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What is methane and how does it relate to climate change?
From: Possibly
Caption: Gas furnace
Methane is a gas that’s created when something organic decomposes in a location that doesn’t have oxygen. The largest human-caused source of metha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 2
Does global warming cause extreme weather?
From: Possibly
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Yes. Global warming increases the intensity of our weather because it causes temperatures to rise, which leads to more water evaporation. When thos...

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  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
How can we reduce food waste in the quarantine?
From: Possibly
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Today we’re answering a question that has been on a lot of people’s minds during the COVID-19 quarantine: while we’re limiting trips to the store, ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KMXT


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Can we get rid of driftnets?
From: Possibly
Caption: Sea turtle caught in a ghost net
Driftnets are fishing nets that have largely fallen out of fashion because they can accidentally catch other marine life. But it's still legal to u...

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  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
How is COVID-19 affecting our air quality?
From: Possibly
Caption: The Mumbai skyline during COVID-19, Credit: Isha Chawla
Air quality has definitely improved during the pandemic. Air monitoring stations in Rhode Island and the greater Northeast have seen about a 30% de...

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  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
The return of the Antarctic blue whale
From: Possibly
Caption: Antarctic blue whale, Credit: Isabel Beasley
Today we’re going to focus on some positive news — a bright spot. Scientists have noticed something remarkable about blue whales— after years of ne...

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  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
What can be recycled?
From: Possibly
Caption: Recycling contaminated by food and liquid spills. , Credit: Photo from RI Resource Recovery.
What items can be recycled, and what are the most common recycling mistakes?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Eponymous (episode 1)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Explore what the Northwest looked like pre-contact, with Native nutritionist and food sovereignty expert Valerie Segrest of the Muckleshoot Tribe. ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:46
  • Purchases: 4
Under the Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Robert H. Frank
It’s well understood that our environment affects our behavior. Realistically, though, it works both ways. Our behavior profoundly impacts our envi...

Bought by KCBX, KRZA, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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We’re use to hearing about how much humans have impacted the earth. Scientists have given a name for this period to recognize human dominance over ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Morality and the Environmental Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Roger S. Gottlieb
Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: May 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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The home ownership gap continues to widen.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Native-American Basketmaker Kelly Church--keeps tradition alive and vibrant
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kelly Church, Credit: Richard Church, Pottawatomi and Ottawa
2018 National Heritage Fellow Kelly Church is an Anishanabe basketmaker who combines a traditional craft with a contemporary eye.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:56
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates novelist Jennifer Haigh
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Jennifer Haigh's novel Heat and Light takes a hard look at fracking in an Appalchian town

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:18
A Dystopian Future
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joel Kotkin
Population growth is causing us to rethink our urban and suburban lifestyles, and with that, redesigning cities is a new fad.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grand Canyon for Sale
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Stephen Nash
Using the Grand Canyon as the trailhead for his book, journalist Stephen Nash sounds an alarm of urgency for protecting our national parks.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Toward the Tipping Point
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jeremy Lent
In November, 2017, over fifteen thousand scientists from 184 countries issued a warning to humanity.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Patterning Instinct
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jeremy Lent
Almost 90-years before Columbus, the Chinese sent hundreds of ships to explore distant lands. Their odyssey took them as far afield as Africa. They...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates a muralist who paints bees around the country.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Matthew Willey and Bees, Credit: The Good of the Hive
Matthew Willey's multi-year initiative The Good of the Hive is more than an art project.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WLRH, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Nashville's public art
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ghost Ballet; Artist: Alice Aycock, Credit: Gary Layda
Nashville creates places for art and for artists.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 25:12
Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kathryn Miles
Following the Mexico City 7.1 earthquake, we are again hearing about the need to stay alert in California and Washington. In reality, though, that ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
PETER MAX, 60's pop artist
From: Out of Bounds
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Iconic pop artist Peter Max talks about his life and long career in this amusing and rare interview.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Interview w/ naturalist DIANE ACKERMAN about her book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"
From: Out of Bounds
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Award-winning naturalist, poet & author discusses her most recent book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Best-selling author Karen Joy Fowler discusses her novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves"
From: Out of Bounds
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Karen Joy Fowler talks about her compelling and heart breaking novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
Science Under Attack part 3
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Rush Holt
The Trump Administration is calling for drastic cuts in scientific research and development.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1