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Caption: The Euphrates River, Credit: NASA | by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data/EarthObservatory
Sectarian conflicts in the Middle East have been ongoing for what seems like forever. The latest violence in Syria and Turkey brought Peter Neill t...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:03
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the evolution of the petition concept and outline some of the most successful i...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 05:12
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In Part 2 of a multi-part series on the final report released by the Global Ocean Commission, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill explains the first...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:36
Caption: Hurricane Katrina ravaged the gulf coast in August 2005 and is considered the greatest single disaster in the history of the United States. Over 1,200 deaths resulted from the hurricane and over $40 billion in damages. Houses in this area have been repeat, Credit: David Helvarg, Blue Frontier Campaign | Marine Photobank
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid more than $38 billion in claims since 1978. It was meant to be a self-supporting system, but currentl...

  • Added: May 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Pollution is an excess of any given thing: waste, pesticide, acid, carbon—-any one thing in extreme which tips the scales, compromises stability, s...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:08
Caption: Flag of Kiribati. According to WorldAtlas.com, the blue and white bands represent the surrounding Pacific Ocean. The frigate bird flying over the rising sun is taken from the coat of arms, and is said to symbolize strength and power at sea.
A recent legal case involving a man from Kiribati claiming refugee status from the impacts of climate has captured world media attention. In this e...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:33
Caption: Operation Surf, Credit: www.operationsurf.com/
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss Blue Mind 3 and the conference topic of empathy. He will describe the work of o...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: Fishing guides spend their days reading the water, seeing fish., Credit: Susan Cook
The strident opponents of a rapid, unregulated re-introduction of alewives to the St. Croix believe that at one important juncture in the river, ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 04:40
Caption: Tom Vilsack, Credit: NPC
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack describes his hopes for his upcoming meeting in Europe with the other G20 agriculture ministers

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
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In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...

Bought by WSKG and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: David Bechmann, Credit: NPC
Reverend David Bechmann, president of Bread for the World, speaks at the National Press Club about the problem of global hunger

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
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We're paying too little attention to he workers who were seriously injured or killed in the explosion that spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mex...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
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Youth Producer Dolna Smithback spent a week with the Global Youth Leadership Institute documenting year one of the program, "aboard the Amsted scho...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:50
Caption: Dr. Joanna Macy, Credit: www.bioneers.org
Dr. Joanna Macy is a long-time peace, justice, and ecology activist. A celebrated Buddhist teacher, Dr. Macy’s wide-ranging work spans Eastern and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Interviews from an indigenous climate change conference during the summer of 2009 in Alaska.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Interviews with several scientists about how nature teaches us to be resilient.

Bought by WRGY, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
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An interview with the founders of the Bioneers: Nina Simons and Kenny Ausubel.

Bought by WMUK


  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Short essay by Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 04:59
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We're ignoring the innocent quail that our VP thought it amusing to stalk and kill.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
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Many secondary schools today are in crisis, because they lack basic solutions King offered in the belief, vision and passion seen in his speeches a...

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Dec 25, 2005
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1