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Access to Water: What's it like to worry about every drop?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
Birds of a Feather
From: Israel Story
Caption: "Yoram" aiming at one of his soon-to-be crow victims.
Every summer tourists flock to the beautiful beaches of Eilat, Israel. But in the past thirty years, a new kind of tourist has made its way down so...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:49
  • Purchases: 2
Landscapes of Longevity (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: A resident of Okinawa, Japan, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world where people live longest. Architects studying these “Landscapes of Longevity” say that our surroundings have mor...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change Is Tough on Penguins: Author Fen Montaigne
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Fen’s book, “Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica,” shows his passion for this otherworldly place and many of its two-footed in...

Bought by Radio Newark, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
VIRUNGA -- Director Orlando Von Einsiedel, Emmanuel De Merode and Andre Bauma Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Director Orlando Von Einsiedel and subjects Emmanuel De Merode and Andre Bauma talk oil, corruption, and documenting the crimes.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 17:18
Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe Navigates World Without Instruments
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: The Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokulea, Credit: Courtesy Oiwi TV & the Polynesian Voyaging Society
The legendary Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokulea, is sailing around the world using the ancient art of wayfinding, navigating without instruments. Th...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:19
The Mikie Show #69 Vicki
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode sixty-nine has arrived in a totally cybernetic way! Join us as we speak with Vicki Brown, a Ph.D. in Research Methodology and a rockin’ vio...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
Trekking to the North Pole
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 5
Following in Darwin's Footsteps: Two Young Women Scientists Forge Their Futures in the Galapagos
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: Maricruz Jaramillo (standing) and Samoa Asigau wait for their ride back to the Charles Darwin Research Station after an early morning of catching birds in an agricultural area on Santa Cruz Island., Credit: Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
What motivates young people to become scientists? Meet Maricruz Jaramillo and Samoa Asigau, two young women scientists from opposite sides of the P...

Bought by KMUN, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 14
Changing Landscapes
From: War News Radio
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In this month’s show, we examine three issues that build on the relationship between environmental stresses and conflict. First, we examine the imp...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:01
  • Purchases: 1
Yemen: Scarce Water, Security Threat?
From: War News Radio
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Author Anthony Brandt and "The Man Who Ate His Boots"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 7
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:06
Bartolo's Honey
From: Diane Bock
Caption: Yucatan Honey, Credit: John Bock
A hot, sticky day in the Yucatan.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
Here a Cat, There a Cat, Oy Vey, That's a lot of Freaking Street Cats
From: Zak Rosen
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Israel's mild, desert climate makes it possible for cats to give labor three, sometimes even 4-times a year. And when heat cycles can start as ear...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Latitude News Podcast #2 - Two Nations, Under Cod
From: Latitude News
Caption: You bet this story is about fish.
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 2
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
Between A Rock and a Hard Place - David Dinnell
From: Matt Hill
Series: Spark - True Stories
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A true story told live in London. David goes scuba diving off the coast of Sicily, and gets into troubled waters - involving an airport runway, uns...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
A $300 House: Fact or Fiction?
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: An early sketch of the $300 House concept, Credit: 300house.com
Vijay Govindarajan, co-creator of the $300 House Project, discusses the genesis of the idea, how it’s different from mere cheap housing, and his ho...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2011
  • Length: 15:12
  • Purchases: 2
A Little Flushed Up by Sarah Zhang of WHJE
From: YouthCast
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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
No More Water
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Experts say the capitol of Yemen quickly running out of water. It might sound crazy, but the water crisis in Sana’a is due in large part to its un...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:01
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