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2012: End of the World! Cancun, Mexico

From: Jake Warga

Caption: Stella predicting the end of the world, Credit: Jake warga

It's the end of the world, according to the Mayan Calendar. A thoughtful and goofy piece exploring Cancun, Mexico.

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and KUT

Added: Jun 08, 2012
Length: 04:06
Purchases: 4

The Field Trip Podcast: Taxidermy

From: The Field Trip Podcast

In this episode, we visit Leah Wade at San Francisco's Quiet Science Taxidermy Studio to learn about the art of making the dead live again ... sort...

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix

Added: Jun 05, 2012
Length: 27:11
Purchases: 2

In Beekeeping, Honey's Worth A Few Stings

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)

Caption: Andrew Coté holds up a panel of bees., Credit: Chion Wolf

An intrepid producer braves several stings to tell a story about beekeeping and a beekeeper who has traveled the world to teach his craft.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFIU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and PRX Remix

Added: Apr 29, 2012
Length: 03:25
Purchases: 5

Clever Apes: Paper covers rock

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)

Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 23, 2011
Length: 08:15
Purchases: 3

A Little Flushed Up by Sarah Zhang of WHJE

From: YouthCast

Poop talk: when its personal, its embarrassing—at least for most people—but when you’re talking about global access to sanitary conditions, it’s a ...

Bought by WGXC

Added: Aug 15, 2011
Length: 08:18
Purchases: 1

Warning Signs

From: Sarah Lilley

Nuclear waste will be with us for thousands of years. But the signs we use to warn people about its location will likely have to change.

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jul 20, 2011
Length: 06:04
Purchases: 2

Detroit's Floating Post Office

From: Zak Rosen

On the banks of the Detroit River, sits the J.W. Westcott. The ship is only 45 feet long. But believe it or not, it has its own zip code. Since 1...

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jun 14, 2011
Length: 02:52
Purchases: 2

City of Apples

From: Thomas Dodson

The Boston Tree Party celebrates the planting of the first tree in their urban orchard.

Added: May 30, 2011
Length: 06:07

The arrival of spring

From: Will Dewees

Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.

Added: May 03, 2011
Length: 01:34

Trap happy

From: Will Dewees

Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

Added: May 02, 2011
Length: 09:42

Fans of Fermentation

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

Caption: Tara Kelly with an assortment of her fermented foods., Credit: Guy Hand

A profile of an Idaho woman immersed in the ancient craft of fermentation.

Bought by KUOW and KISU

Added: Feb 26, 2011
Length: 04:00
Purchases: 2

Denver's Backyard Chicken Initiative

From: Nadia Khasawneh

Exploring the appeal and annoyances of backyard chickens as some Denver residents push for an initiative to change the city's current hen laws.

Added: Feb 21, 2011
Length: 05:09

All About the Sugar Beet

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

Caption: Sugar Beets, Credit: Don Morishita

We've all heard about the controversy over genetically modified sugar beets. But what is a sugar beet? The answer might surprise you.

Bought by KISU

Added: Feb 19, 2011
Length: 04:00
Purchases: 1

Experiencing Antarctica

From: Andrew Hiller

Caption: A view from the tent, Credit: Cari Corrigan

There are places in Antarctica so thick with meteorites that you can find them like a child would shells on the beach. Others plunge into the ice ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW

Added: Aug 31, 2010
Length: 08:50
Purchases: 2

21. France Was Years Ahead

From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry

Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks

In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

Added: Jul 19, 2010
Length: 05:34

Boston's River Man

From: Rachel Leventhal

Dan Driscoll spent 20 years restoring abused and forgotten corridors along Boston’s Charles River, creating habitat for wildlife and access for peo...

Bought by KUOW

Added: Apr 15, 2010
Length: 14:32
Purchases: 1

Corn Maze on a Dairy Farm

From: Emily Corwin

Meet the energetic personality behind a small Connecticut dairy farm, take a tour of a corn maze, and find out what it takes to sell local milk in ...

Bought by KVSC, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, KCBX, KUT, Remix Radio and more

Added: Nov 04, 2009
Length: 07:48
Purchases: 7

Hot Summer, Broken Air Conditioner

From: Rene Gutel

Caption: Russ Wichterman, an air conditioner service technician in Gilbert, Arizona on the rounds., Credit: Rene Gutel

It's 115 degrees and your air conditioner is busted. Who do you call?

Bought by KVMR and KUOW

Added: Jul 29, 2009
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 2

Sonar in the Sea

From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing

Caption: Kelly Benoit-Bird adjusting the sonar before beginning her experiment., Credit: Nick Kelsh

Kelly Benoit-Bird works on all kinds of ocean animals ranging from zooplankton to whales. And ocean observatories could make her science even more ...

Added: Jun 23, 2009
Length: 07:15

Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling

From: Cathy Corman