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The EXTENDED Untold Story of Iron and Water, a New book by Minnesota Environmental Icon Grant Merritt
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s extended installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with pioneering en...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 41:49
Saving our Planet with Ban the Straw and Debris Free Oceans
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Saving our Planet with Ban the Straw and Debris Free Oceans. Ban the Straws' Marilu Cristina Flores with Chelsea Reed and Debris Free Oceans' Caiti...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 26:34
  • Purchases: 1
458-Large and Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On June 30, 1908 a celestial object exploded 28,000 feet above the Tunguska river drainage area in Siberia, Russia releasing the energy of 185 Hiro...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Farming and famine in Nigeria (2009 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
Series: Nigeria-Niger Food Trilogy
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A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 08:30
Episode 39: Junk
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Marcus Eriksen wanted to draw attention to a problem no one could see. So he sailed into the middle of it.

Bought by KRZA and KUER


  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - David Owen - 336
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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David Owen discusses his nonfiction book, Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River. He also reads a short segment from the book.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
2017-09-10 Yvon Chouinard: Founding Patagonia and Living Simply
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Yvon Chouinard is a legendary climber, surfer and environmentalist. He is also the reluctant entrepreneur who founded Patagonia, Inc., one of the m...

Bought by KQUA, KBBI Alaska, WRGY, KGNU Community Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
Medicine of the Wolf
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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This episode of Art Beat we discuss the film Medicine of the Wolf from the 2016 Frozen River Film Festival, a film about the trials and tribulation...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 32:27
S2 Ep. 3 The Astronomers
From: Honolulu Civil Beat
Series: Offshore
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Why do astronomers feel a giant new telescope on top of Mauna Kea is so important? What will Hawaii — and the scientific community — stand to lose ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 38:39
Shifting the Baseline: Perception is Everything
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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How our perception of the world changes, from generation to generation. We talk about "Shifting Baseline Syndrome" with the man who coined the phrase.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:03
Episode 1: Jeanette & Alice
From: Natalie Hillerson
Series: Cycles: Climate Change and Indigenous Women
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All we are is stories: Jeanette Bushnell, lecturer at the University of Washington, and Alice Tsoodle, education manager at Friends of North Creek ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
290-Screaming Aten
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An interesting object is spotted streaking across the night sky at the rate of 17 full moon diameters per day.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Dragonfly Swarms
From: renee wilde
Series: Community Voices
Caption: Bob Glotzhober at Big Darby Creek, Credit: renee wilde
Every year a huge swarm of dragonflies appear on the producer's farm. She goes in search of information on this behavior and finds out that, even t...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
266-Colliding Planets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Collisions between planets, planetesimals, asteroids, and comets have produced the place where we live and breathe.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Food Sleuth Radio, Tao Orion Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that “invasive” species have historically served as a driving process of evolution? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietiti...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
251-Fresh Lunar Craters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Nature Writer Loren Eisleley
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Loren Eiseley
In the first of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in Nature and the ocean, host Peter Neill highlights the work of 20th ce...

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
246-Anatomy of an Extinction Crater
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By drilling into a crater rim, researchers hope to discover how the Earth and it's life forms recovered from an asteroid impact.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Right Relationship with Mother Earth - Dr. Jim Collins and Peggy Rebol on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jim Collins
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
226-Cosmic Campground
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Fathoming Water Episode 2: Dr. Robert Glennon
From: KXCI
Series: Fathoming Water: In-Depth Discussions
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In this episode Dr. Glennon talks about how water markets work in the United States. We take a look back at the American legal history that makes w...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 38:24
  • Purchases: 1
More on Water
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Fresh water is the topic of discussion once again on World Ocean Radio. In this episode host Peter Neill re-asserts the gravity of the global fresh...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:02
Voices Of Gentrification Paint A Picture Of A Changing Seattle
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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RadioActive's Paul Kiefer and Lola Garcia collect the voices of people affected by gentrification in Seattle to paint a picture of our changing city.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 13:23
  • Purchases: 1
Phil Holtan: Master Wood Turner
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Have you ever looked at a rotten oak burl and thought, “Man, that’s beautiful?” Phil Holtan has. Plenty of times. Phil is a master wood turner in ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2015
  • Length: 12:37
  • Purchases: 1
After a flood, solving the mystery of water
From: Jenny Chen
Caption: 2013 flood in Estes Park, Credit: Town of Estes Park
Recent floods in Texas and Oklahoma cost the country over $3 billion in economic losses. In some areas of the country, floods are growing in intens...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1