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A deadly fungal infection is pushing some bat species to the brink of extinction. As scientists scramble to track the spread of white nose syndrome...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 14:35
According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starti...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 11:40
America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead cont...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:03
Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...
- Added: Jun 13, 2024
- Length: 13:45
Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...
- Added: Aug 20, 2023
- Length: 58:38
On this MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few deca...
Bought by KUPR low power FM, WHRV, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, and KSJE
- Added: Mar 16, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Co-host Ray Suarez explores one of the underlying tensions that fuels the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by focusing on a single house in East Jerusale...
Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Jun 09, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
“What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don’t let that happ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 33:08
How much trust can independent-minded voters place in polling this 2020 election season?
It seems not a day goes by without multiple new poll res...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 18:30
- Purchases: 1
By most measures, the US has over 40 million independent or unaffiliated voters representing a third or more of the electorate. Yet despite large a...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 24:05
John Grimaldi has been performing music for over 40 years and has over 18 albums under his belt.
Today we explore one of his earlier projects, The ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:19
Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on fire. Th...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:24
In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 24:23
In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 34:28
Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as he can remember, but he isn...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KSFR
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 32:34
- Purchases: 2
It’s one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It’s another thing to try to ruin that stranger’s life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 23:08
When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they hadn’t prepared themselves for how hard it would be. They had trouble find...
Bought by ABC
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 31:50
- Purchases: 1
When Sarah Winchester’s husband died, she inherited millions from the family business: the manufacture of the famous Winchester Rifle. A medium rep...
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 22:25
Generic 30 second promo for the 5 part series - California Burning
Bought by KCBX, KALW, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KWMR and more
- Added: Aug 20, 2019
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 6
We spend the day in a police car in Austin, Texas.
- Added: Jul 23, 2019
- Length: 30:50
This time on Peace Talks Radio, a conversation with Sara Dosa, who co-directed the Netflix film "Tricky Dick and The Man in Black" about a 1970 Jo...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Apr 23, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Germany’s beer influence has spread around the world, and one of the epicenters of this trend is New York City. There are now more than two dozen b...
- Added: Nov 22, 2018
- Length: 18:35
FATS DOMINO, the pioneering rock 'n' roll legend, passed away October 24, 2017 of natural causes at the age of 89. Music historian and documentaria...
Bought by KUPR low power FM, KSJE, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF and more
- Added: Oct 24, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Music writers, musicians and fans offer a track-by-track assessment of the 12th and last official Beatles album, LET IT BE, released in May of 1970
Bought by North State Public Radio, KFSK, KUHF, WRVO Public Media, KUPR low power FM and more
- Added: Sep 05, 2018
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Umm Bader’s story reflects that of the current state of traditional craft in the UAE. One cannot expect craft to exist today in the same manner as ...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 08:45
