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Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lorry Wagner, CEO of LEEDCo, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The nation's first offshore wind farm recently began operating in New England, and developers now are eying vast body of water: the Great Lakes. Pr...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUVO, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 8
What's icy, metal and two miles long? A Great Lakes ice boom
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015, Credit: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015
As ice forms on Lake Erie, it creates problems for the huge power plants downstream. To keep electricity flowing to millions of residents in the No...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Maritime-themed school to open in Cleveland
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students at Toledo's maritime school, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The opening of a new maritime-themed high school was announced Tuesday in Cleveland. It joins the 3 other maritime schools in the Great Lakes region.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:10
  • Purchases: 4
Great Lakes researchers worry about Trump cuts to climate change research
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Mud stored for climate change research at the Unviersity at Buffalo, November 2016., Credit: ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Mud stored for climate change research at the Unviersity at Buffalo, November 2016.
Climate change researchers in the Great Lakes region fear Trump administration could move forward with anti-climate change agenda.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 6
Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
American side of Niagara Falls to go silent
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park.
New York State plans to shut off the American Falls, a major attraction for tourists who flock to Niagara Falls. It's part of a project to replace...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 7
Museum seeks WWII Navy pilots
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plane recovered from Lake Michigan, Credit: John Davies
To accompany a documentary screening, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is searching for Navy pilots who trained on Lake Michigan during World...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 4
Can we sell cattails -- and save wetlands?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Harvester amid the cattails, Credit: Sam Corden
Researchers are harvesting invasive cattails, and seeking commercial uses for them

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 4
Erosion threatens homes on Lake Michigan
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: heavy machinery is used to move concrete along shoreline, Credit: Susan Bence
Lake Michigan is experiencing record high water levels – bad news for some residents along the western shore. Huge chunks of the shoreline are erod...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WILL, WCMU Michigan, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Green vs. Gray: How Can Trees Clean up the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Combined sewers at Heider Creek in Avon Lake, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Scientists believe greening projects and vegetation can filter water before it gets into the lake, but it may not be the solution for every city.

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
Dogs sniff out pollution along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Kenna checks a creek in Bridgman, Mich., Credit: Rebecca Thiele
Trained dogs are helping localities find leaky sewer pipes that are polluting Great Lakes tributaries.

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
How safe is your beach? New test may provide answer
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Brianna Boggan takes a water sample at Villa Angela-Euclid Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Although a lot of beaches are tested for contamination in the water, many agencies use dated information to determine if it’s safe to swim. A new ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WCPN and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
Drugmakers are Making Us Addicts
From: Teosson Wells
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Opioids are Pitched as the Wonder Drug: Profit vs. Health

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 21:54
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Eating fish from Great Lakes is risky, immigrants learn
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016, Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Fish caught in the Niagara River August 2016
An environmental group in Western New York is trying to help area refugees and others learn about the danger of eating contaminated fish from the G...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WSKG, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp
Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
LBJ visit to Lake Erie led to cleaner waters
From: Great Lakes Today
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This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s visit to Buffalo New York -- a day that helped clean up waterways across the...

Bought by WABE, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 5
Community Forum: Confederate Flag Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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The Winona Human Rights Commission and Winona State University sponsored a community forum in response to the recent displays of the Confederate Fl...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 34:07
Minnesota Native New: Trying to Make an Impact
From: Melissa Townsend
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This week on Minnesota Native News, flag songs have been ringing out around Minnesota as four new tribal chairmen and women have been sworn in. An...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WDSE, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Ultimate Frisbee Is Challenging Traditional Sportsmanship
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: From left to right, Chris McGlynn, Billy Sickles, Matt Weintraub, Jibran Meiser, Dan Wickens, Tyler Finkler all played high school Ultimate under Ryan Belline. Now all of them play professionally. (c) 2016 Tricia McGlynn, Credit: Tricia McGlynn
This is a personal story of how a lack of officials has come to define the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and how the sport is evolving now that it has ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Challenge of ALS
From: Avery Hall
Caption: In eye-popping plaid pants and a pea-green jacket, Dr. Bedlack wears positivity into his office at the Duke ALS clinic., Credit: Avery Hall
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Ruckus Creation With Seth Godin For Marketing, Musicians, And Purple Cows
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The DIY Artist Route
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Seth Godin joined me in an exclusive conversation on what makes real art (and what is just weird), why most musicians aren't building tribes but sh...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 19:40
NewsVandal, JP Sottile and Unspun Hitch a Ride on the Clown Car - Presidential Politics 2016
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: JP Sottile
Jp Sottile, aka the Newsvandal, will join us in a realistic look at the coming year of Presidential Campaign antics. We'll take a look at real is...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
Death by Infection: Bacteria in a Post-Antibiotic World
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:44

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