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AMOS 24-101: Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches of Snow, 5/21/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Benjamin Franklin and the Swatches of Snow

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
Season 1, Episode 35 - 'Art For Change' feat Catherine Sarah Young
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Art’s place in changing the world.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota 'N Ice: Hiking the Frozen Backwaters with the Winona Outdoor Collaborative
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 18:31
Minnesota 'N Ice: The Ice Bikes of Lake Winona
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 18:38
E-Waste Recycling
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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For this week's episode, our hosts converse over the ways that electronic waste can be recycled rather than stored away in old cabinets and drawers.

Bought by Belfast Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 2
YBYG46: You Bet Your Garden # 46 Is it too late for pepper plants?, 8/15/2019
From: You Bet Your Garden
Series: You Bet Your Garden
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On this episode of YBYG, our host Mike McGrath reveals why peppers are perhaps the only “plants of summer” that will accept such tender mercies thi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
YBYG37: You Bet Your Garden # 37, 6/13/2019
From: You Bet Your Garden
Series: You Bet Your Garden
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This week Mike McGrath interviews Lorraine Ballato, Author of "Success With Hydrangeas: A Gardener's Guide"!! And as always, guides your fabulous ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
Saving the Last Ocean
From: Generation Anthropocene
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We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 21:32
AMOS 17.134: Male Termites Pair Up When Females Are Scarce, 7/6/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Male Termites Pair Up When Females Are Scarce

  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Californias Alternative Energy Plan in The Trump Era
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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California's AB 32 paved the way for a bold investment in alternative energy. SB 32 will up the ante, aiming to phase out fossil fuels by 2050. Wil...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
AMOS 17.117: Lucy in the Sky, 6/13/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Lucy in the Sky

  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
Photographer reveals "ghosts" of Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
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Lakes are often portrayed as calm and serene environments, but Dave Sanford knows better. The Canadian photographer uses his pictures to reveal a m...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 5
AMOS 17.012: What Obesity and a Lack of Fatty Tissue Have in Common, 1/17/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
What Obesity and a Lack of Fatty Tissue Have in Common

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
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
Episode 10: The Moon And The Possum
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Where do we come from? And where do we go when we die? Paul Taylor shares one of the oldest answers to those questions.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 11:51
  • Purchases: 3
Hum...
From: Terrascope Radio
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A short, evocative audio postcard made while visiting power-generation facilities in northern California.

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
Fascinating facts & stories about nature in three-minute bites
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Robert Zink's new book, "The Three-Minute Outdoorsman," distills the latest news from the world of science & nature into three-minute tidbits of in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 16:35
  • Purchases: 1
Bushwhack through the Quetico & BWCAW? Ely outfitter's overland adventure
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Jason Zabokrtsky, owner of Ely Outfitting Company, set off Oct. 11 to bushwhack from Atikokan, Ontario to Ely, a distance of about 80 miles. No wat...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 21:02
Tom McCall, January 8, 1983
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The true story of the first state to sponsor a rock concert ... nicknamed "the Governor's Pot Party"... and what became of that governor.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Perfect Green Gift for Dad
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Finding the perfect Father’s Day present can be daunting. Does he really need a new wallet? Does he even wear a tie?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
CalEarth
From: Eric Molinsky
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Meet the house that beats an earthquake, stays cool without air conditioning, doesn't harm a single tree and costs less than a used car.

Bought by WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, American Voices, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Living Fossil Discovered in the Flesh
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The year 2006 was a heady one for the Laotian rock rat, a rodent thought to have gone extinct about 11 million years ago.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
The Gospel of Lido
From: Miranda Diboll
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The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 19:04
Just Another Fish Story
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A small town in rural Maine recalls the impact of a beached whale on their community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, HowSound, PRX Remix, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 21