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Room for Peace
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper. Real good, in fact.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Penguin Poo at Pole Polluted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you’re wondering how our penguin friends in the Antarctic are doing these days, here are the cold, hard facts. Their poo is getting mighty pollu...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
No Smelling Spells Trouble for Fish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. When fish noses are plugged, they get lost, and lose the ability to have s...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Energy from Plants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they’re trying something almost as miraculous. They want to turn sunli...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Producer Profile: Charles Dye
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Charles Dye
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Charles Dye.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 14:52
The First Memorial Day
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We generally think that the first Memorial Day was held in the north. In fact, the very first Memorial Day was held at Blanford Church Cemetery 27 ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 7
Producer Profile: Adrian Baker
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Adrian Baker
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Adrian Baker.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 15:50
Where Does Foreign Aid Go?
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The U.S. gives more money in foreign aid than any other country in the world. Researchers have just launched a web database that allows people to ...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Lincoln's Assassin
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The house where John Wilkes Booth sought refuge after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln will be auctioned next month. Over the last 150 years...

Bought by KENW, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Arctic Ice Melt
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In recent years, sea ice in the Arctic has been melting at an alarming rate, and scientists are asking why. The science community has recently take...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
Producer Profile: Heather Rae
From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile
Caption: Heather Rae
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmaker Heather Rae.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 17:53
A Place for DDT
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. After all, it disrupted ecosystems around the globe crashing bi...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
Of Pirates and Scientists
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But, believe it...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Healthier Cities
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The shape of our cities might be determining...the shape of our bodies.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Should BART run an hour later? Depends on whom you ask
From: KALW
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BART closes just after midnight every night of the week, including on weekends when people like Pat Long stay out late. It’s been that way for 35 y...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
What are your thoughts on drugs?
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Everyone has thoughts on them.

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 04:10
Black Feather P.O.E.T.S.
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Familiar with edutainment?!

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:10
  • Purchases: 1
Lava Flows are for the Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Perfect Green Gift for Dad
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Finding the perfect Father’s Day present can be daunting. Does he really need a new wallet? Does he even wear a tie?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Robofish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Technology inspired by nature, to help nature. That’s the case at the University of Michigan, where engineer Xiaobo Tan and zoologist Elena Litchma...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The New Power Suit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. But goodbye polyester: These suits use molecular-sized ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Burrowing Owls
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Not all owls hunt at night and nest in trees. Burrowing owls greet the sun from abandoned prairie dog dens. What else makes these tiny birds unique?

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Big Bend Gambusia
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Big Bend National Park is home to many rare and endangered species, but the Big Bend gambusia lives particularly close to the edge of extinction. H...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nighthawks
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Some birds sing. Others twitter, tweet or trill. But the common nighthawk goes boom in the night. This noise isn’t all that sets nighthawks apart i...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Sing
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Learning to vocalize is a surprisingly unusual ability in the animal world. How do young songbirds master their musical talents?

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1

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