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From: Possibly

Here at Possibly, we try to make climate change feel more manageable and less overwhelming. But there’s no avoiding that this problem is terrifying...

Bought by KMXT and WRFA-LP

New Libraries, Old Buildings

From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library

Libraries weren't always located in their own stately buildings. Many of our branches used to operate out of pharmacies, laundry rooms, storefronts...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio

The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Hardy and Patti Plyler, Credit: Charles McGuigan

this is the conclusion of The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Ocracoke Island, and how local fisherman saved their way of life.

The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 1

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: James Gaskil, Credit: Charles McGuigan

Ocracoke Island is the Key West of the southeast. And where that notable Key claims the conch as its emblem, this remote island off North Carolina...

The Dispossessed, Part 4; Red Wolves of the Alligator River Chapter 4

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Encountering one of the last red wolves in the wild at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. And a run in with a black bear.

How 83-Year-Old Houseboat Resident Sees Seattle Gentrification

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media

Caption: Mack has lived on a houseboat in Seattle's Portage Bay since 1968., Credit: KUOW Photo / Aubrey Gelpieryn

Mack Hopkins has been apart of the Seattle floating home community since 1968. He’s seen the community go from affordable homes to million dollar o...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Island Stories The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 4

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: J.B. Gaskill of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina., Credit: Charles McGuigan

Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...

Science fiction writer Paolo Bacigalupi & "The Water Knife"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...

Bought by KRZA, Radio Newark, and KCMJ Community Radio

A Death Sentence Turns Into A Call Of The Wild

From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014

Caption: Leo Egashira in Glacier Bay, Alaska, Credit: Courtesy of Leo Egashira

Leo Egashira was diagnosed with HIV in 1992. He saw the diagnosis as a slow death sentence so he decided to take a once in a life time trip. He tak...

A day at Herring River

From: Ben Harden

Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

Bought by Radio Newark and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Author Anthony Brandt and "The Man Who Ate His Boots"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

The Beat : Marsh Muirhead - "Thin Ice"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

The Beat: Athena Kildegaard - "On Juggler Lake"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Poet Athena Kildeagard, a University of Minnesota - Morris lecturer, looks deeply and metaphorically at a Blue Herring's stop in the poem "On Juggl...

Bought by KSRQ

SeaWomen

From: Sofia Saldanha
Series: The Wapping Project Podcast

On Jeju island in the North Pacific a community of women dive for pearls and food. They've been doing this for centuries. On this podcast Mikhail K...

Bought by KALW

At the Edge of the Gulf, Dulac Re-learns Resilience

From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS

Caption: Kirby Verret recalls when Dulac had more land and more people., Credit: Barry Yeoman

The Houma Indians and Cajuns who live in in this Terrebonne Parish fishing village have watched its population drop by more than 50 percent since 1...

Bought by KUT

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

Green Monastery

From: Emilie Ritter Saunders

Caption: Three Sisters stand proudly with their new turbines in Great Falls, MT , Credit: Emilie Ritter

A Montana Monastery is interpreting the teachings of a 13th Century Saint with 21st Century technology...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW

Into The Woods

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

John Luther Adams: Tuning in the sound of a frozen world

From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music

It was John Cage who suggested that music was always in the air, and John Luther Adams has been tapping that sound for over 30 years. His evocative...