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The Big Ponder #23: Airlines
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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A lot has changed since the first days of aviation, from beverage service to affordable plane tickets. Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginzel recap the hist...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Hessler–- "A Peace Corps Volunteer in China"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze Imagine arriving by boat in a rural town of 150,000 people where two rivers join in central China. Imagine be...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Straight To Hell
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many hero...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Watch the Skies
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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There's lots of chatter in the media about some Navy encounters with some sort of mystery drones, but meanwhile in the Western United States we've ...

  • Added: May 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Bucket of Blood and Belle's Barn
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Join us in this episode as we wrap up our first season with two buildings that used to form part of daily life for many in Downtown Talkeetna, but ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Miners and Trappers Cabins
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we take a tour of some the humble yet vital cabins that sheltered miners and trappers in the area, many of which still stand today...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Forks Roadhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we head across the river, past Trapper Creek, and toward the Petersville mining district, where we find the Forks Roadhouse miles ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Curry
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re headed to Curry, a place “up the tracks” from Talkeetna that has been the site of a luxury hotel, a thriving small town, and...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Nagley’s General Store
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
In this episode, we’re visiting one of the first buildings you see as you turn onto Talkeetna’s Main Street, Nagley’s General Store. Since it was b...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
GN_3.52_Kodiak Queen
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A sunken World War 2 ship has become an interactive art piece, safe habitat for endangered marine life, and an educational tool for future stewards...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Try Not To Die
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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As we come out of our holes and return to our beloved American Desert, it's time to remember a dozen simple rules to keep your day hike from becomi...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
The Talkeetna Roadhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
Since being built by Frank Lee around 1916 and later moved to its current location, the Talkeetna Roadhouse has been a staple of local life. Today...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Schoolhouse
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
For more than eighty years, the territorial schoolhouse building has stood in Downtown Talkeetna, Alaska. It has served many purposes over the dec...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Living Planet 04/16/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Exploring glacial caves, the fight over meatless lunches and Niger Delta women stand up to oil pollution - This week on Living Planet, stories o...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #9: In Friendship
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Inspired by a year of forced isolation, essayist Bilal Qureshi explores the history, landscape, and meaning of friendship across cultures. At the h...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
The Fairview Inn
From: KTNA
Series: The Blue Tarp
Caption: The Blue Tarp, Credit: KTNA Talkeetna
The Fairview Inn is referred to by some as “Talkeetna’s living room.” On this episode of the Blue Tarp, we hear from people for whom the Fairview ...

Bought by KSKA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 155: Cannonball
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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With Covid-19 shutdowns, people have been taking advantage of quiet highways to drive as fast as they can from New York City to Redondo Beach, Cali...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 32:22
The Beauty and the Trash
From: Theo Greenly
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A volunteer picks up trash along the I-5 in Northern California

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 04:10
The Place in Between
From: Israel Story
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When – in mid-April – Sivan Goren Arzony picked up her phone in Somerville, MA, she never imagined it was the start of her very own personal Via Do...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 17:33
The Proposal
From: Diana Opong
Caption: Red bird in Ghana, Credit: Megan Schuyler Kennedy
A young American travels to Ghana, West Africa with friends, and talks about how a search for a bird lead to someone’s search for a wife.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 03:40
Wizards & Critters
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please m...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Creating "The Great Outdoors" while stuck indoors
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Jello Lake, Credit: Erin Sullivan
Join us as we explore the great outdoors while indoors with photographer Erin Sullivan of Erin Outdoors.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 27:51
Episode 76: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind II
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Satisfying Wanderlust during COVID-19
From: World Footprints LLC
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Learn how to have unique travel experiences from home and gain some insights on family travel planning post coronavirus on World Footprints with Ia...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2020
  • Length: 19:16

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