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John Nichols: Writing the Southwest
From: David Dunaway
Caption: John Nichols, Credit: Taos Writers' Conference
The writer John Nichols first achieved national fame at age 24 with 'The Sterile Cuckoo', but went on to a second act when he moved to Taos, New Me...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 27:14
Episode 5: Charting an uncertain future
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 5: Disinformation and media manipulation are everywhere. Nobody can really know what’s going on in a ‘fog of war’. You’ll hear from displa...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 15:21
Episode 4: The Road Ahead for Ukrainian Research
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 4: Not surprisingly, in a time of war, most of the funding available to science in Ukraine is gone. You’ll hear how Canada can help rebuild...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:09
Episode 2: Ukrainian Scholars in Times of War
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 2: How can you conduct research under extremely difficult conditions, such as they are in Ukraine? A sociologist and researcher at the Cen...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:25
Episode 3: Protecting data in wartime
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 3: The war in Ukraine is proving to be a real-time lab study of staying one step ahead of the hackers and finding ways to protect and prese...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 20:30
Episode 1: Our first look inside Ukrainian research
From: Don Hill
Series: Research In Ukraine: Where has it gone?
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episode 1: It's the early days of the war. Scientists in Canada and France offer a helping hand to Ukrainian colleagues. A research scientist at t...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 19:59
Less Partisan Elections in Alaska 2022?: These Not So United States (AK Part One)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Talking Alaska's elections and polarizing politics, launching on the state's 2022 Primary Day and Special Election Day. Featuring Independent Alask...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:14
Answering the Call: Struggling to Staff the Nation's New Crisis Line - Two-way
From: Tradeoffs
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In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
CBC S1 E8: Student Athletes
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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What's it like when a pandemic crushes your dream of playing a Division One sport?

  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 13:18
Episode Six: When a horse goes 'home'
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Montana, two ranchers adopted ‘Delilah.’ They’re among the growing number of people actually getting paid to adopt wild horses and burros.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:40
Episode Five: The unsexy burro
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Arizona, two incarcerated men rehabilitate wild donkeys for adoption.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 18:19
From the Ground Up
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
Caption: Kateri Gutierrez at Collective Avenue Coffee, Credit: Photo by Ben Tran
Like many kids who come from working class immigrant families, Kateri Gutierrez felt a lot of pressure to get ahead. After a brief stint trying to ...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 07:05
Water Systems with the Army Corps of Engineers
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Problem-solving, technology, and public service all combine when you work as an engineer for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Dr. Michael St...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2019
  • Length: 19:56
Following the Money – Part II
From: Mike Dakkak
Series: Following the Money
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Nearly $1.3 trillion has left Russia since the 1990s. The Russian government has been unable to stop it.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:52
Following the Money – Part I
From: Mike Dakkak
Series: Following the Money
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The Russian hacking attack against the US was an unprecedented attack against the US and its election system. The attack was conducted using cyber...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 30:04
Part 3: Green movement pivots toward minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: A few members of Outdoor Afro Cleveland, including Smith-Woodford (holding sign), Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 3 of series -- The Great Lakes region is home to millions of people of different races and ethnicities. But diverse backgrounds – and issues ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Part 2: Flint water crisis a turning point for Green movement
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: WT Stevens replaces a pipe under a Flint street, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 2 of series -- Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WBFO, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 8
Part 1: Environmental groups slow to seek out minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite in 1903, Credit: Library of Congress
Part 1 of series -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind. Preserving the wilderness in national parks? Or guaranteeing ...

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


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 8
Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 9
Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 9
Lake Superior cleanup threatened by Trump budget cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

Bought by WLPR , North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 8
Sturgeon recovery endangered on Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / USFWS biologists prepare to examine a lake sturgeon
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been using federal funding to monitor the health of ...

Bought by WBFO, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 8
Part 4: The Homeless Community
From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado
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Members of the homeless community in Boulder, Colorado face institutional barriers to find housing. However, they are still optimistic about the ci...

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
Part 3: City Programs
From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado
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The City of Boulder is trying to take steps to address the issues surrounding homelessness in the community. They have several programs that are wo...

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
Part 2: City Rangers
From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado
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With a camping ban in place in Boulder, Colorado. City Rangers are tasked with giving tickets to people they find camping in the open space and mou...

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:32