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What do we do about methane leaks in our neighborhoods?
From: Possibly
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We know methane is a really potent greenhouse gas, and in other episodes, we’ve talked about what the federal government is doing to crack down on ...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 3
Música a la Madre Tierra | Clandestino Radio
From: José Barriga
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Programa del 22 de abril, con una selección de música bailable y otra dedicada a la Madre Tierra. Además, el estreno de un nuevo segmento: La caja ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 57:52
They Played 'till Dawn
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1929 House Rent party
Harlem Stride piano, boogie and skiffle were all created by the house rent party. Hosts opened up their apartments for a night, charging a fee to g...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can art help fight climate change?
From: Possibly
Caption: Climate Stripes, Credit: Ed Hawkins
Today, we have a question from one of our reporters, Kolya Shields. They're an artist, and they want to know- can art help fight climate change?

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 4
Poetic Notions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Irving Berlin
Tin Pan Alley songsters were quick to pick up on the popularity of jazz in the 1920s. And, the lyricists, like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen and Hoag...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Storyville
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Storyville
At the edge of the New Orleans French Quarter at the turn of the twentieth century Storyville kick started jazz. There are a couple of reasons for ...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
What's a passive house?
From: Possibly
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Recently, Rhode Island certified its first multi-family “Passive House.” What does that mean? And will we all live in one someday?

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 5
Staffing the Mission
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ayushi Vig
We hear a lot about the challenges placed upon today’s workforce. It’s not easy. Now, compare that to those working at nonprofit organizations. The...

Bought by WHFR and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ferdinand's Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand’s Influence: Although his name is well known in the history of early jazz, he’s seldom named as a major player. Jelly Roll Morton. Yet, ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
The IdeaSphere
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Author Anne Riley is not about to be stereotyped. Although she is a successful fiction writer, she has branched out into science, philosophy and dr...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming Jazz Violinist Regina Carter
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Regina Carter, Credit: Bob Travis; (CC-BY-2.0)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: First of a two-part podcast with violinist and NEA Jazz Master Regina Carter

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
What's the environmental impact of artificial snow?
From: Possibly
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It’s ski season–but in recent years rising temperatures have made it harder for resorts in New England to rely on natural snow. Instead, they have...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
Behind the Scenes
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Eddie Condon
Take a look behind the scenes. For every musical note, there’s a story. For every chapter, there’s an encyclopedia. Hear stories from guitarist and...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Climaturity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Marc Cortez
The controversary surrounding climate change is frequently charged with emotion. It’s a challenge. If you believe the health of the planet is in da...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael--the new head of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tsione Wolde-Michael
The new executive director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities(PCAH) Tsione Wolde-Michael talks about the work of committee...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 5
All Mixed Up-From Me To You
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Take Me With You...
Here's the latest program, a musical journey through the past and present into possible future entertainment

  • Added: Mar 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:56:31
Place to Place
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s record shop
Interesting that there was an abundance of songs in the 1920s about places: streets, venues, cities and states. The musicians identified, through t...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
What is the US doing to reduce methane emissions?
From: Possibly
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Normally when we talk about emissions, we’re talking about carbon dioxide. But recently there’s been more focus on another greenhouse gas, methane....

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 3
How to Save Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eli Merritt
We constantly hear that America’s democracy is in peril. Corruption is running amuck. Authoritarianism is on the rise. And very few in the hall of ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist Bushra Rehman: A Rose Grows in Corona,Queens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bushra Rehman, Credit: Andrea Dobrich
Novelist and poet Bushra Rehman celebrates the Pakistani-American community of 1980’s Corona, Queens and the coming of age of a queer Muslim girl a...

Bought by WSLR, RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KECG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
How can governments reduce their greenhouse gas emissions?
From: Possibly
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We usually talk about how individuals can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, but what about governments and corporations? Today we’re taking a ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 2
A Decade Like No Other
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson
Twenty years into the 19th Century there was a string of something new. Cars, fashion, flight, and the arts and entertainment, including talking mo...

Bought by KCBX and Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Presenting Art for the City of Pittsburgh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Janis Burley Wilson, Credit: Joey Kennedy
Artistic Director Janis Burley Wilson discusses the culturally-specific multidisciplinary programming of the August Wilson African American Cultura...

Bought by KZUM, WSLR, RADIOLEX, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 7
Cryptocurrency uses a lot of energy. Does it have to?
From: Possibly
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Public interest in cryptocurrencies has been on a bit of a rollercoaster over the past few years. But there’s one thing that hasn’t really changed-...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 2
I Want a Better Catastrophe
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Boyd
The Paris Climate Accord set a benchmark 1.5 degrees centigrade warming limit. We didn’t reach that goal. Even the massive snow fall, wildfires, hu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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