# thepublicrad.io > AI-optimized mirror of thepublicrad.io containing 25 pages totalling 2,980 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://thepublicrad.io/. Last updated: 2026-06-15T11:09:36.130Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Cache Index - thepublicrad.io](/content/index.html): Index of 1 cached pages and 0 generated product pages ## Articles & Blog Posts - [Purchase — The Public Radio](/content/products/index.html) (15 words) - [Shipped — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2015/6/28/shipped/index.html): As of last week, all of our Kickstarter rewards (minus the few who never gave us their addresses :/) have been shipped! And we have production units in stock and ready to ship to new customers now., (135 words) - [Finding that station, the old fashion way..kinda.](/content/updates/2014/6/20/finding-that-station-the-old-fashion-waykinda/index.html): Okay, I'll let you in on a secret...  The Public Radio  is a mechanically tuned device. Sssshhhhhhhh. For a number of reasons, cost and ease of build/debugging being most important, the Public Radio went from a fully digital device with a small amount of firmware, to a digital IC , (359 words) - [Recent hardware changes — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2014/6/23/velkkg1h7isu2pkwynfu6x1uev023b/index.html): The Public Radio  has moved a little slowly over the past few months.  Zach  has been busy, and I've got too much on my plate, and scheduling has been tricky. But we *have* made progress, and I'm here to tell you about it. After the last hardware round, we spent , (332 words) - [Practicing Our Pitch — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2014/4/11/practicing-our-pitch/index.html): Yesterday, Spencer and I took a cab home to rehearse our pitch for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign.  We thought we'd share it.  Check it out, let us know if this works for you and send us your feedback!  ...We know it's silly, but so is the entire thing (pitching on kick, (85 words) - [Recent photos from the shop — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2014/7/5/recent-photos-from-the-shop/index.html) (44 words) - [Dev boards — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2015/1/10/dev-boards/index.html): Over the past month, we've been hustling *hard* to re-engineer The Public Radio's circuit design. We knew we needed to do this in order to transition to a digitally tuned FM IC , and budgeted enough time to go through two or three final prototyping rounds. The first round was the hardest - we wante, (232 words) - [Plan — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2015/4/11/plan/index.html): As we near our assembled radio ship date (May!), we've spent a bunch of time planning our procedures in order to be as efficient as possible. Today we made some great progress setting up our tuning setup & barcode scanner. We also hand assembled 15 radios by and timed each step in order to f, (135 words) - [Documentation modifications — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2014/9/21/documentation-modifications/index.html): We've made a few small modifications to The Public Radio in the past month or so. They're small details, but we feel that good documentation is really critical - especially when you're dealing with external vendors, like we are., (101 words) - [So many things — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2014/10/8/so-many-things/index.html): *So* much is going on right now. Two quick updates: Transparency. In the interest of being transparent & (hopefully) contributing back to the community, I wrote a long post on Medium about the economics of electronics & Kickstarter. CNET says that "It should be required re, (152 words) - [The Public Radio in Popular Mechanics — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2015/6/28/the-public-radio-in-popular-mechanics/index.html): We're so proud to be featured in the July/August edition of Popular Mechanics! Go check us out on page 10 :), (68 words) - [Lots o' Knobs — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2015/1/19/lots-o-knobs/index.html): From our supplier today:, (54 words) - [DFMing — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2014/12/7/dfming/index.html): A lot has happened since our Kickstarter campaign closed.  We shipped our smaller rewards (design files & PCBs) on time, and are on track to ship all of The Public Radios on time as well.  A lot has been happening on the engineering side, and we wanted to give a quick updat, (338 words) - [We're on a podcast! — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2017/6/16/were-on-a-podcast/index.html): In preparation for our upcoming Kickstarter relaunch (this Tuesday!!!), we sat down and chatted about where The Public Radio came from and where it's going. Want an honest, straightforward conversation about how The Public Radio fits into our careers and the rest of the world? Look no further :), (92 words) - [Countdown — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2014/9/17/countdown/index.html): Well, this is it - only a few days left before The Public Radio's Kickstarter campaign launches!, (85 words) - [Live on Kickstarter — The Public Radio](/content/updates/2014/9/22/live-on-kickstarter/index.html): The Public Radio is live on Kickstarter. Check it out!, (52 words) - [Battery & Lid assembly — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2014/9/21/battery-lid-assembly/index.html): Putting The Public Radio together is easy!, (110 words) - [Spencer Wright](/content/updates/2015/4/11/kuer-the-public-radio/index.html): We're *so* proud to be featured as KUER's top gift for their spring 2015 drive! If you live in Utah, head over to KUER to donate now!, (71 words) - [Preproduction. — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2014/3/4/preproduction/index.html): More to come soon :), (47 words) - [Spencer Wright](/content/updates/2017/6/8/coming-back-to-kickstarter-this-month/index.html): Hello Public Radio fans ~ It’s been too long! And we're excited to let you know that in a few weeks we’ll be launching a new Kickstarter campaign to bring The Public Radio back into production. Over the last two years we've reengineered The Public Radio to be more user friendly and easier for u, (169 words) - [Why it's sixty dollars — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2018/11/25/why-its-sixty-dollars/index.html): We get this question a lot, and we understand - out of context, it’s difficult to understand why products cost what they do. Well we’re happy to explain, and I just did: Here on my personal blog. If you’ve ever wondered how the consumer electronics supply chain works - or are just curious what Th, (112 words) - [The Public Radio is back on Kickstarter! — The Public Radio.](/content/updates/2017/6/20/the-public-radio-is-back-on-kickstarter/index.html): It's been a loooong wait, but we're back! Starting today, The Public Radio is on Kickstarter as part of Kickstarter Gold, a special collection of iconic Kickstarter projects. , (95 words) - [Spencer Wright](/content/updates/2016/2/17/out-of-stock-working-on-it/index.html): We've gotten a lot of emails recently asking when, oh when,  we'd make more Public Radios. The bad news is that we don't know, but the good news is that we're working on it.  If you want to stay in touch about future stock, you can sign up for our mailing list here ., (96 words) - [sitemap-xml.html](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (1 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives