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With six independent curators, we explore a growing trend in the field of contemporary art. We discover that the covid epidemic and a global econom...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 17:52
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This segment of our Puerto Rico Rising series revolves around creative resistance to foreign fantasies of ‘paradise.’ The conversation exposes a fe...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 18:12

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:09
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There is no getting around it, every summer monsoon when the borderlands come to life it is so exciting!

  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 05:23
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The small country of Lithuania is leading the way in recycling with its wildly successful “deposit refund scheme,” which has resulted in a whopping...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Food insecurity plagues much of the developing world. Tasmanian agriculture scientist Bruce French is intending to change this tragedy by catalogin...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
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What if your bicycle could help power your neighborhood? That's the idea behind S-Park, a system that uses kinetic energy harnessed from bicycles t...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
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A mobile phone app and web platform that allows people to search for, discover, and rate public places based on how accessible they are for everyone.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
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Finland solved infant mortality over 90 years ago and their successful program for doing so is alive and well today.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A small craft brewery in Florida is feeding the ocean instead of polluting it with a remarkable solution to single-use plastic packaging.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Kentucky doctors are prescribing ancient medicine that is proven to reduce diet-related illnesses: fruits and vegetables!

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Why throw away your spoon if you can eat it? A new solution to disposable plastic utensils.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
50 million new-planted trees and a Guinness World Record later, India is on its way to reducing extreme pollution.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Patagonia is working to keep their products out of landfills by partnering with their customers to upcycle old clothes into new ones.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:43
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A bee-saving plan in America's upper midwest.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
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A new vegan leather that is made from the strong fibers of cactus.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
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The nation of Chile is protecting 10 million acres of its most unspoiled and pristine land, by forging a unique partnership.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:43
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Roses are red, violets are blue – except for the millions of people worldwide who experience color blindness, or color vision deficiency (CVD). But...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 21:58
  • Purchases: 1
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My name is Siena and I am a student at the University of Arizona. I am double majoring in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences and Neuroscience. I ...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
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Marisa Lester the lovely and amazing Assistant Program Director from UBRP, joins Bridgitte Thum on the air to talk about what’s going on with stude...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
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I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described by a G...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:43
Caption: Photo by Russell Lee, New Mexico girls c. 1940
This week on The Children's Hour, we learn about traditional children's songs of New Mexico.

Bought by KGLP, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Sand tarantula
What place do spiders, snakes, centipedes and other commonly disliked animals have in the web of life?

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Cliffrose is the star of this show. It also goes by the common name quinine bush or the scientific name of Purshia mexicana. If you look at a map o...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 10:12