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Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:52
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Bradley Boyd and reporter Ashley Creek head to the top of an old hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, which made provisions for a future that never came. ...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 05:11
- Purchases: 3
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Historian Max Page talks about why New York City is so often the target of destruction on the page and the silver screen. This segment comes from t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 09:10
- Purchases: 1
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 3
Ever wonder what Westeros looked like long before the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, or Targaryens roamed its surface? How far back can we really ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti shares some stories of home aquariums gone wrong.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 14, 2013
- Length: 06:56
- Purchases: 1
Destination DIY producer Califia Suntree spoke to two women who built their own tiny houses about living a minimalist lifestyle. The houses are bot...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 07:40
- Purchases: 2
The Slow Food movement has changed how we eat in the last quarter century. The Italian organization encourages us to dine on flavorful and health...
- Added: Jul 16, 2013
- Length: 04:04
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
- Purchases: 1
We’re back with another installment of our “Summer Dispatches” series, this time starring Field Trip Correspondent Nicole Jones as she figures out ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 09, 2012
- Length: 09:29
- Purchases: 1
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
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?
- Added: Jul 10, 2012
- Length: 10:50
- Purchases: 2
Only 120 copies of John Audubon’s Birds of America are known to exist and one complete set is stored in a climate controlled vault at the Minneapol...
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 05:30
San Francisco, as we all know, is densely populated. So the possibility of finding any open space for a new, and substantial, “wilderness trail” is...
- Added: Aug 03, 2011
- Length: 06:01
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.
- Added: May 02, 2011
- Length: 09:42
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...
- Added: Apr 08, 2011
- Length: 28:53
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Longue Vue Botantical Gardens in New Orleans Louisiana is trying to encourage local residents to plant native species in their yards at home. Plant...
- Added: Feb 15, 2011
- Length: 04:32
When is a good time to get a kid interested in reducing waste? As early as possible! And, if you pack your child’s school lunch, try getting them s...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Aw, c'mon. Building a lakeside getaway...hurts fish? That sounds...fishy. But catch this: the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Are hurricanes good for anything? Maybe. Katrina and Rita devastated hundreds of square miles in the Louisiana and Mississippi lowlands. But it tur...
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It turns out that the milk that goes with the ‘breakfast of champions’ is less environmentally friendly than a pint of beer.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
When rain refills a dried out pond, life soon returns to normal. Frogs croak, algae grows and dragonflies dart back and forth. But that’s only part...
- Added: Jun 17, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
If you’re thinking of sending a message in a bottle, maybe you should reconsider. There’s some heavy traffic out there.
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
