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We've all seen the tremendous destructive power of hurricanes. There were a record number of hurricanes in 2005, and future hurricane seasons may b...
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Fatuma Roba, 22, from Kibera slum, talks about the violence in Kenya
- Added: Jan 10, 2008
- Length: 02:40
The second part examines the sexual violence being perpetrated against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and during the genocide in Rwanda.
- Added: Dec 19, 2007
- Length: 17:32
3-Day Teach-in in Washington DC on Global Crisis in September 2007
- Added: Dec 18, 2007
- Length: 54:09
The loss of air traffic controllers upset over their working conditions is a major reason airlines are consistently operating behind schedule and f...
- Added: Dec 13, 2007
- Length: 03:08
- Added: Dec 01, 2007
- Length: 15:44
Sea turtles have been around for more than a hundred million years, so you'd have to call them survivors. But sea turtles may have met their match...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Who's next? The Iberian lynx? Arctic fox? European mink? According to the recent European Mammal Assessment Report, these critically endangered spe...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
The passenger pigeon was once the most common species in North America - now it's extinct. A look at how the bird disappeared.
Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, and WDET Detroit Public Radio
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 07:15
- Purchases: 4
Speedos -- those tight, very brief bikini swimsuits -- may not be ideal for every male physique. And they're a fashion disaster for dolphins.
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- Added: Nov 15, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
In more and more places, non-native plants are upsetting the balance of nature by replacing native plant species.
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- Added: Nov 15, 2007
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Like a giant toilet bowl that won't flush, an area twice the size of Texas swirls in the sea near Hawaii and draws in floating trash from a much la...
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- Added: Nov 13, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
According to the Audubon Society, more than 20 species of common American birds in the eastern United States have plummeted, some by more than half...
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:19
- Purchases: 2
A Canadian company is considering dredging up gold and copper off the coast of New Guinea...that could be just as bad as strip mining on land.
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 2
Washington D.C.'s sewer system needs repair.
Bought by WXLV-FM
- Added: Nov 09, 2007
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 06, 2007
- Length: 16:33
- Purchases: 1
During one three hour period last September, volunteers collected more than seven million pounds of shoreline trash around the world.
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:30
The world's largest living carnivore is skating on thin ice these days. With global warming firmly taking hold, the shelves of ice that polar bears...
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The forgotten story of Jenny, an abused native woman in South Dakota
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 06:49
The Suicide Tapes is a story about the other side of madness.
- Added: Oct 28, 2007
- Length: 32:14
Some sex toy retailers are concerned about chemicals used to make the toys.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 25, 2007
- Length: 07:08
- Purchases: 1
This Story is Free! Martin Bell, former BBC Correspondent, reports on the situation of children in Afghanistan. In this piece he discusses the pli...
- Added: Oct 25, 2007
- Length: 03:59
Court Sentences Argentinean Priest to Life in Prison for Genocide(3:24)
- Added: Oct 11, 2007
- Length: 03:47
Activist Eve Ensler talks about violence against women in the Congo
- Added: Sep 20, 2007
- Length: 15:02
- Added: Aug 30, 2007
- Length: 15:00