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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem, a perennial favorite, was chosen n...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 04:40
Caption: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak tours Kolkata's Durga Puja with the widows of Vrindavan. , Credit: Sandip Roy
India’s famous “toilet man,” Dr. Bindeswar Pathak, died last month at the age of 80. But he was far more than just an inventor and business man. Sa...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: A billboard in Kolkata celebrates the Oscar win for The Elephant Whisperers. , Credit: Sandip Roy
The short documentary Oscar win for The Elephant Whisperers is being widely celebrated in India because it's a first for India. But what will it me...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with observations about the climate future and our relationship to facts and truth, the spread o...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on World Ocean Radio we lay the groundwork for a new and upcoming multi-part series--RESCUE--outlining a new plan for the ocean and a new...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
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Food justice is the notion that everyone should have access to healthful food as well as the opportunity to grow, market and serve it. It’s also th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Merging living muscle with synthetic bones.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
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On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith was on vacation in Thailand with her family. Thanks to her school lessons, Tilly helped save many lives by recogn...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In the early morning hours of February 27, 2010, Martina Marturana felt a slight tremor that lasted a long time. The 12-year-old lived on Robinson...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kanyon Sayers-Roods
Women Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Juan Evans
Thousands of local social justice organizers passed away this year. People doing crucial work in their communities, whose deaths didn t make the he...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Scientists take a close look at a single celled creature with a complex eye.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Vision Maker Media Assistant Director George Lee (Navajo) speaks with filmmaker Toby McLeod about his upcoming series Standing on Sacred Ground

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 21:48
Caption: California Condor with chick. , Credit: Joseph Brandt/Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Captive-bred California Condors lack role models to show them how to survive in the wild. But wildlife biologists are there to help them navigate t...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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To what degree are we born a blank slate, and how much are we a result of our influence by our environment? Consensus: Nature or nurture is the wr...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:20
Caption: Sandra Steingraber , Credit: www.livingdownstream.com/
Renowned biologist Sandra Steingraber has made fighting environmentally induced cancers her life’s work. We hear excerpts of the documentary film,...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In Seattle, everyone composts their kitchen scraps. They do it because city laws prohibit food waste from heading to landfills.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Things are going to the birds. Land that is. In the form of 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. that protect bird habitats.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Solo journey on Vermont's Long Trail

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Clearwater, Credit: Julie Edwards
Clearwater uses a mix of biodiesel in the motor

  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
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Using sustainable fuels aboard the Sloop Clearwater

  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
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Clearwater teaches environmental studies out on the river

  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
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Falcon Dive

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
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Sailing maneuver during the moment of Silence

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Navigating Life with Science and Soul
Trying to hang on to a physical remnant of past wilderness experiences.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 1