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The Ocean as Natural Capital
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss natural capital and the true cost of thi...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:26
Equity Challenges
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part five of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode–Equity Challenges–we discuss the lopsided outcomes bo...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 05:28
Trust the Children
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Youth Climate Strikes (aka Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate) is an international activist movement born of one teenager's staged protests each Friday outside of Sweden's parliament building in August 2018. Greta Thunberg began striking for climate an, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The climate is in crisis, and the next generation is committed to and has been successful in raising awareness, demanding political action, seeking...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:31
Hearts in the Ice: A Citizen Science Adventure of a Lifetime
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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With the Hearts in the Ice expedition set to begin one month from now, World Ocean Radio is revisiting a special episode dedicated to the upcoming ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
Hearts in the Ice
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Citizen Scientists Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby , Credit: Hearts in the Ice
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to two women who are planning to embark on an unsupported exploration in the Arctic: 270 days...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Barry Lopez, Arctic Nature Writer
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Barry Lopez, Arctic Nature Writer, Credit: BarryLopez.com
Fourth in a four-part series on authors who write about the ocean and the natural world.

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 05:12
Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: "The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot", Credit: Robert Macfarlane
In the third of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in the ocean and the natural world, host Peter Neill reads from essayist...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
254: Intangible Cultural Heritage
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
As Big As A Bear: Sarah Maycock's Minimal Marks, Larger Than Life
From: Teosson Wells
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Free, audio book excerpt. Once upon a time, there was a girl who imagined a bear. Actually, she imagined a lot of bears. And then she drew them—bea...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2013
  • Length: 13:16
235: Blue Marble
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
226: Operation Surf
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Operation Surf, Credit: www.operationsurf.com/
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss Blue Mind 3 and the conference topic of empathy. He will describe the work of o...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
224: Reciprocity Part II
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Man throwing cast net , Credit: Mangrove Action Project | MarinePhotobank.org
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Women Who Wouldn't Listen: Wangari Maathai and Frances Moore Lappe
From: A World of Possibilities
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Two lives spent breaking the mold of both traditional and feminist perspectives are recounted in candid conversation, each with a focused sense of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WZEN.org, KREV-LP, KUOW, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Heroes Come in Many Colors - Phillis Wheatley
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Heroes Come in Many Colors
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The contributions of the Black Man—celebrating Black History Month. Recounted in this installment is the life, times, and legacy of Phillis Wheatle...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 47:29
A March to Freedom: Martin Luther King
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Martin Luther King press conference, Credit: Marion S. Trikosko
On the anniversary of his birth, the life and work of the civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His own voice and words make this a mean...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KCNP, KCNP and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 44:36
  • Purchases: 6
Youth Shelters
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ruben Hamming-Green interviewed two members from the Youth Shelters and Family Services, to hear how they are helping homeless youth.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WGDR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
What good are these things for?: The pragmatic push to eliminate nuclear weapons
From: A World of Possibilities
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A discussion about the future of nuclear weapons.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUOW, WVTF, KICI Iowa City, WLPR and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 6
Hard Power, Soft Power: Peacebuilding at the Pentagon
From: A World of Possibilities
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A study on new peacebuilding actions within the Pentagon.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
MLK Was a Working-Class Hero
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the staunchest and most effective supporters working Americans have ever had.

Bought by Prairie Public, WEZU, RadioFreePalmer, KBRP Community Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 7
Hungry Harvesters
From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Food Safety
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Migrant Labor and the Poverty that Produces our Plenty

Bought by WCNY, WSKG, WRPI, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 4
Grow Local, Eat Local
From: A World of Possibilities
Series: Food Safety
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Feeding our hunger for connection

Bought by WCNY and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 2
Parting the Veil
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Struggle for Human and Women's Rights in Iran

  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
  • Length: 54:58
Romance the Joy of Words
From: Ellen Weber
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Your brain uses your words to build or break your day

  • Added: Nov 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:36