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How are other cities responding to rising waters? Part 2
From: Possibly
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In the last few weeks, we’ve talked about towns that are creating plans to prepare for rising waters. Today, we’re taking a look at an example of w...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
How are other cities responding to rising waters?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re talking about how cities and towns are preparing for rising waters. Right here in Rhode Island, the town of Warren is developing a pla...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Capturing the Story of Seeds
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
Caption: Antioch College seed saving class, Credit: Beth Bridgeman
Canadian researchers have shown that 78% of the worlds seeds are now owned by three companies, and it’s those companies who decide which ones to m...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:34
Cat's Climate
From: Emily T Griffiths
Series: Device
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How accurate was Vonnegut when he described the end of the world? We tackle climate science with climate researchers from the Scripp’s Institute of...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 24:57
For Kindred Spirits
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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This is a beautiful audio production about the more profound nature of our relationships with animals and the natural world. Hosted by NY Times bes...

Bought by WCPN and WFSU


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 47:22
  • Purchases: 2
Breaking Rockefeller
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Peter B. Doran
Oil is one of the earth’s coveted substances. We love it and we hate it. Yet, it surrounds our lives every day.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Voices Of Gentrification Paint A Picture Of A Changing Seattle
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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RadioActive's Paul Kiefer and Lola Garcia collect the voices of people affected by gentrification in Seattle to paint a picture of our changing city.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 13:23
  • Purchases: 1
Harness the Sun
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Philip Warburg
American is standing on the brink of an extraordinary revolution: an energy revolution.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Two Percent Solutions for the Planet
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Courtney White
We live in an era of big problems, and we tend to spend our time thinking of big solutions. Thinking big, however, can have a paralyzing effect on ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Wealthier Than You Think? Juliet Schor #101
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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According to Juliet Schor, many of us are giving up “the good life” in our quest for material possessions. Symbols of success, instead of enriching...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 10
Stories in Rocks
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Into the Earth
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Geologist Phil Skemer gets to crush rocks for a living. Find out how and why he and his team build instruments that can mimic conditions deep insid...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Science fiction writer Paolo Bacigalupi & "The Water Knife"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...

Bought by KRZA, Radio Newark, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 3
Angels by the River: A Memoir
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gus Speth
From Chair of the United Nations Development Group; Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and World Resource Institute, law professor a...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spring into Action
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
Caption: Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham; Former Environmental Advisor Estus Whitfield; Florida Wildlife Federation president Manley Fuller, Credit: Photo by Patrick Hamilton
In 2011, the Florida legislature slashed funding for statewide conservation programs. In September 2014, activists and policy makers gathered at Ho...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
The Urban Food Revolution (Pledge Drive Special)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Peter Ladner
Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
Xtra Tuf #6.75: Report From Uyak Bay
From: Erin Yanke
Caption: Bear from Uyak Bay, Credit: Alec Dunn
Moe Bowstern and Erin Yanke present a bear story from 1997 Alaska, with updates from the participants and observers, and from Alaska Fish and Game.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
Vanishing Ice - Getting to the Core of Climate Change
From: SQRadio
Caption: Melting Away, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Glaciers around the world are melting at an unprecedented rate and glacier shrinkage is evidence of climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thomp...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2011
  • Length: 30:02
Growing with Oysters
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Using shellfish to build confidence in middle schoolers.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WMPG, KUT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 7
A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business
From: Katherine Perry
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
After the Flood
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mae Savage Home, Credit: Dead River Area Historical Society
Many Mainers come to Flagstaff Lake to kayak, hunt or snowmobile. But the story of the lake is largely untold. Sixty years ago this spring, three s...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 2
On Insects and Humility
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
Caption: The Mystical Mantis, Credit: Paul Messing
NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy interviews Joanne Lauck, author of "The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Revisioning the Insec...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
America Receding
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: There is no mud, Credit: Muriel Murch
The global economy and global warming both bring changes to Northern California

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
September Storms
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Returning to the US and the storms brewing.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:47
Craig Childs Interview About Animal Dialogues
From: KVNF
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Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1