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PROLOGUE - BURNING MAN meets THE INTERSECTION
From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man
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The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. Are you ready to experience Burning Man — deep in the Nevada desert?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 04:37
John Lennon's UFO (Some Time In New York City)
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Happy October, friends. This episode comes to you from the West Village, NYC. We'll see you next in Oakland (10/21/2022) and Portland (10/23/2022)....

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Juneau, Alaska
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Juneau, Alaska

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Night Has Fallen on the Desert
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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From our secure, undisclosed Mojave Desert radio studio, tonight we bring you our 100th episode, with strange tales of the Amboy Ghost Lights and a...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 76: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind II
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
These Enchanted Lands
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Are places such as Sedona, Arizona, truly "magical"? Is the desert enchanted? Well it can't be proven one way or another, but from Moses to Jesus t...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 65: Deserted
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Josh Patterson loved taking photographs of rare finds in the Mojave Desert. But on one trip, things didn’t go as planned.

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 16:28
  • Purchases: 2
Keep Cool Or Die Trying
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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How do we not die in the desert this summer? One way is to stay underneath the swamp cooler, reading and writing letters, to and from various deniz...

Bought by KFCF FM and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wildflowers!
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The superbloom is upon us, as is the superbloom mob. St. Minerva help us all!

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rock Hounds: Agate Show coming to Brainerd
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: a few members of the cuyuna rock club
The Cuyuna Rock, Gem & Mineral Society will host the 16th annual Agate and Mineral Show this Saturday and Sunday (May 5-6) at the Crow Wing County ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 9
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Finding Your Way Home In A Purple Canoe" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Patrick Dobson was stuck in his life, so he decided t...

Bought by KSTK, Prairie Public, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 1
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?" and "Bigfoot" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting gu...

Bought by KSTK and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Anemone Tuberosa
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and so the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s prob...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:22
Varmints in the Grassland
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Tumbleweed and careless weed are here to stay and though careless weed is an Arizona native (Amaranthus palmeri) it certainly appears, at least to ...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:19
Slow Moving Water
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The Ol’ Guajolote is not alive with critters by the time it runs by our home.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 05:05
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
Episode 17: The Ents Of Melbourne
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Melbourne, Australia wanted its residents to help keep an eye on its trees. So they gave every tree an email address. But then the trees started to...

Bought by KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 15:20
  • Purchases: 3
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
Gus' Wild Side: He is the walrus
From: WTIP
Series: Gus' Wild Side: Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
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In this edition of Gus' Wild Side, we learn about the marbled murrelet....and also hear about Gus and his wife's encounter with a biologist who see...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
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
The Un-Road Trip
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Boaz Frankel toured the U.S. on 101 modes of transportation — everything except a car.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
It's Not Wise to Rush About
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sargeant Mountain Pond in Acadia National Park is the oldest pond on the east coast. Fittingly, it's amassed its fair share of lore. Two friends ad...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 1
Letterboxing - Hide and seek for the young and not-so-young
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: The Hartigan family’s journal is full of stamps and memories of their letterboxing outings in Virginia, Ireland, the Pacific Northwest and other destinations. , Credit: Nancy Greenleese
There is a breed of modern day treasure hunters who need the Internet, a knack for orienting and solving puzzles, and a sense of adventure. They w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Not your ordinary bike trip...this one's to the South Pole
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis visited recently with polar adventurer, educator and guide Eric Larsen about his upcoming adventure, Cycle South. Eric, the first...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 1
Quick Queue: A Crash Course in Camping
From: Radio K
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A Crash Course in Camping - By Noel Clark: In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending l...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:34