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487-Touching The Sun
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Imagine a spacecraft traveling at a speed that would take it from New York to Tokyo in less than a minute, a mere 4 million miles from the surface ...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , WTIP, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
486-Martian Storms
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In a few weeks ,as Earth and Mars moved closer together, a dust storm engulfed most of the red planet making it impossible to see its surface featu...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
485-Last One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A huge Earth approaching asteroid is discovered right before the 2018 monsoon rains settled into the American Southwest. This weather imposed bre...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KRZA, WTIP, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Beyond Dutch Country
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Exterior of the Hans Herr House, Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
Sandwiched between its Amish countryside and hip food scene, Lancaster Pennsylvania combines the old and new in awe-inspiring ways. Join World Foo...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2018
  • Length: 59:55
Niagara Falls up close. With a Maid of the Mist captain
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Capt. Rod MacDonald on the Maid of the Mist, Credit: Dave Rosenthal
Capt. Rod MacDonald has seen a lot in his 29 years on the Maid of the Mist. Like the man who came over Horseshoe Falls on a jet ski.

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


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 5
Replicas of Columbus ships stir protests
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Protest in Oswego, N.Y., Credit: Payne Horning
Two replica Christopher Columbus ships are sailing across the Great Lakes this summer, offering visitors a chance to learn about the famous explore...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WFIU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
What's it like to live in a Lake Erie lighthouse? Bring water.
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Sheila Consaul purchased the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light in 2011 – and since then, she’s renovated and refurbished her unique summer home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 7
Makers Series 2: Askinosie Chocolate
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Askinosie Chocolate was founded in 2007 in Springfield, USA, by Shawn Askinosie, who left his job as a criminal defense lawyer to pursue his love o...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 44:35
Makers Series 1: SOMA Chocolatemaker
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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SOMA Chocolatemaker was founded in 2003 by David Castellan and Cynthia Leung and is based in Toronto, Canada. The company has since grown to two st...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 37:48
Episode Two: "The Small Town through the Literary Lens"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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In this episode we're looking at the small town through the literary lens. Hear how Shirley Ann Grau author of "Keepers of the House" hung up on th...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 24:59
Michigan town raises money online to clear harbor
From: Great Lakes Today
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With its harbor closed because of silt and other sediment -- and no help in sight from the federal government -- the town of Leland found an unusua...

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


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
USA: The Beacon of Immigration
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Producer Claudio Martino explores migration and the American dream.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 1
“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
Best of Ireland, Portraits from Cuba, Exploring Mid-Michigan
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Cover of the photo book "The Cubans", Credit: Jay Seldin
World Footprints will venture through Ireland, show Cuba in black and white, and show mid-Michigan in a unique light.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Touring Ireland and introducing Irish Tenor Michael Londra
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: The Cliffs of Mohr, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints explores the country of Ireland and the career path of Emmy-nominated Irish tenor, Michael Londra.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
New Orleans' Hidden Black History
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Mardi Gras Indian costume at New Orleans' African American Museum., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints uncovers the little known stories about African American history in New Orleans from the largest slave rebellion in 1811 to the cu...

Bought by WWFM, WAER Syracuse, NY, and KISA Digital Studios


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 3
Traveling the Underground Railroad from Virginia to Buxton, Ontario
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: Celebrating Black History with World Footprints
Caption: Unmarked graves on Yellow Hill, Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
World Footprints travels along one path of the Underground Railroad starting in Norfolk, Virginia and finishing in Buxton, Ontario. We will also s...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Author James Rollins, Kenya, America's Whiskey Trail and Founders' Homes
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Giraffe on lunch break., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Explore Kenya, America's History from the Whiskey Trail and Founding Fathers, meet bestselling author James Rollins and learn about Sri Lanka and B...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
Magical Martinique: The Island of Flowers
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Anse Cafard Slave Memorial on Martinique., Credit: Tonya Fitzpatrick
Imagine paradise where your senses explode with a banquet of color, or scents and flavors exicte, or where you experience exotic tranquility. That...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Navigators Part 6
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:38
The Navigators Part 8
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 02:47
The Navigators Part 7
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:11
The Navigators Part 5
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
The Navigators Part 4
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
The Navigators Part 3
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:18