bay Area restaurants, and we’ve got the scoop on the relationship between romance and reservations.

Listen here and tune in 3-4 p.m. Fridays on KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM, streaming live at kzsulive.stanford.edu.

Joe Riis spent two years setting up cameras in the wilderness in...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:13:23 -0800

Joe Riis spent two years setting up cameras in the wilderness in pursuit of this shot. Tune in now to hear him discuss it live, and check back later today for the full podcast.

Newscaster Roma Parhad talks Tent City, a Stanford win and...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:04:05 -0800

Newscaster Roma Parhad talks Tent City, a Stanford win and diamond heists on today’s newscast. Give a listen, and tune in at 9am and 6pm weekdays for more.