PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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It’s well understood that our environment affects our behavior. Realistically, though, it works both ways. Our behavior profoundly impacts our envi...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 3
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
this is the conclusion of The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Ocracoke Island, and how local fisherman saved their way of life.
- Added: Aug 22, 2019
- Length: 24:42
Ocracoke Island is the Key West of the southeast. And where that notable Key claims the conch as its emblem, this remote island off North Carolina...
- Added: Aug 20, 2019
- Length: 27:26
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 ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
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....
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
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
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
Encountering one of the last red wolves in the wild at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. And a run in with a black bear.
- Added: Jul 31, 2018
- Length: 24:57
Jennifer Haigh's novel Heat and Light takes a hard look at fracking in an Appalchian town
- Added: May 03, 2018
- Length: 28:18
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
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
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
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
Nashville creates places for art and for artists.
- Added: Sep 28, 2017
- Length: 25:12
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
Neighborhoods shape our perspectives and our personalities. They become a part of us, an identity we carry even if we leave. On the latest RadioAct...
- Added: Sep 14, 2017
- Length: 19:21
From: Out of Bounds
Karen Joy Fowler talks about her compelling and heart breaking novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves."
- Added: Sep 13, 2017
- Length: 28:00
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
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...
- Added: Mar 31, 2017
- Length: 47:22
- Purchases: 2
No matter how we voted in this last election, all of us can agree on one thing. Our country, and the world, faces significant problems: Racism to c...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 11, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Master Shipwright & 2016 National Heritage Fellow Mike Vlahovich builds and restores wooden fishing boats to keep alive the culture of the working ...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 2
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
Reclaiming the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Plant for the arts gives a region new life
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 1
LEDE: “Organic,” “Locally-grown,” “Certified Humane,” “GMO-Free." We've all seen the labels stamped on packages of chicken breast at the grocery ...
Bought by WESM 91.3 FM and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 14, 2016
- Length: 10:44
- Purchases: 2
