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Wildfire and moss: the unexpected role of moss in stabilizing soil after fires
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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As both the fire season and the amount of fire continue to increase in the Southwest, researchers and managers are working to figure out the best w...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George, KGNU Community Radio, KVNF, and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 25:34
  • Purchases: 4
From Ozone Fixer to Presidential Speech Writer
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Atmospheric scientist Don Wuebbles discusses ozone recovery, all-nighters at the White House, and communicating climate science.

Bought by WCNY and WCNY


  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
How animals behave
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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There is shocking little known about why animals act the ways they do. From competition, to territoriality, there is an incredible amount left to d...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George, 'The Sea', and 'The Sea'


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 3
The shape and processes of rivers & streams
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Here we talk about a field called geomorphology with Christopher Ely. We explore Amazonian headwater streams in the Andes Mountains of southern Ecu...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George and KRZA


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 21:34
  • Purchases: 2
Using native seeds to restore the desert
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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The Colorado Plateau holds an incredible amount of native plant diversity, however past and current land use practices and future climate change th...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 1
Bark beetles and their sounds
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Bark beetles evolved to live in western forests. But in recent decades the number of beetles has grown so large that they are killing millions of a...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 25:28
  • Purchases: 1
Invading grasses, Moab ecosystems, & large-scale change
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Cheatgrass is one of the most pervasive, non-native grasses in the American West, changing ecosystems almost everywhere it goes. Here, we talk with...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 30:18
  • Purchases: 1
The geologic forces shaping the landscape
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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The geology of the Colorado Plateau is amazingly exposed and incredibly dramatic. Here, we get to hear about the forces and slow passage of time th...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: May 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Restoring the skin of the desert
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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In the deserts, the soil surface is alive. The soil is covered with lichens, mosses, cyanobacteria, algae, fungi and other microorganisms that toge...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George and KRZA


  • Added: May 11, 2018
  • Length: 17:52
  • Purchases: 2
Erica Bailey Johnson and BSU's Arts of the Earth Events
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Erica Bailey Johnson is the sustainability coordinator at Bemidji State University. She stopped by to chat about the Earth Day events BSU is planni...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 27:42
Cultivating Place: CA Native Plant Week & Dispatches From The Home Garden With Vincent Bellino
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week on Cultivating Place, we celebrate California Native Plant Week with native plant home gardener Vincent Bellino, as well as through the v...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Cultivating Place: Monticello - The Gardens And Gardening Legacy Of Thomas Jefferson
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with two members of the horticultural staff at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic home and gard...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Time Blindness: Jack Alpert #222 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Frustrated at the abysmal rate of adoption when seatbelts were introduced into cars in the 1960s, Jack Alpert quit his job as an automotive enginee...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Cultivating Place: Emily Murphy Grow What You Love
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week on Cultivating Place, we speak with Emily Murphy, author of the new book "Grow What You love." It’s advice we’re given early in our garde...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Cultivating Place: What A Mountain Tastes Like With Pascal Baudar
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
Caption: The Wildcrafting Brewer by Pascal Baudar, Credit: Photo courtesy of Pascal Baudar
This week on Cultivating Place we speak with wildcrafter Pascal Baudar. He's the author of The New Wildcrafted Cuisine and The Wildcrafting Brewer ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Best Of Cultivating Place: The Nurturing Plant Power Of Mama Maiz
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with Blanca Diaz also known as Mama Maiz. Blanca is a practicing doula and herbalist whose work take...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cultivating Place: Maria Failla - Bloom & Grow Radio
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week on Cultivating Place, a conversation with Maria Failla, the host of Bloom & Grow Radio – a unique podcast from New York City designed spe...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cultivating Place: Designing With Palms, A Conversation With Jason Dewees
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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This week on Cultivating Place, Designing with Palms – in the heart of Spring Break season where those of us in colder climes might be longing for ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
Christmas Island Crab Bridge
From: Andrew Kornblatt
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Almost every year a small island off the coast of Java is flooded with crabs. The local National Park staff came up with a unique solution to help ...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2017
  • Length: 07:28
Learn about the longest butterfly study in North America with Dr. Arthur Shapiro
From: KZYX
Series: KZYX Ecology Hour - Science Edition
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Dr. Arthur Shapiro, Distinguished Professor of Evolution and Ecology at the University of California – Davis, has been monitoring butterfly populat...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:36
The Amazing Feats Of Shore Birds
From: KZYX
Series: KZYX Ecology Hour - Science Edition
Caption: Bar Tailed Godwit
The bar tailed godwit migrates 7,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand. Learn how and why on this edition of the Ecology Hour. All about sho...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 57:52
Harbor Seals and Sea Lions with Dr. James Harvey
From: KZYX
Series: KZYX Ecology Hour - Science Edition
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Tim and Bob speak with professor Jim Harvey of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory In Moss Landing California. Jim has spent most of his career stud...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 57:27
The Myth of Meritocracy: John Brittain on Legacy Preference
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Brittain
The official subject matter of Sea Change Radio is environmental sustainability. This week, however, we are deviating from that to talk about a top...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
"They're Just People" (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KMUN, KRDP and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of "Citizen Scientist"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Mary Ellen Hannibal about the contributions made by ordinary people to scientific discovery.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 30:30