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Episode 86: A Vegan’s Guide To Eating Chicken
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Muyambi loved biking, so when his friends asked him to plan a cycling trip across his home country of Uganda he was thrilled. But challenges arose ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 81: The Ghost Of Africa
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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South Africans Chris Diedericks and Anna Calitz wanted to go on a romantic getaway, but their adventure broke down before it even began.

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 21:41
  • Purchases: 3
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
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 49: Murphy’s Law
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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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
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
The Murders a Town Wanted to Forget
From: Barbara Paulsen
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
Episode 8: Row Row Row Your Boat. Or Not.
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It was supposed to be a leisurely float down the Snake River. But when they lost their guide, a group of tourists got more than they bargained for.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 16:22
  • Purchases: 1
To Eat a Pig, Pt. 1
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Journalist Sean Kelley, Credit: Tanner Latham
Sean Kelley is a journalist, and in this show, he begins telling us about raising a couple of pigs so that he could slaughter them and eat them and...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Length: 13:29
  • Purchases: 2
Indian Pass Raw Bar
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Jimmy McNeill, owner of the Indian Pass Raw Bar, Credit: Tanner Latham
The Indian Pass Raw Bar is the anchor of the tiny community of Indian Pass in the Florida panhandle. It’s an institution in this part of the world ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 4
Southern Storyteller Les Thomas
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Les Thomas, legendary travel writer and storyteller, Credit: Tanner Latham
Les Thomas wrote his way across the South. His travel writing, for Texas newspapers, Southern Living magazine and beyond, has spanned over 45 year...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 3
The Field Trip Podcast: Human-Powered Ferris Wheels
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: Mike Smith
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...

Bought by KUER and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show # 21, Bob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a discussion of a stage actor’s life with Bob Bowles. He started in the early days of TV but couldn’t shake his (or his wife’s) love of...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
A Brief Moment in a Beautiful Place
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Two friends recount their story of traveling in Laos and one spectacularly bad idea, building a bamboo raft.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 24:24
1000 words
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Photographer Corey Rich tells us his favorite stories behind his photographs

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 25:42
Buckstaff Planetarium
From: Jon Stricklin
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Attempting to learn Astronomy while locked out of the building

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
Reverse Culture Shock
From: WFUV
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A New York essayist returns from a long trip abroad.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
A Hot Time in Hinkley
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Storyteller Leni Ramberg visits that hot-bed of wild gambling: Hinkley, Minnesota.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:47
The Rain in Spain
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Richard Tanner compresses an entire Spanish vacation into just over four minutes!

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Different Worlds - Moving From NY to San Fran
From: Dave Adox
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What's it like to move from New York to San Francisco? We hear from people about the culture shock that comes with moving between the coasts.

Bought by KUOW, KZSC, and WFUV


  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3