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Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Noah Whiteman: Toxic Allure: The Hidden World of Nature's Most Captivating Poisons
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
My guest today, Dr. Noah Whiteman, tells us to scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxg...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 35:16
Elemental Forces: The Five Building Blocks That Shaped Our World
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reve...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 41:55
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 14
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about climate change.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 50:44
  • Purchases: 1
A History of Fire in the Boundary Waters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Whelp Fire: The Whelp and John Ek fires lead, in part, to the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. , Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service
Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
But Next Time Part 1: Toward the Fire
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017,a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the m...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Deep: Rising Sea Levels and Corporate Control of Water (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this episode of Making Contact, we look at the privatization of our earth’s most precious resource – water. People around the world have been or...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
Demand for Power
From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground
Caption: by the Southern Environmental Law Center
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:53
Fighting Smog in Los Angeles
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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And how California’s car emission standards continue to influence the rest of the country.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 39:44
Rising Green From the Ashes
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Wildfire victims rebuild all solar, all electric homes with help from their community energy program. Hear one family's story, learn what makes a h...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Divers chronicle Great Lakes shipwreck that left 32 dead
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Admiral shipwreck, Credit: Marc Duncan
There’s more than just fish and sand in the Great Lakes – there are thousands of ships, airplanes, and other vehicles under the water. A story on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 8
KBMF: On the Ground in Standing Rock
From: KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana
Caption: Backwater Bridge, Hwy 1806 in North Dakota, Credit: Dark Sevier, for the Montana Standard
KBMF-LP 102.5FM in Butte, Montana traveled to Standing Rock to conduct interviews and report on the Dakota Access Pipeline Nov 17-21st, 2016. First...

Bought by KRBD, KKWE Niijii Radio, KGNU Community Radio, WSLR, and WOMR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2016
  • Length: 57:12
  • Purchases: 5
A House Built on Sand
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There’s a very robust debate going on right now as to exactly how much sea level rise we’re in for, and the Cliffs Notes version is that it’s betwe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 14: Shorty - The Life and Disappearance of Mike "The Bike" Rust
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this special episode of Wish We Were Here: Tales and Investigations from the Shadows of America's Mountain, we worked with Nathan Ward at Grit a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 1
Utilities Department Addresses Public Concerns Over Water Quality
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Employees of the Bloomington Utilities Department met with local residents on Friday for another in a series of Town Hall meetings put on by the ci...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:41
75%
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
Caption: Amendment 1 campaign materials at Florida's Water and Land Legacy, Credit: Daniel Ward
In 2014, Florida voters passed Amendment 1—the Florida Water and Land Conservation Amendment—by a sweeping 75%. Advocates believe this should send ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 11:42
Blowing the Whistle on a Poisoned Marsh
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Felix Smith, Credit: Kerry Klein
Kesterson Wildlife Refuge had a little known problem back in 1982: selenium contamination was leading to birth defects and death in fish and birds....

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2: Freda and Toghestiy
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en
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Freda Huson and Toghestiy live full time at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade. The kind folks at radio-net.com lent me some audio to use for this p...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:23
Fire on the Mountain: Climate Change, Fire, and the Ecological Future of the American West
From: Aengus Anderson
Caption: In the summer monsoon season, grass carpets the Chiricahua foothills., Credit: Aengus Anderson
In the wake of a catastrophic fire, researchers use Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains to look centuries into the future of climate change and ask "wha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
The School that Had No Water: Water Security in South Africa
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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What would you do if you were headmistress of a school with no water--none for drinking, none for cleaning, none for flushing, none? Here is the st...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 19:41
Hollowed Mountains, Now Hollowed Towns: Coal in Eastern Kentucky
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: A truck in Harlan, Ky., proclaims its support for coal and coal miners., Credit: Erica Peterson/WFPL
Coal is embedded into the culture and image of Eastern Kentucky, but the industry is declining in the region. And it's declining permanently. The c...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 18:17
Episode 1: A New Disaster
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Researchers prepare to take samples of the ocean floor using a multicore device.
Biologist Steve Murawski is leading a new team of researchers trying to figure out the long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon spill—not just on ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 1
Indigenous groups protest oil and gas pipelines in northern British Columbia
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: The Bulkley River in British Columbia., Credit: Wikipedia user Heqs
In Canada, people are rallying to support an Indigenous community in northern British Columbia that is claiming its sovereignty over the land and m...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:39
The Blue Revolution
From: Chrys Bocast
Series: Aquaculture and You
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The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
Following Seas
From: Alex Lewis
Caption: An aerial view of North Beach Island where five cottages were demolished by the federal government.
In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 1
Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1