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From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Well, the getting out of the growing business thing is not going well at all and I’ve had to come to grips with the fact that that I still need to ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1
The Jaguar is Back in Town
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The scientific name for jaguar is Panthera onca and these large wild felines range from Sonora, Mexico down to portions of central and South Americ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:23
Bellota of the Borderlands
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:02
Desert Rosemallow
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Desert Rosemallow is the official common name I think, though I see it called Coulter’s Hibiscus as well.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:34
A Mesquitey Gardening History
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Well, now you know about my personal gardening history. It’s not done. I mean there is history in the making in the garden just outside the front d...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:53
Sonoran Desert Millipede
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
Dig #167
From: Kim Clark
Series: Dig!
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We'll listen to one by the Houston band where ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons got his start, a pre-Motown cut by Rare Earth, a rare cut from one of Motown's...

Bought by KMXT, GCR (Global Community Radio), KWIT, KRZA, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dig #165
From: Kim Clark
Series: Dig!
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We'll listen to surprising covers of tunes written by Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, and Janis Ian; a couple of husband-and-wife acts that were on the pop...

Bought by KRZA, KMXT, Delmarva Public Media, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Highschool Students Discuss Solutions
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this program, we hear from two high school students working on the issues of overpopulation and car pollution, both from Merit Academy in Santa ...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Communicating Science Effectively
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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We hear from two experts in science communications, and talking about climate change. Edward Maibach is a widely recognized expert in public health...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Renewables and Solar are the Future
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Featuring interviews with Stanford Professor, Mark Z. Jacobson about efforts to go 100% renewable by 2050, and CEO of NEXTracker, Daniel Shugar abo...

Bought by KZYX, KFOI Radio, Radio Catskill, and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Kallstroemia grandiflora
From: KXCI
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Arizona poppy, Mexican poppy and summer poppy are some of the common names for the beautiful annual wildflower Kallstroemia grandiflora.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2017
  • Length: 04:56
How Plants Adapt to Our Changing Climate
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this episode, Dr. Michael Loik, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at UCSC discusses how plants adapt to changing climates, based on s...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Eating Microbes Make Fish Food
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Merc Martinelli and Brian Sefton, owners of Oak Bio, discuss their company's plans to use carbon from the atmosphere to create products like fish f...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Cooling the Planet with Ocean Currents
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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In this show we interview Dr. Alan Miller of "Cool it, Earth!", a company working to use ocean thermal energy technology (OTEC) to produce clean en...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Centerstage, Minnesota, November 18, 2016 (Vol. 9, #031)
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
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Centerstage Minnesota features Minnesota artists in an eclectic mix of folk, rock, blues, jazz, and world music.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:50:04
SITPE # 1621
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Not always short and seldom to the point.

Bought by KSRQ, KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
SITPE # 1616
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Visiting old friends one year at a time.

Bought by KKRN, KSRQ, KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 12
SITPE # 1610
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Selected shorts (at least until the last 10 minutes or so)

Bought by KKRN, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KEOS and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
SITPE # 1603
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Diggin' it

Bought by KKRN, KSRQ, KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 15
SITPE # 1539
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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A little of a lot.

Bought by KWMR, KCMJ Community Radio, WYAP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Can you Satirize Poor Customer Service from Big Cable Companies?
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 130: Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 15:02
SITPE # 1533
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Reversage

Bought by KWMR, KSRQ, KKRN, KCMJ Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
#27 MIW Mindy Aronoff - Director of Training at BAVC
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Mindy Aronoff on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, life coach and your show host, on this episode we will chat with Mindy Aronoff, Bay Area Video Coalition’s Director of Traini...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 22:16
Weird Jazz Instruments (Ep. 15)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley
Tuba, banjo, flute and even bagpipes have all found their places in jazz over the years. How good they sound might surprise you.

Bought by WNMU-FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNMU-FM, WCPN, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29