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Backyard Ice Cream
From: Joshua McNichols
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Jennie Grant makes blackberry ice cream using only ingredients from her backyard

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
Dublin dog foulers
From: John Hennessy
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On the frontline of dog litter in Dublin

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
Park Stories: Tour Yosemite with a Buffalo Soldier
From: Jim Williams
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A Buffalo Soldier comes alive through a Yosemite park ranger

  • Added: Dec 11, 2007
  • Length: 08:49
Headed South
From: Kezia Simister
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Fall is here for the birds

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
Who's Driving that Car?
From: Philip Graitcer
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Building a Robotic Car

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:28
Canary Song Trials
From: Long Haul Productions
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American Singer Canaries battle it out for best-song-in-show in the Canary Song Trials in Livonia, Detroit.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, WFUV, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 4
Lemmings from Heaven
From: Rebecca Sheir
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UnDisney-fying a tiny critter of huge -- and heavenly -- importance.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 2
New Planet for Old
From: Merle Kessler
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Science has discovered a new planet. Can we go there?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 01:27
Bees in Danger!
From: Merle Kessler
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Are cell phones killing bees?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:28
Flying squirrels + treadmills = Science!
From: John Ryan
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Alaskan squirrels can fly, but can they run?

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 02:08
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
Swirls of Deception
From: John Ryan
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At Deception Pass, a rising tide endangers all boats.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 1
Odessa Campaign Building a Healthier Community
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Well, believe it or not, Odessa is famous for...you got it...conservation!

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Big Perks for Tiny Houses?
From: The Environment Report
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Reporter Rebecca Williams takes a peek into some itsy bitsy homes

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBEZ, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 4
Get Your Goats!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Controlling invasive weeds costs a bundle. Billions of dollars are spent each year on weed and fire hazard management.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Polar Bears: Branding Global Warming
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Bear as symbol vs. bear in person

Bought by PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFUV, Aspen Public Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 5
Great Pumpkins
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Pumpkin Growing Contest in Massachusetts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KOOP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
Sex and Voices
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Is a deeper voice more "attractive?"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 1
salamander - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
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The story behind the word "salamander"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:45
A Championship Buck
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Hunter and farmer Roy Hines talks about an 'old big buck' he'll never forget

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Garden Renaissance in Brooklyn
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Joyce Vargas explores the idea of "city famrs" and how it might just bring change to one of the roughest neighborhoods in New York City.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:34
Under the skin at the Museum of Verterbrate Zoology
From: Nathanael Johnson
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An stroll through the gory depths of a UC Berkeley Museum preparation lab -- the place where animals are skinned and stuffed for posterity -- in th...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
Julia Child in Corn
From: Karen Brown
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Light feature about a corn maze in the shape of Julia Child.

Bought by KUT, KERA, Marfa Public Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Aug 29, 2006
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Why Lawns?
From: Ed Herrmann
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Why do Americans spend billions of dollars and countless hours to maintain a "perfect" lawn?

Bought by PRX Remix and KZUM


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
Listening for Frogs
From: Ed Herrmann
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An ironic look at the efforts to survey frogs as a way to assess the health of rivers.

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3