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A Climate Conversion
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Bath Iron Works is a subsidiary of General Dynamics and Maine's largest defense contractor and a major employer. BIW builds Zumwalt destroyers for the U.S. Navy at its shipyard on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine
This week on World Ocean Radio we're talking about solutions to the climate challenge by highlighting some modern examples of and possibilities for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
International Maritime Film Festival
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The World Ocean Observatory is partnering with Main Street Bucksport this year for the 4th annual International Maritime Film Festival, a celebrati...

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 05:04
April 2019 – The importance of pronouns to trans people
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
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OutCasting youth participant Amalee talks about the importance of using preferred personal pronouns, especially for trans people.

Bought by KUAF Public Radio, PRX Remix, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 3
At the Fishhouses: The Holiday Episode
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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'Tis the season for our end-of-year episode. Each year at the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads At The Fishhouses, a poem by Eliza...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
Ocean Literacy: Diversity of Life and Ecosystems
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Cozumel, Mexico , Credit: Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash
"The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems." So states the fifth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to he...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:58
Ocean Literacy: The Ocean Makes Earth Habitable
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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"The ocean makes Earth habitable." So states the fourth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us better understand the...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:42
Ocean Literacy: One Big Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: U.S. and Atlantic Ocean basin, Credit: NASA
"The Earth Has One Big Ocean With Many Features" So states the first principle of the ocean literacy curriculum, a series of fundamental concepts t...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:38
Ocean Literacy: An Introduction
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: oceanliteracy.wp2.coexploration.org, Credit: Ocean Literacy Curriculum
This week's episode of World Ocean Radio kicks off a multi-part series on the Ocean Literacy Principles. The next eight episodes will provide an an...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 04:27
RDD: "Working With Mother Nature"
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week you'll meet Becky and Don as we visit their farm in Weston, Ohio. We'll talk hugelkultur, permaculture, and all things farming. Check it ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Offsets for a Sustainable Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: UCapture funds carbon offset and ocean clean-up projects, at no cost to you when you shop online. Learn more at ucapture.com/w2o
Carbon offsets offer ways for retailers and consumers to help meet the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and can be an e...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 05:11
Arctic Futures
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In mid-June the World Ocean Observatory co-hosted the Arctic Summer Institute in Portland, Maine in partnership with the University of Maine School...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Ecology: Harbor Seals
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Culture, Connection and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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A recent east coast storm unearthed the remains of America's last slave ship in Alabama: the Clotilda. These remains, and the artifacts from anothe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from r...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Snowy Plovers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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On this segment of Sound Ecology, Ornithologist Mark Colwell features one of our dynamic coastal residents, the western snowy plover.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Marine Protected Areas
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Marine Protected Areas conserve the diversity and abundance of marine life, the habitats they depend on and the integrity of marine ecosystems. Cal...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Free Enterprise
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Michael Goldberg shares thoughts and stories celebrating the genius of the free enterprise system.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2017
  • Length: 59:33
Bellota of the Borderlands
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:02
Sound Ecology: Redwoods
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the magnificent Redwood trees of northwestern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Murres
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting nesting murre colonies along the northern California coast. For air during late spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Manzanitas
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the spectacular diversity and adaptability of manzanitas

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Eelgrass
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the importance of eelgrass to ecosystem health.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
Allusionist 31: Post-Love
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Breaking up is hard to do, and it's hard to put into appropriate words. Comedian Rosie Wilby seeks a better term for 'ex', and family law barrister...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:28
Allusionist 28: WLTM part I
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Your online dating profile is the latest spin on a 300-year-old tradition of advertising yourself in order to find a spouse, a sexual partner, or s...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 41:08
Allusionist 25: Toki Pona
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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There’s a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently yo...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:24
  • Purchases: 1