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Part 2: City Rangers

From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado

With a camping ban in place in Boulder, Colorado. City Rangers are tasked with giving tickets to people they find camping in the open space and mou...

Added: May 11, 2017
Length: 04:32

People, Power and Pipelines

From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: Eighth Fire Starters Radio

Guests: Trenton Casillas-Bakeberg (Bee), One Mind Youth Movement, and Courtney Williams from Safe Energy Rights Group

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

Added: Apr 20, 2017
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 1

Episode 10: Big Fish, Big Science

From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf

Caption: Biochemist Dana Wetzel dissects a fish exposed to oil in the lab., Credit: David Levin

Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, are leading a new experiment that will help uncover the effects of oil spills on fis...

Added: Feb 15, 2017
Length: 08:20

2017-02-05 Green Latinos

From: Climate One

Caption: From L to R: Adrianna Quintero, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council; Orson Aguilar, Executive Director, The Greenlining Institute; Catherine Sandoval, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission; Greg Dalton, Founder, Climate One, Credit: Rikki Ward

Latinos make up the largest ethnic group in California. What environmental concerns do they have for their communities and their families? How can ...

Bought by KZYX

Added: Jan 30, 2017
Length: 58:58
Purchases: 1

The Future of Oil and Nuclear Power

From: Climate One

In 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched California's attack on climate change by signing a pioneering law to reduce carbon poll...

Bought by WCPN, WCQS, and KCPW Salt Lake City

Added: Jan 24, 2017
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 3

Season 2 Ep. 5: Ties That Bind

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains is a source of pride and peace; for his mom and dad it is a source of constant worry...

Bought by KUT

Added: Nov 18, 2016
Length: 56:30
Purchases: 1

Season 2 Ep. 3: Fighting the Odds

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

Two stories about people fighting and overcoming tough odds: First, the tale of Tony Bosco, who camped in the woods around Rutgers University for m...

Bought by KUT

Added: Nov 03, 2016
Length: 56:28
Purchases: 1

Season 2 Ep. 2: Go Big or Go Home

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

The rise and fall of the Keene Pumpkin Festival, a quaint New England tradition that took a dark turn when riots broke out in 2014. Plus, the calme...

Bought by KUT

Added: Oct 28, 2016
Length: 56:27
Purchases: 1

Season 2 Ep. 1: Take the Reins

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

When a Harvard professor accidentally let Gypsy Moths loose in the 1860s, he didn't release he was unleashing a scourge that would plague New Engla...

Bought by KUT

Added: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 56:30
Purchases: 1

Season 1 Ep. 5: Stake Your Claim

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...

Added: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 56:27

Season 1 Ep. 4: Living Fossils

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

Technology advances at breakneck speed, so why hasn’t the electric grid changed in 60 years? This week’s episode explores things, that for one rea...

Added: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 56:28

Season 1 Ep. 3: Nature vs. Nurture

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

Caption: Ep 3 title card, Credit: Greta Rybus

Tyler Armstrong is 12-years-old. He loves video games, laser tag, and he wants to become the youngest person to summit Mount Everest. In this episo...

Added: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 58:29

Season 1 Ep. 2: On The Hunt

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

Caption: Episode 2 title card, Credit: Greta Rybus

Ever since becoming a reporter, Sam has heard stories about a secret hunting reserve in New Hampshire, stocked with elk and 200-pound wild boar. I...

Added: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 56:28

Season 1 Ep. 1: Let's Take This Outside

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In

Caption: Title card, Credit: Greta Rybus

How do you define wilderness? Why are humans drawn to summits? Will the cold-hardy kiwi save a struggling local economy, or will it destroy a nativ...

Added: Oct 17, 2016
Length: 56:29

Sea Change

From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked

Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.

Added: Aug 30, 2016
Length: 01:40

Can drownings be eliminated on the Great Lakes?

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Lifeguards performing a drill at Silver Beach County Park, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

With lifeguards, warning signs, 911 phones and education efforts, beaches across the Great Lakes are preparing for emergencies. But how effective a...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester and more

Added: Aug 12, 2016
Length: 03:24
Purchases: 8

Great Lakes drownings hit small Michigan county

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Waves crash against pier near Silver Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Berrien County, Mich., is a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches and 50 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But the community also ha...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more

Added: Aug 12, 2016
Length: 03:31
Purchases: 7

Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, WMUK, Delta College Public Radio and more

Added: Aug 12, 2016
Length: 03:37
Purchases: 9

Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS

Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more

Added: Aug 12, 2016
Length: 03:13
Purchases: 7

Reshaping the Coast

From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked

With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: May 16, 2016
Length: 02:19
Purchases: 1

A Perfect Storm

From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked

Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: May 05, 2016
Length: 01:51
Purchases: 1

Mystery At The Lake

From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements

Caption: Lake Oneida, Credit: National Environmental Education Foundation/Flickr

In the 1970s, a geochemist and a biologist banded together to solve a mystery at Lake Oneida in upstate New York. What they found is changing the w...

Bought by WDBM