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Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 26:08
More ghostly encounters of a Third Kind with a woman named Sarah who seems to have something of a shine.
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 25:23
After seeing ads for home DNA tests on TV, John decided to give it a try. Just spit into a cup—what did he have to lose… or gain?
- Added: Jul 22, 2019
- Length: 13:23
Red wolves used to roam free across most of the eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, from Missouri to Texas, one of the top dogs in the fo...
- Added: Jul 16, 2018
- Length: 24:08
Virginia’s Barrier Islands, and the waters and salt marshes that surround them, are among the most pristine coastal regions on the entire Eastern S...
- Added: Jun 16, 2016
- Length: 25:17
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...
- Added: Jun 10, 2016
- Length: 27:59
We interview the only person from Alaska to make the first cut for the Mars ONE program and also speak to a scientist who thinks sending humans to ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2016
- Length: 29:01
Cloud seeding -- intervening in clouds to squeeze out precipitation -- is done all over the world. But it's not an exact science; we still have muc...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 20, 2015
- Length: 09:38
- Purchases: 3
This is the fastest moving real estate on the entire East Coast, and behind the sandy shores of these Virginia Barrier Islands is the purest ocean...
- Added: May 29, 2015
- Length: 27:16
A mother and a nurse created a device to help other breast-feeding moms.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 22:32
- Purchases: 1
Three stories about inventors who have done some pretty amazing things before even graduating from high school. From cats to semiconductors, these ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 13:47
- Purchases: 2
When you’re sick, looking up symptoms online is not always the best idea. But if you have a disease that’s poorly understood and often overlooked b...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 13:15
- Purchases: 2
Four stories of people who have done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in-between.
Bought by WYSO, WUNC, Louisville Public Media, KOSU, 90.5 WESA and more
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 53:24
- Purchases: 7
This episode features stories about projects that might seem impossible at first: tiny house construction, moving by bike, "hacking" reality, and h...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Every drug we take is tested with crab blood. And it all started with a walk on a beach.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 07:23
- Purchases: 3
The residents of Islesboro, Maine are fighting against a growing Lyme disease panic.
Bought by WRVO Public Media
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 06:36
- Purchases: 1
Lynn Smith moved to Maine in hopes of retiring in peace - but there was one thing she hadn't counted on.
Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 06:24
- Purchases: 3