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The Field Trip Podcast: Wetlands
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
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
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...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Narrow Window for Toads
From: Sarah Bromer
Caption: Couch's Spadefoot Toads, Credit: Cecil Schwalbe
When summer monsoons come to the southwest, abundant runoff leads to major problems for cities—streets flood and temporary ponds appear that serve ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:55
Kenya's Owen and Mzee - The Mystery behind 'Owen'
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Soila Sayialel saves elephants , Credit: Soila Sayialel
Paula Kahumbu narrates the magical story of Owen, a baby hippopotamus, who developed an unexpected relationship with Mzee, a 130yr old giant tortoi...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:27
The Fracking Economy
From: Civic Commons
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New methods of drilling for natural gas and oil have opened up previously unreachable resources deep below the Earth’s surface in Ohio. Depending o...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:44
A drunken Maasai's revenge on a leopard
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Soila Sayialel saves elephants , Credit: Soila Sayialel
Nickson Parmisa dictates an elder’s story about a time when a leopard had killed eight of their goats. One of the Maasai stepped in to seek revenge...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
Weird weather & climate change...how are they related?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner visited Grand Marais, Minn., recently, stopping by the WTIP studios to talk with The Roadhouse host Buck Benson abou...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 26:49
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
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
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
Green Fingers Gather
From: Vaska Trajkovska
Series: Voices From The Plot
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Reflections on gardening, allotments, and community in a Garden Sunday event at Plot 22 - nature space, allotment garden, meeting circle, and learn...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to the Star Party
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In the past decade, dark sky festivals have become attractions in parks across the U.S. 

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 6
Sketchy Thursday: Zartoolie The Ecological Wizard (And Friends)
From: Sam Dingman
Series: Dingmantics
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All Lieutenant Bainbridge wants is a quiet night at home. Sadly, his friends have other plans. Will Bainbridge ever get to enjoy a dish of figs i...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
That's Gross!
From: Rose Eveleth
Series: Scienceline Podcast
Caption: Does this gross you out?, Credit: Erik Benson, Flickr
There are a lot of things you probably think are, well, nasty. But where does disgust come from?

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
The Movie Sets of Frank Lloyd Wright
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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American Idol Architect

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:44
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
The Breathe Out
From: Nathan Callahan
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Zen Neurotic Exercise Number One

  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
The Audiophiles: The mysterious language of blue whales
From: KALW
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Stand on the beach overlooking Half Moon Bay, and the sound you’re most likely to hear is of waves crashing against the rocks. But when Roger Bland...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 4
Pooptown Adventure
From: Will Rogers
Series: Compostmodernist
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This tour of a Texas wastewater treatment plant will inspire you to “Do what you love; Love what you doo”

  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:59
How To Compost With Worms
From: Vermont Public
Series: Cool How-Tos
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It's cheap and easy and many gardeners swear by this worm manure to fuel their gardens, perk up tired house plants and even prevent plant diseases....

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:43
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
Seeing the Marfa Lights, rough audio
From: Katie Ball
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some "happy" tourists wait for the Mysterious Marfa Lights, just outside of Marfa, Texas. (This is rough, unedited audio with a lot of wind noise. ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
Warning Signs
From: Sarah Lilley
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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
Oh Coqui!
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
Caption: coqui frog, Credit: long haul productions
The Coqui, a tiny, but very vociferous tree frog, is the national symbol of Puerto Rico, beloved in folklore and in song. But while the coqui’s lus...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and KGOU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 25:06
  • Purchases: 3
Loaves & Fishes
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
Caption: duck walking on fish at linesville spillway, Credit: long haul productions
Long Haul Productions teamed up with musician Tim Fite to tell the fishy tale of the fight for the right to throw bread at the Linesville Spillway ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 1

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