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Open Spaces, October 13, 2023
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Open Spaces
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This week on Open Spaces, the bison, also known as the American buffalo, is an iconic animal of the West. But its path has been a fraught one. We’r...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 46:45
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 17
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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The fourth chapter of the series, Carbon Valley.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 49:53
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 11
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about local government.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sex Work and Hurricanes
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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This episode of Storm Stories discusses the effects of climate-related disasters, in this case Hurricane Florence, on women in the transactional se...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:17
A home takes heart
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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In this episode, two women tell us about losing their homes and communities and what they're doing about it.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 17:47
That isn't a lake
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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When Jerry saw the picture of his home submerged in floodwater, he couldn't believe his eyes.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 1
Neighborhood Love
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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When Cedric saw little being done to help one community in Wilmington during Hurricane Florence, he had to act fast.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 1
Series Launching on September 30th - California Burning 30s Promo
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
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Generic 30 second promo for the 5 part series - California Burning

Bought by KCBX, KALW, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Sound Ecology: Tidepools
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio snapshot celebrating the unique diversity of tidepools along the pacific coast.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Sea Anemone
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The bizarre and wonderful sea anemone. This segment shares sea anemone life history.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Raven Radio, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
From Scraps to Riches
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Stories of 3 eco-entrepreneurs in Boston, Chicago, and San Diego who divert food waste from landfills and turn it into income, jobs, and fertile so...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KFOI Radio and more


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Niger: The Causes of Famine (2009 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy
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Famines often occur during times of drought, but their causes go much deeper than a lack of rain. With East Africa now facing widespread hunger,

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 05:59
Farming and famine in Nigeria (2009 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy
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A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:30
Sound Ecology Mountain Beaver
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The mountain beaver is an important part of ecosystem health. Research Ecologist Bill Zielinski wrote this segment about this little-known mammal.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KRZA, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
First Daughter and the Black Snake
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we take you to the Frozen River Film Festival to talk about the film First Daughter and the Black Snake. Directed by K...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 17:04
Art, Anguish & Real Estate - Short Version
From: Stephen Dale
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Ruminations from the rustbelt revival in Canada's steeltown--Hamilton, Ontario--on whether artists are "the footsoldiers of gentrification."

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 25:01
Sound Ecology: Martens and Fishers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights two small mammalian predators of the Pacific Northwest: the marten and the fisher.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Spirit of Standing Rock
From: Jennifer Robin
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Documentary of the water protectors standing with the Standing Rock Sioux in protest of the North Dakota Access Pipeline in Cannon Ball, ND mid-Sep...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Save the Vaquitas!
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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High schooler William Whittenbury attacks the dire situation of the endangered porpoise - the vaquitas. William hopes to change the fate of the vaq...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:03
If a Moose Falls in a Forest
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Questioning the threat to moose in Maine

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 2
Let There Be Light
From: ABCtech Media Productions
Series: Fusion - Everlasting and Clean Energy
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For the past fifty years physicists around the world have been trying to create a fusion power reactor, harnessing the processes deep inside of sta...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
Voices from the Forward on Climate rally #ForwardOnClimate #NoKXL
From: Liz Myers
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Air Occupy presents voices from the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. on February 17. Interviews with rally participants and sounds fro...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
Namibia Road Trip
From: Jake Warga
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Come on a self-drive road-trip through Namibia and learn how tourism is helping to conserve wildlife, habitat, and culture. PRX exclusive, slated f...

Bought by KUOW, KUT, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Electrofishing survey on Lake Superior
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Grand Portage Trust Lands technician Roger Deschampe watches for stunned fish, Credit: Carah Thomas
In this feature, WTIP North Shore Community Radio reporter/producer Carah Thomas accompanies Dr. Moore on an electrofishing survey of Susie Island,...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
When 'No' is Not an Option: Gas Boom Brings Problems to Surface Owners
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:05