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Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Botulism killing birds on Lake Michigan
From: Great Lakes Today
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We travel to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, where officials are finding dozens of dead birds washed onto the beach. Scientists...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WLPR , and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
Can we sell cattails -- and save wetlands?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Harvester amid the cattails, Credit: Sam Corden
Researchers are harvesting invasive cattails, and seeking commercial uses for them

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 4
Erosion threatens homes on Lake Michigan
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: heavy machinery is used to move concrete along shoreline, Credit: Susan Bence
Lake Michigan is experiencing record high water levels – bad news for some residents along the western shore. Huge chunks of the shoreline are erod...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WILL, WCMU Michigan, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Dogs sniff out pollution along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Kenna checks a creek in Bridgman, Mich., Credit: Rebecca Thiele
Trained dogs are helping localities find leaky sewer pipes that are polluting Great Lakes tributaries.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
How safe is your beach? New test may provide answer
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Brianna Boggan takes a water sample at Villa Angela-Euclid Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Although a lot of beaches are tested for contamination in the water, many agencies use dated information to determine if it’s safe to swim. A new ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WCPN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
Drugmakers are Making Us Addicts
From: Teosson Wells
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Opioids are Pitched as the Wonder Drug: Profit vs. Health

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 21:54
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Eating fish from Great Lakes is risky, immigrants learn
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016, Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016
An environmental group in Western New York is trying to help area refugees and others learn about the danger of eating contaminated fish from the G...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WSKG, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
When the Equal Rights Amendment Came to Utah
From: Women Run the West
Caption: As soon as the 19th Amendment passed, giving women the right to vote, National Women's Party leader Alice Paul started drafting the Equal Rights Amendment., Credit: Caroline Ballard
Women are only mentioned in the Constitution once: in the Nineteenth Amendment which grants women the right to vote. In 1923, suffragists proposed ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 2
Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp
Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
Gambler's Anonymous --Help Is As Near As My Phone (1-800-gambler)
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
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Gambling is everywhere - but where can the chronic gambler find help?

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 52:21
LBJ visit to Lake Erie led to cleaner waters
From: Great Lakes Today
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s visit to Buffalo New York -- a day that helped clean up waterways across the...

Bought by WABE, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 5
Robert Woodson and the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise: Supporting and Representing Low-Income Communities
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Robert Woodson, Sr., is the founder and president of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, which helps residents of low-income communities to add...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 44:14
Thomas Tighe and Direct Relief: Mobilizing to Provide Medical and Emergency Care
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Thomas Tighe, president and CEO of Direct Relief, to learn about the organization's work with maternal and pe...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Douglas Jackson and Project C.U.R.E.: Empowering and Equipping Medical Professionals Worldwide
From: Arch Street Press
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. Douglas Jackson, president and CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Learn how Project C.U.R.E. delivers medical suppli...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 57:18
Ryan Merkley and Creative Commons: Providing Legal Infrastructure for Creative Sharing
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Ryan Merkley, CEO of Creative Commons, to learn about Ryan and how CC provides accessible legal and tec...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 46:43
Russell Granet and Lincoln Center Education: Enriching Learning Through the Arts
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Russell Granet of Lincoln Center Education on the importance of the arts for children and Russell's ext...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 43:11
Dana Marlowe and Accessibility Partners: Providing Access for the Disabled
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate CSR interview with Dana Marlowe, president and cofounder of Accessibility Partners, to learn how the company works with gove...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 38:07
Monisha Kapila and ProInspire: Improving Nonprofit and Social Leaders
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Monisha Kapila, founder and CEO of ProInspire, discusses the company's work with nonprofit, public and social enterprise groups to develop leaders ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 33:00
Fagan Harris and Baltimore Corps: Providing Opportunity and Access Through Strong Leadership
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate Under 30 podcast with Fagan Harris, CEO of Baltimore Corps, which recruits results-oriented professionals, locally and natio...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:21
Can a class teach San Francisco police officers to defuse a crisis?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Sergeant Kelly Kruger surrounded by files of cases, Credit: Holly J. McDede
Street protests and town hall meetings swiftly followed the shooting death by police last week of 26-year-old Mario Woods in San Francisco’s Bayvi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 09:34
  • Purchases: 3
Inside a coal fired power plant
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: The Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania., Credit: Reid Frazier
How do you clean up 100,000 tons of air pollution? Boatloads of air filters, and some basic high school chemistry. This story takes the listener in...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
Liz Maw and Net Impact: Creating Connections for Social Change
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Managing Editor Robert Rimm and Liz Maw, CEO of Net Impact. Liz discusses nonprofit strategy and the importan...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 34:18