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These days, it seems like there’s an organic option for every type of food out there, including meat. But organic usually means more expensive. Tha...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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How would you like to get all of your electricity from renewable sources? It turns out, you can, and you don’t even need to put panels on your roof...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:28
Caption: Takeout in Paris
I order a lot of takeout food these days. And I often cringe when I see the packaging, especially when I get all of those little soy sauce packets....

  • Added: Mar 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
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There are about 5.5 million different species of bugs and they make up nearly 80% of all animals on Earth. But all is not well with the world’s mos...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
Caption: Places like Iceland have high albedo, Credit: Fatima Husain
Take a look out your window. What color is the ground? It turns out that what you see plays a big role in the speed of climate change.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Today, we have a question from listener David Kellogg. He’s a big fan of solar power, but he wants to know, is it better to put solar panels on you...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
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Today, we’re answering a question from Ada, a student from Bristol, Rhode Island. She wants to know the best thing kids can do at home to help stop...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Wind turbines have been popping up across the world as a more sustainable way to create electricity. But these turbines can’t last forever, and not...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:53
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A couple of weeks ago, we did a show on how many greenhouse gas emissions are created by the fashion industry and that got us wondering which indus...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:55
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"The Bed I Made" Author Mr. Robert Lynch on his Father the U.S. Marine Korean War Hero and Healing from PTSD like we've never heard it before. Thi...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr Ramadan Series logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
“Ramadan: The Global Experience” by Safaa Magdy. This audio feature focuses on one person's experience of Ramadan in a non-Muslim country.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
“Children and Ramadan” by Refan AbdelNabi. This audio feature is a glimpse into how children experience Ramadan; the celebration and spirituality ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Tim Tells potential new arrivals to Standing Rock to be prepared for North Dakota Winters. He also talks about Native People and how they dealt wit...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: :57
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Technology's grip on us: the 4-1-1 on what's behind your selfie; an artist's computer simulation shows humans aren't as unique as we think; and how...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Community Banking, Credit: http://bankblog.optirate.com/time-to-reinvent-the-community-bank-can-community-banks-still-hack-it/#.Vi0K7ysYF2A
This is a conversation with Elliot M of Boulder Community Financial. The difference between banking with a Credit Union vs a Traditional Bank is e...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2015
  • Length: 04:23
Caption: Oakland's Youth Poet Laureate hopefuls gather on stage, Credit: Holly J. McDede
Poet laureates reign across the country, representing different cities and states like kings and queens of the written word. Often, they’re college...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending less time outdoors. They found three problem...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Comedy Academy Cast, Credit: Courtesy of Harry Bagdasian
For fifteen years, the Comedy Academy of Silver Spring has been teaching the art of comedy. Working with students ranging from 12- 18 including ch...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:07
Caption: Smith  Spirit Squad, Credit: Smith College
A new cheerleading squad at one of the country's pre-eminent women's colleges -- alma mater of Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan -- is raising eyebr...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KUT, and WILL


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 5
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Laura Leedy Gansler joins Talking History's Linna Place in conversation about Sara Emma Edmundson, who disguised herself as a man, and joined the U...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 29:02