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A Difficult Path for Clean Coal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Coal at the Crossroads
Caption: Taking measurements during carbon storage project in Canton, Ohio., Credit: Courtesy ODNR
Coal generates half of all the electricity in the U.S. It’s also the biggest source of global-warming emissions and other air pollution. The coal i...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WRFA-LP, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 9
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
"Escape From Terror: A Story of Courage, Determination and Love"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Caption: Susan Gray and Liam Carroll
Liam Carroll was a stock broker for Morgan Stanley and was working at the South Building of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th when it was struck...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2011
  • Length: 59:10
RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WFHB, CI Dolphin Radio, WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHRV, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WTIP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Peace Corps Voices
From: Amy Mayer
Caption: A multimedia documentary project--www.peacecorpsvoices.org
A one-hour documentary special in honor of the Peace Corps' 50th anniversary, Peace Corps Voices uses historic recordings and contemporary intervie...

Bought by KALW, Wisconsin Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WRPI, KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 12
#4: E-Waste Programs Reach Milestone
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: E-waste circuit boards, Credit: QUEST
Every year, Americans throw away more than 300 million outdated lap tops, cell phones, printers, broken computer monitors and old television sets. ...

Bought by KSRQ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
#3: Bioplastic Boom
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: Bioplastic packaging, Credit: QUEST
Companies like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Heinz ketchup have determined that plastic made from plants — not oil — makes sense both for the environment a...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 3
#2: Revisiting Mandatory Recycling
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
Caption: City recycling worker, Credit: QUEST
Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. But all that began to change a few years ago when the city steppe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
#1: Boom Times For The Recycling Industry
From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America
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Here's one silver lining to a slow economy: High recycling rates. Americans are wasting far less, and recycling far more. Nowhere is the trend as s...

Bought by KZYX, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 6: All Things
From: Barika Edwards
Series: The Aliens
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Episode 6 All Things All things must come to an end... but some endings are truly new beginnings. Season one of The Aliens culminates with "All Th...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
Put to the Test
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Early Lessons
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
A Day in the Life of a New Jersey Bounty Hunter
From: Benedict Moran
Caption: Walter's Office, Credit: Benedict Moran
Pop culture has recently been inundated with Bounty Hunters -- from a recent Jennifer Aniston movie to Dog the Bounty Hunter, now in its 6th seaso...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2010
  • Length: 09:00
Documentary - Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future
From: The Environment Report
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Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
Urgent Care Clinics -- Taking on the Primary Care Overflow in Health Care
From: Karen Brown
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Urgent Care clinics are doing brisk business as the primary care shortage sends patients their way.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:21
Without Comment: The First 100 Days-Week Six"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
A Crisis in Primary Care -- the Massachusetts Health Care Experiment
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Dr. Dan Levy, who left his private practice, Credit: Karen Brown
Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequ...

Bought by KRUA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 2
The Alutiiq Masks - Sharing HIstory
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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details the long-sought return of the Alutiiq Masks from France to Kodiak. AK.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:09
Searching For Farming's Future in its Past
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Searching For Farming's Future in its Past is part of a series produced by Rachel Leventhal for the NRDC about the impact individuals can make on t...

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 09:41
  • Purchases: 3
Making the World Aware: The Longest Walk II Crosses the U.S.
From: Amy Marsh
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thirty years after the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,, activists walk across the United States, taking Native American and environmental c...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 29:39
Fouta-Toro, Senegal: An Audio Postcard
From: Emma Jacobs
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A report on daily village life from Northern Senegal.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:12