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The Domed (and Doomed) Minnesota Experimental City
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Athelstan Spilhaus, the mastermind behind the Minnesota Experimental City
Picture this: a domed city with conveyor belt sidewalks and self-driving cars in the middle of the Minnesota wilderness? Does this futuristic city ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 05:58
The Loh Down on Science - September, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… why does Matcha make us so chill… can more trees really cool us down… and could ea...

Bought by KCNP, KECG, KPOV, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVSC and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2024
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Loh Down on Science - August, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… do paper straws really reduce pollution… is sustainable fashion really worth buyin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KVSC, KPOV, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2024
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Loh Down on Science - July, 2024
From: LDOS MEDIA LAB
Series: Science: The Loh Down on Science
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Your daily 90-second dose of real science for real people! Like… how can we heal our environment… is there a better alternative to spanking our kid...

Bought by KKRN, KVSC, Tri States Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 7
Woman-Owned Bait Shop Fosters Community in Harris, MN
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Berlin Miscevich, owner of Fish Lake Premium, fetches some minnows for a customer., Credit: Ann Ward
Locally owned bait shops aren't as common across Minnesota as they once were. A young woman who owns a bait shop about an hour north of the Twin Ci...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 07:48
Cartomancy with Gloria Alatorre of Lunaxi (lu-na-shee)
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Today on Culture Clique I talked with cartomancy expert, Gloria Alatorre about the services she offers to others to help with their spiritual journ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 16:34
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
Part 7: A Leap Of Faith
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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Dimensional Energy is at a crossroads with the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE: can they afford to stay in? Their situation raises larger questions about t...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 49:50
Part 6: A Labor Of Love
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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Cooper can't wait any longer to see carbon capture utilization technology, so he makes a slightly abnormal reporting trip… across the country. He w...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 52:42
GN_5.06_ManureCouture
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The movement itself is called biocouture - this poop to pants movement is raising eyebrows on both sides of the issue.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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
Episode 85: The Unclimbables
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Mo Beck was a professional climber who regularly won gold in competitions. But when she joined a team on a long expedition in the remote Cirque of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 21:51
  • Purchases: 3
Audio postcard from a hummingbird festival
From: Cole del Charco
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Take a non-narrated trip through the 11th annual Mecklenburg County Hummingbird festival.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 02:39
  • 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
A Fisherman goes to Brussels
From: Katz Laszlo
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An artesanal fisherman from a small Catalan village ends up shaping EU fishing law.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2020
  • Length: 26:13
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
Episode 58: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It’s spring! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are four stories.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 37:09
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
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 19
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Trash Bandits And Border Collies" and "The Ents Of Melbourne" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Maggie had it all: a fine house,...

Bought by KSTK and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 10
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Row Row Row Your Boat…Or Not" and "A Ballroom Dancer, A Shark, And A PR Problem" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: It was suppos...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • 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
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