Since its debut, Kickstarter has raised nearly 2 billion dollars and successfully crowd funded more than 85,000 campaigns. On today’s show, we’ll hear about a successfully funded Kickstarter which failed to deliver that takes “dissatisfied customer” to a whole new level.
Plus, huge crowds flock to see dolphins in aquariums and zoos across the world, but life in captivity is a far cry from their natural habitat. Later in the show we’ll examine the complicated process of returning dolphins to the ocean.
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When A Kickstarter Fails to Launch
Gideon Lewis-Kraus is a contributing editor at Harper’s and a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine which is where we found his article: “ZPM Espresso and The Rage Of The Jilted Crowdfunder: What Happens When A Kickstarter Project Fails To Launch.”
Related: ZPM Espresso at Kickstarter
Almost History
You’ve heard of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell – but what about Rufus Porter? Casey Herman of Salt Radio has the story of a great inventor who is largely absent from the history books.
You can listen to this story again at PRX.org.
Returning Captive Dolphins Back to the Wild
Tim Zimmerman has written extensively about the captive dolphin and killer whale industry and is the author of National Geographic’s June feature story: “Born to Be Wild.” Tim is also the associate producer and co-writer of the documentary Blackfish. You can find photos and links to more information on National Geographic’s three-part series on dolphins at this link.
A Brief History of Children in Research Labs
Michelle Dean is a freelance writer who has written for the New Yorker, Slate, and The Verge which is where we found her article, “Monkey Day Care.” She’s also working on a book about women critics and intellectuals called Sharp which is due out next year.
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