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Caption: Black Indianapolis Series, Credit: Urbanist Media
This two-part series on African American history in Indianapolis, IN, takes you to Indiana Avenue—a once vibrant Black corridor with homes, restaur...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:54
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For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:15
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The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:01
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In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enb...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:56
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There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 19:13
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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
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Rails are secretive marsh birds, and they’re on the decline. But a researcher playing their recorded calls over a loudspeaker could help bring them...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 09:13
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Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 16:27
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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
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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
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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
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Flying squirrels glow pink under a blacklight. How many other mammals do this? What causes them to glow? The hardest question of all might never be...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:50
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States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:14
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Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean their gear after fishing. Though this is widely kno...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:07
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In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. Wh...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 12:32
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Red-eared sliders are one of the most common pet turtle species in the world. But they can grow to the size of dinner plates and can live around 40...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:42
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A team of archaeologists looks for signs of prehistoric life 100 feet underwater in Lake Huron. But they need help narrowing their search. So, they...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:20
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Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer. But one community in ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:30
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Small, silvery fish called kiyi used to roam the deep, cold waters of nearly every Great Lake. Remnant populations still exist in Lake Superior, an...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 10:51
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Fifty years after Vietnam, historians debate the influence of Montana's uniquely positioned U.S. senator

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 06:09
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Managing water across the globe, one community at a time.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 1
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The importance of keeping our outdoor spaces beautiful.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a documentary that commemorates the Fourth of July holiday. Created, produced, and hosted by Shelley M. Johnson, it covers major events of ...

Bought by Prairie Public and WGTE Public Media


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:31
  • Purchases: 2
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This episode features highlights from the second annual California Arts & Culture Summit, organized by our partner, California for the Arts. The th...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:28
Caption: French Coast Dead Ahead, Credit: history101.com
A powerful remembrance of the preparation, execution, and aftermath of Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, KUCB, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 13:48
  • Purchases: 14