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Will Rogers loved to travel, but he also loved to poke fun at his fellow tourists
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
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
This hour, a love letter to city of broad shoulders: Chicago.
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Spokane Public Radio, 'The Sea', Troy Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more
- Added: Apr 22, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
Josh Patterson loved taking photographs of rare finds in the Mojave Desert. But on one trip, things didn’t go as planned.
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 16:28
- Purchases: 2
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...
- Added: Jun 24, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Marty Edwards wanted to go on a fun trip with his girlfriend. But Mother Nature had other plans.
- Added: Nov 14, 2018
- Length: 32:00
"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
"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
I was hanging around down by the waterfront the other day ... keeping an eye on the harbor seals. Sometimes they leak, you know ...
- Added: Nov 30, 2016
- Length: 06:55
On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were killed with an ax at their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Can a century-old brutal murder save t...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 30, 2016
- Length: 08:10
- Purchases: 1
Marco always dreamed about traveling to faraway places. All his life, he had never been anywhere – unless you counted his grandmother's house, whi...
- Added: Jun 15, 2016
- Length: 04:42
A sound rich narrative interview with former Washington state park ranger and storyteller Jody Maberry
- Added: Aug 07, 2015
- Length: 17:53
“If Jeff Klinkenberg isn’t careful, he might give journalism a good name,’’ says the author Carl Hiaasen. “He has a rare eye for marvelous detail, ...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 27:21
- Purchases: 1
What if you were stuck at the border, having to answer probably *appropriate* questions? What if you maybe trusted the Canadian banking system to j...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:45
This week Field Trip Correspondent Becky Palmstrom takes us to a festival in Taung Byone, Myanmar, where we learn how to run a ferris wheel … using...
- Added: Oct 26, 2012
- Length: 10:28
- Purchases: 2
The tales of Paul Bunyan and his friends have captivated Minnesotans for over 100 years. Statutes of the lumberjack can be found in the towns of A...
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 05:56
From: STephen ASma
Humorous and philosophical essay about a brush with Chinese Security Guards in Shanghai
- Added: Jun 24, 2012
- Length: 04:30
A third-degree sunburn, a friendly travel agent, and a walk on the not-so wild side.
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 03:39
Good morning! Mercenaries are lurking all around you, threatening to swarm your shores! Get up! Get up! Go, go, GO!
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 06:45
This week we go to Latin America where we learn what all bas reliefs have in common, and what that can tell us about our social order.
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 07, 2010
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Sep 29, 2009
- Length: 01:53
During my homestay with a family in rural Morocco, I had a tricky cultural experience which many of us can relate to.
- Added: Aug 17, 2009
- Length: :00
Visitors to Jane Austen's museum are scattering cremains. Administrators there disapprove. So does Ian.
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 02:05
An unusual festival in Georgia celebrates Oliver Hardy's birthplace
- Added: Mar 03, 2008
- Length: 03:20
