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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
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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
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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
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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
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He’s been travelling across two continents on a motorcycle for the past year. Bloomington native Isaac Simonelli moved to Southeast Asia, lost ever...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Welcome home!!! Join Warrior Blue Tarp Tenali for a Part III mashup of 16+ years of field recordings he's made at rainbow gatherings around the wor...

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:52:11
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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
Caption: Ice fishing shanties sit on Lake Erie in 2011, Credit: Caroline Conrad
The town of Put-in-Bay on Lake Erie’s South Bass Island is a popular vacation spot in the summer. But once winter hits, the island’s population dr...

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
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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
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In the United States, the obituary article is reserved for the famous, to remember their greatest achievements and notable struggles.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 30:47
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
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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
Caption: A tour guide shows where Abby Borden was murdered., Credit: Barbara Paulsen
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
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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
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We feature a local legend, Jim Radloff during our coverage of the 2016 Dixieland Jazz Festival, held in Winona MN. Jim Radloff is known for his mus...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 34:45
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We talk with the duo about why they enjoy music so much as hear part of their set from Local Taps and Jams at Winona Brewing Company in Winona, Min...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
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KQAL’s Mohammed El-Rous talks with Minneapolis-based jam band Space Monster about their musical inspirations, journey to success, and words for wis...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 35:10
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Chris Holm is from Minneapolis Minnesota and is a Blues Rock musician who has performed both solo and as a member of the Fattenin' Frogs. We will t...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 17:49
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KQAL’s Mohammad El-Rous talks with The Persian Leaps, an indie rock band from St. Paul. Their lead singer talks about the formation of their group,...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
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Bae Tigre is the newest musical project of Minneapolis-based musician, Ranelle Johnson (previously Tiger VS). The makeup of this new music group in...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 50:44
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL’s Mohammad El-Rous talks with Minneapolis-based band, Al Church, as they discuss the highs and lows of a mus...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 31:44
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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
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Segment 1: Matt Thornhill/boomer marketing Segment 2&3: Gwen Rosener and Linda Murphy/women's employment Segment 4: Henry Alford/manners Segment 5:...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 12, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Stories of relationships that have ended, and the things (the often slightly nutty things) that people do in the aftermath.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:11:19
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A sound rich narrative interview with former Washington state park ranger and storyteller Jody Maberry

  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 17:53