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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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : LouAnn Shepard Muhm - "Shoveling Out"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:38
The Beat : Cheryl Wilke - "SeaCrow"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Cheryl Wilke was born and raised on the prairie in small town central Minnesota. She's been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, and...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
The Field Trip Podcast: Swimming with Submersibles
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, correspondent Teresa Chin takes us on a tour beneath the Monterey Bay to explore the sights and creatures of the deep. Cruise a shipwrec...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Marine Mammal Rescue Center
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, Field Trip Correspondent Lo Benichou take us behind the scenes at The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, where wounded seals...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Beach Rocks
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: Field Trip Podcast icon, Credit: MIke Smith
This week we go to to the beach with Field Trip Correspondent Laura Hautala and her Science Mom. Yes, we said Science Mom. And don’t worry, it’s no...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 1
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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
Electronics Recycler
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Vicky Ponce, Mexico, Credit: Magdalena Gonzalez Othon
Ingrid Lobet profiles a woman who joined a group of unemployed middle-aged women to open an electronics recycling plant in northern Mexico.

Bought by 'The Sea', WABE, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNIJ, HCC Radio The Dragon and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 10
Miner
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Fidele Musafiri, DR Congo, Credit: Thomas Rippe
Gregory Warner profiles a freelance miner in the lawless eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bought by WRPI, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 6
Iceberg Wrangler
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Whyman Richards, Canada, Credit: Aaron Beswick
Janna Graham profiles a lifelong fisherman from northern Newfoundland who gathers ice from passing icebergs for a novelty bottled water company.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRPI, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and KUOW


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 5
Lobster Diver
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Romulo Greham, Honduras, Credit: Tomás Donoso
Claudine LoMonaco profiles a Miskito Indian from Honduras who nearly died as a result of his work diving for lobsters for the US market.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 4
Metal Worker
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Pedro Córdoba Valdivieso, Peru, Credit: Jon Miller
Jon Miller profiles a worker in a giant smelter in the Peruvian Andes who is suffering from an incurable lung disease.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 2
Mine Sweeper
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Valdet Dule, 31, Kosovo, Credit: Dana Wilson
Sandy Tolan profiles a man from Kosovo who spends his days clearing landmines from the Kosovo-Albanian border.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 5
Easter Monday
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Chicks on the farm, Credit: Muriel Murch
From America's White House to the small farms and families in the country spring and new beginnings are in the air.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 08:21
  • Purchases: 1
"What in the World Is a Localvore?" Part 6: Fellow Challengees
From: Hilary Niles
Series: What in the World Is a Localvore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
6th in a 6-part weekly audio diary of one woman's hunt for local food

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:59
"What in the World Is a Localvore?" Part 5: Wine
From: Hilary Niles
Series: What in the World Is a Localvore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
5th in a 6-part weekly audio diary of one woman's hunt for local food

  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
What in the World Is a Localvore? Part 4: Blueberries
From: Hilary Niles
Series: What in the World Is a Localvore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
4th in a 6-part weekly audio diary of one woman's hunt for local food

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
"What in the World Is a Localvore?" Part 3: Raw Milk
From: Hilary Niles
Series: What in the World Is a Localvore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
3rd in a 6-part weekly audio diary of one woman's hunt for local food

  • Added: Aug 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
"What in the World Is a Localvore?" Part 2: Eat at Home
From: Hilary Niles
Series: What in the World Is a Localvore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
2nd in a 6-part weekly audio diary of one woman's hunt for local food

  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
"What in the World Is a Localvore?" Part 1: The Garlic Harvest
From: Hilary Niles
Series: What in the World Is a Localvore
Caption: PRX default Piece image
1st in a 6-part weekly audio diary of one woman's hunt for local food

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Gualala Frogs
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs along the Pacific Coast in Northern California

Bought by KZYX, KUT, PRX to iTunes, PRX Remix, and KZYX


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 5
Thai Dawn
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
dawn birds in the hills of northern Thailand

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 2
Exploring Hidden River Cave with Peggy Nims
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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day in the life of a cave guide

  • Added: Aug 11, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
The Tongass National Forest Part One
From: Guy Hand
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The wet and wild nature of Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes, The Nature Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 3