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Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness
From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!
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A hand-drawn map on a dining room table in a Colorado home was the main reason the spectacular Maroon-Bells Snowmass Wilderness was one of the firs...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
Running Stream
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Tamarac Whispers
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It’s time to go outside. Join Ranger Kelly as she takes you for a walk to a melting stream in the spring at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Old School DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Before it was called DIY or even “do it yourself,” self-sufficiency had value. Our parents and grandparents called it “making do.” This episode exp...

Bought by WYSO, XRAY.fm, KUT, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Chapter 24 - An Adirondack Summer
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard signs up with his roommate to work amidst the lakes and falls and trees in Upstate New York. Richard and Jim preach on Sundays and spend th...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:05
EarthTones
From: Claire Schoen
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Sound is a vital though invisible aspect of human existence. “EarthTones” gives its audience the opportunity to experience the natural world throug...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
Saving Crystal Cove
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Stories of the Coast - How the California Coast was Saved
Caption: Crystal Cove in the good old days
Saving Crystal Cove - The story of Laura Davick, an accidental activist, who used the California Coastal Act to save the historic 1930's cottages i...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 21:58
Part VII: Economy
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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So often, when a natural resource is being developed, we hear of a two-sided debate: it’s jobs versus the environment, and you can’t have both. In ...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 09:58
Part VI: Regulations
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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In this installment of Fractured Appalachia, producers Jonathan Hootman and Rich Kirby take a look at what regulations exist surrounding oil and ga...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 06:26
Part V: Drilling
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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In this piece, producers Jonathan Hootman and Rich Kirby examine the process of how a gas well is drilled, using technology developed within the la...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 10:05
Part IV: Forced Pooling
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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In this installment of Fractured Appalachia, we hear about the legal arrangements that govern the royalties that people receive from natural gas ex...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 12:31
  • Purchases: 1
Part III: Get A Lawyer
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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In this installment, producers Jonathan Hootman and Rich Kirby examine both the importance and the difficulty of soliciting legal advice before sig...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:53
Part II: The Landman
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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The first contact people have with the gas industry is often a meeting with a landman. Land agents, generally men, work for gas companies, usually ...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 08:31
Part I: Geology
From: WMMT
Series: Fractured Appalachia
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In our first episode, we begin our documentary series by starting at the bottom, with the rocks underneath our feet. What exactly is under the grou...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 06:46
Iraqi Kurdistan: On Oil and Agriculture
From: War News Radio
Caption: A farmer in Merikegia, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan., Credit: Rachel Stacy
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 3
RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WFHB, CI Dolphin Radio, WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California's Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto
From: California Legacy Project
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Listeners will find Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California’s Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto both entertaining and enlightening. Two one hour...

Bought by KZYX and KALW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:16
  • Purchases: 2
Ocean Dead Zones Proliferate Around the World
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are now over 400 "dead zones" in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Collapse of Fish Stocks Worldwide
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Ocean Acidification
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revised piece. Too much carbon is flooding the ocean with carbolic acid, with devestating effects on life in the sea.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:58
The geologic impacts of global warming.
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A scientific conference in London, England studied the geologic impacts of climate change by reviewing the records of previous warming periods. It...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 12
From: David Kattenburg
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Conserving scarce pockets of precious water and their wildlife. In the middle of one of India’s largest cities, citizens say, ‘Don’t touch our lake...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 11
From: David Kattenburg
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In today’s edition, communities struggle to be healthy in the shadow of the Big Three: tuberculosis, malaria and HIV-AIDS.

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Planet Monitor - Edition # 10
From: David Kattenburg
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Media and development. Two stories of how journalists contribute to the communities where they report, and an interview with one of India’s leading...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:44