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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
Cultural Genocide in America: Capitalistic Experts' Self-Egos
From: Teosson Wells
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
(Natural) Childbirth
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Illustration from Obstetric tables depicting the correct use of forceps in 1850., Credit: Spratt, G. (George). Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Once upon a time all births were natural. A lot has happened since then.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:12
Green vs. Gray: How Can Trees Clean up the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Combined sewers at Heider Creek in Avon Lake, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Scientists believe greening projects and vegetation can filter water before it gets into the lake, but it may not be the solution for every city.

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


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
When Women Run, Women Win...Except When They Don't
From: Women Run the West
Caption: Utah-based Real Women Run holds trainings for potential female candidates on how to manage a campaign, how to fundraise, how to work with the media, even hands-on stuff like how to actually file for candidacy., Credit: Jennifer Pemberton
There aren’t many women serving in Utah’s legislature, but a new law this election year gives hopeful political candidates a new way to get on the ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 3
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
One Nation Under Commerce: Marketing God and Country. The Middle Edges #104
From: Teosson Wells
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The U.S. chose to link God, money, business, and government. But it’s important to remember that America was originally established to keep God ind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 24:45
Warrior Debates: Free Speech Regulation
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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This episode of Culture Click covers the Warrior Debate: Should the university regulate free speech? The debate will have two participants one on e...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 25:32
Community Forum: Confederate Flag Part Two
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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The Winona Human Rights Commission and Winona State University sponsored a community forum in response to the recent displays of the Confederate Fl...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 47:38
Community Forum: Confederate Flag Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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The Winona Human Rights Commission and Winona State University sponsored a community forum in response to the recent displays of the Confederate Fl...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 34:07
Minnesota Native New: Trying to Make an Impact
From: Melissa Townsend
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This week on Minnesota Native News, flag songs have been ringing out around Minnesota as four new tribal chairmen and women have been sworn in. An...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WDSE, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Ep17: Outcome-oriented capitalism
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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This week, we discuss the economics and ethics of hedge fund bets on life-saving medication. What’s wrong with companies like Turing Pharmaceutical...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:45
Bernie Worrell (The Wizard of WOO)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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"Bernie Worrell (The Wizard of WOO)" is a one hour musical tribute to the great composer and musician of Parliament - Funkadelic, the Talking Heads...

Bought by WLRH, WMUH, KPIP-LP, Radio Catskill, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 56:55
  • Purchases: 6
The New Cold War: U.S. Hegemony and Russian Backlash with Dmitry Orlov
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Dmitry Orlov
Dmitry Orlov joins us again. He is the author of Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, The Five Stages of Collapse: Sur...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Three Kings (Of the Electric Blues Guitar)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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Electric Blues from B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King. They are the three kings of the Blues. This program contains highlights of their music.

Bought by WVAS and WJAB


  • Added: May 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:53
  • Purchases: 2

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