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Caption: Curious squirrel, Central Park, New York, Credit: basair is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0
How many squirrels are there in Central Park? It’s not just a trivia question for a dinner party. The answer tells us a lot about the urban environ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:44
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In this episode of YBYG Mike squashes the mystery behind your eaten Zucchini! Plus your squishy phone calls!!

  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
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On Part 2 in a 2021 Trilogy on Seed Starting Mike plants the seeds for success in a sequel Question of the Week!! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!!

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
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In this episode of You Bet Your Garden Mike teaches you "When to Pick your Produce. Plus your fabulous phone calls!!

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
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On the Question of the Week Mike McGrath dives in to "Review the Rules of Fall Leaves"! Plus a brand new version of the dreaded Spotted Lantern Fl...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
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Reporter Kamilah Kashanie looks into the controversy behind a statue in a historically Black neighborhood on Martha's Vineyard.

  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 10:40
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Milwaukee has been called the most German city in America – already in the 1840s, large numbers of Germans who were fleeing wars in Europe began se...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2019
  • Length: 17:28
  • Purchases: 2
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How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspi...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 40:18
Caption: New York distillery and fish farm turns waste into supper, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Two companies in the Great Lakes region are teaming up for an unusual experiment in sustainability. They’re starting an aquaculture business. And a...

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


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
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Perry Mason themes galore and further trial episodes of the young lady who apportioned axe chops between her father and step-mother... and 911 was ...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 02:20:37
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Muslim pirates and encroaching immigrants inspire Greeks to wreak some havoc of their own... and then there was Saladin...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:26:40
Caption: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015, Credit: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015
As ice forms on Lake Erie, it creates problems for the huge power plants downstream. To keep electricity flowing to millions of residents in the No...

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


  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dingo Dog Brewing
Meet Dingo Dog Brewing. Their non-profit funds animal rescue. During our Hilarious 'Flo Knows' segment say Hi to a beautiful French woman who app...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
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The downtown movie theater has long been a fixture of small town Minnesota. But with advent of multiplexes, DVDs and on-demand viewing, small town ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Sundance 2015 feature on two films today, a crude sundance documentary called "Finders Keepers" as well as the slamdance submission, "Wendell and t...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Caption: Peter Richardson lecturing about the legacy of the Grateful Dead., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Peter Richardson, a lecturer at San Francisco State, was teaching a course on the Grateful Dead at a school for adults over 50. A cultural history ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 1
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At about 1:30am, after a night out with friends, Kyle Nichols-Schmolze is waiting for the AC Transit 800 bus near Market and Van Ness in San Franci...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:49
Caption: Our tour guide: Christopher Verdosi, assistant costume director, Credit: David Boyer
San Francisco seems to jump at any excuse to throw off daily wear in favor of something more theatrical. That explains why around 2500 people showe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Punk supergroup The Flesh Eaters iconic 1981 album, "A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die," has been reissued.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Teenagers make Navajo tacos in Window Rock, Arizona., Credit: Anne Hoffman
On the Navajo Nation, tacos lose the tortilla and take on fry bread. This summer, a group of teenagers visited a Navajo farm to learn the art of Na...

Bought by PRX Remix and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
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Putting a spotlight on Willie Egan and the girl's "perfect song lyric" plus plenty of collector's music ("that you've never heard by musicians you'...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 08:50:42
Caption: Gelato served from a Carpigiani-made gelato truck at the Bologna fair in 1958, Credit: Gelato Museum
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...gelato. The first museum dedicated to gelato has opened in Italy.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Mitch Skinner goes to the 8th annual Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis/St. Paul and finds out how it's affecting local businesses.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:09
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Mitch Skinner investigates and reviews the (now-defunct) donut co-op.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:28