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Virtuoso Voices - David Shifrin (Tag, You're It.)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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Composer Carl Maria von Weber is a favorite of clarinetists - including David Shifrin. Weber's Grand Duo concertante is, basically, 19th century s...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :20
Virtuoso Voices - David Shifrin (Legitimate Clarinet)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
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The clarinet was most likely invented by Johann Christoph Denner in 1690. While Denner may have been the inventor, David Shifrin says it was Mozar...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :26
The Biological Car
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Henry Ford had the right idea. Back in the early 1940, he developed the world's first "bio-car."

Bought by WEPS


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Mushrooms for Insulation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There's a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Houses Made from Shipping Containers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a home that's truly "outside the box?" - or inside, depending on where you stand.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Belching Tar Pits
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Considering all the animals trapped in the Los Angeles La Brea Tar Pits, you'd think the gas it's belching up is caused by something that it ate. A...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:31
Alchemy: A Fuelish Pursuit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they're trying something that would be almost as miraculous as turning...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
Today's Carbon Report
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Catch the news and weather at 10 tonight along with the day's carbon report. Carbon report?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 1
Getting to the Roots of the Matter
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mangrove trees are simply amazing, in a sci-fi kind of way. They live in perhaps the most hostile plant environment imaginable.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
Batteries That Run on Sugar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? They might be just around the corner.

Bought by KMXT and WEPS


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Flickering Light
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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From Digital cameras to Magic lanterns and back again

  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:38
Peace Talks Radio: Electing Mediators To Public Office (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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If mediators are trained to resolve conflicts between disputing parties, what would happen if we elected more mediators to public office? That's th...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Marfa Public Radio, WGDR, KDUR, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Astronomy
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 Generations discussing the importance of Astronomy to their cohert group and the world.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Retired Tires On the Road Again
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What's happening with them these days?

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Fields of Clean Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
"Seals" in the Amazon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Pesticide
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
Defensive Plants May Reduce Herbicide Use
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Get out of my space - or else!" Most people don't know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf.

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
High-Tech Salmon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Save the Salmon - it's easier said than done. But today, sophisticated science is being used to preserve their genetic diversity.

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
DNA Maps Could Save Elephant
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A genetic map could help save the endangered African elephant.

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Studying Straight Edge: An Interview With Professor Robert Wood
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Straight Edge; Who, What and Why?
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An interview with Professor Robert Wood on straight edge---why he studies it, his book on it, and some of the complexities and details of the culture.

Bought by KUNM and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 11:27
  • Purchases: 2
PCB Possible Cleanup Solution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Hibernation Has Advantages
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Believe it or not, sometimes, it's a good idea to be "as cold as ice." Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Lion of Babylon
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
'Shifting Baselines' Breed Creeping Degradation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Have you ever been really bugged by a new ding in your car, but weeks later, you barely noticed it? We all learn to tolerate negative changes by ad...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:30

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