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470-Martian Asteroid Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The life of an asteroid hunter on Mars will be interesting and exciting. The double planet, our Earth and Moon, in the Martian night sky will be a...

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


  • Added: Jun 16, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
467-Time Travel
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Looking out into space takes you back in time. To experience time travel go to a natural night sky location like the Cosmic Campground Internationa...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Hot lava salt
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip Roy in Hawai'i
Hot lava™. This is a smoky, spicy, garlic salt. But now when I look at my Hot Lava garlic salt I feel a pang.

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
462-Our View
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Modern technology provides us with stunning views of objects in the Universe in wavelengths invisible to our eyes, however, nothing is as moving an...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
Michael Benanav talks about “Himalayan Bound” on Booktalk
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Himalayan Bound: One Family’s Quest to Save Their Animals–And an Ancient Way of Life” New Mexico-based Michael Benanav travels to northern Indi...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
Tiger spotting
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A jungle cat (aka not a Tiger), Credit: Sandip Roy
What's in a tiger sighting? For some it's more important than anything else.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Forget your feed
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip forgets to feed his social media stream, and reconnects with the world.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
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
Bike Wizard Lennard Zinn and “The Haywire Heart: How Too Much Exercise Can Kill You, And What You Can Do To Protect Your Heart”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Lennard, who has been riding and fixing bikes for 50 years, is the author of 8 books, including “Zinn and the Art of…” titles about bicycle mainte...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 09:46
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
Reviving North Carolina Towns Through Arts and Tourism
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Whirligig, Credit: Photo by Tonya Fitzpatrick
Join us as we experience the art of central and eastern North Carolina and get a history lesson aboard the Confederate Ironclad ship the CSS Neuse ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:55
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
Travel writer Patricia Schultz & “1,000 Places to See Before You Die in the United States and Canada”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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With 1,200 pages and hundreds of color photographs, this classic sourcebook has had many praised spin-offs from calendars to tv shows. In this upda...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:59
The NYC Restaurant Show at the Javitz Center 2017
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Tree Filtered Water, Credit: Richard Solomon
We are live from the floor of the Javitz Center

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
Icicles on the tiki bar -- winter on a Great Lakes island
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Ice fishing shanties sit on Lake Erie in 2011, Credit: Caroline Conrad
The town of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie’s South Bass Island is a popular vacation spot in the summer. But once winter hits, the island’s population dr...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WBFO and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
“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
Ted Conover and “Immersion. A Writer’s Guide To Going Deep”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Ted has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, and sliced beef in a meat-packing plant. Considered the master o...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
Winter Life on a Great Lakes Island
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Delaware Avenue., Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Put-In-Bay, on an island in Lake Erie, is a summer destination for vacationers and tourists. But when winter comes and ferry service to the mainlan...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
Those Were The Days
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip visits another "returnee," Nguyen Qui Duc in Vietnam.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:00

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