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Facing Danger in the Boundary Waters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Aboard an LL6 rescue plane in the BWCA, Credit: Joe Friedrichs
Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area is known as one of the most beautiful places in the country. It can also be a dangerous place.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 27:05
StoryCorps: Donna Salemink and Melissa Salemink
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Donna Salemink and Melissa Salemink at their StoryCorps interview in Loveland, Colorado on September 19, 2023, Credit: Zanna McKay
Donna Salemink and her daughter, Melissa, remember how Donna’s life was altered forever after she was struck by lightning.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Zach Stephney and Melissa Brooks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Melissa Brooks and Zack Stephney at the site of her rescue in December of 2009. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Zack Stephney.
Zack Stephney remembers saving Melissa Brooks from the unprecedented 2009 Atlanta flash flood.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Surviving Genocide, Dark Fish, Love the Wasp
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: The cat the helped a Muslim teen survive the Serbian siege of the 1990s; Topic 2: Some of the darkest-skinned creatures on the planet live...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSTK


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 51:49
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 93: Reaching Rob's Roadhouse
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Greg Mills and his best friend Rob adventured together in the Alaska wilderness. Their dream was to run the Iditarod Trail Invitational Trail toget...

  • Added: May 10, 2021
  • Length: 38:10
Episode 73: Not Healed, But Healing
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Brandon Kuehn survived the Iraq War. But after he got home, he struggled with nightmares and addiction. Then he found trail running…and the Pacific...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:09
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 72: Everyone Needs A Purpose
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Christopher McDougall is famous for starting the barefoot running craze with his book 'Born to Run.' And now he has an unusual new running partner.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:43
StoryCorps Griot: Drew Lanham and John Lane
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Drew Lanham tells his friend John Lane about his lifelong passion for birds and nature.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
'Dark Sky Memories' from Grand Portage
From: WTIP
Series: Arts and Culture
Caption: Northern Lights in Cook County, Credit: Travis Novitsky
Shelley McIntire is a longtime resident of Cook County and a member of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. She describes herself as ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
Poet in the Field: Working Through Grief by Picking Up Litter
From: Michael Falero
Caption: Ralph Bousquet sorting microplastics, Credit: Michael Falero
It’s hard to go anywhere on Cape Cod these days and not see litter on the side of the road or on hiking trails. Local poet Ralph Bousquet has start...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
One Hour Special 6: The Hunt
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air. Jessi Johnson is a modern-day Artemis. But the perfect shot led her on a heartbreaking odyssey. ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and WGCU


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 38: The Hunt
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Jessi Johnson is a modern-day Artemis. But the perfect shot led her on a heartbreaking odyssey.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 34:53
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 14
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"The Secret In Her Cells" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 10
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Row Row Row Your Boat…Or Not" and "A Ballroom Dancer, A Shark, And A PR Problem" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: It was suppos...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 27: What Her Cells Knew
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So she seized the moment.

Bought by KUER, KVNF, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 11: Hoofprints On The Heart
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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This is the story of a love that spans continents. Jon Dunham set out on the longest, toughest walk of his life. But along the way, he met someone ...

Bought by KUER, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 21:12
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 7: Man vs. Machine
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Micah Schweizer was skiing in the back-country when he uttered a curse against snowmobilers. But you know what they say—be careful what you wish for.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KALW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 4: Catch And Release
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Tonia Hanson had a secret. But when a private river retreat turned out to be very, very public, Tonia found unexpected healing.

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 2: A Ballroom Dancer, A Shark, And A PR Problem
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Debbie Salamone was an environmental journalist who was passionate about the ocean—and ballroom dancing. One day at the beach, all that changed.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 'The Sea', KUER, KRZA, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: LJ Evans and Suzanne Bishop
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Suzanne (L) and LJ
LJ Evans (R) and Suzanne Bishop (L) remember working at an animal rescue clinic following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Bat Men
From: Robbie Feinberg
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
StoryCorps: Daniel Ross
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 4
U Pick Blueberries
From: Marianne Gardner
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A community of pickers tell the story of this u pick blueberry patch.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
Women Writing on The Great Lakes
From: Judy Mintel
Caption: Pebble Beach in South Chicago, Credit: Photo by Judy Mintel
Authors Gail Griffin and Alison Swan talk about their award winning book, "Fresh Water: Women Writing on The Great Lakes" with Judy Mintel.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2009
  • Length: 25:27
  • Purchases: 1
Tom Thomas is staying in Picher
From: Gideon Thompson
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Tom Thomas, a lifetime resident of Picher, Oklahoma, is one of very few staying in the town even after it closes.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:48