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280-Ice Volcanoes
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On a dwarf planet, ice volcanos appear to have shaped the surface of Ceres.

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


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Coping with Tricky Party Convos
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Chuck Klosterman, author of The Ethicist, guides us through the tricky social waters of the holiday season.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:17
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
264-Tough Guy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A tough rocky asteroid makes close approaches to the Sun.

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


  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
258-Odds of Aliens
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Chances are that we are not alone in the Universe.

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


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
252-The King
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Jupiter, the king of our solar system, has provided us with a place to stand and air to breathe.

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


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
250-Born Wild
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Our home planet was formed after a period of chaos in the solar system.

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


  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
235-Fragment
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A fragment from a collision long ago comes near the Earth.

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
233-Tiny Visitor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An SUV sized asteroid is a frequent visitor to our neighborhood.

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


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
231-Hot Hand
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Three potentially hazardous asteroids are discovered in rapid succession.

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


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
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
Why Didn't Mr. Danilovic's Science Class Change the World?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Most of us don't spend a lot of time thinking about garbage, but author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese does. In this e...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 10:08
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 27:13
Who was Guinea Pig B
From: Euan McAleece
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An exploration into the life and legacy of Richard Buckminster Fuller

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 3
Calm outside the infinite
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: People and their Places
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
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
Susan Carol Hauser: "My Kind of River Journey: Seeking Passage On the Mississippi"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: Susan Carol Hauser: "My Kind of River Journey"
Bemidji area resident Susan Carol Hauser's most recent book is a nonfiction chronicle of an 18 day journey down the Mississippi. Susan joins Maggie...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 18:25
  • Purchases: 1
147: Citizens of the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill talks about the W2O, the Subscription Service, and asks how we might connect and unite the c...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:51
NOVA Minute: Diving in Underwater Caves
From: NOVA
Series: NOVA Minute
Caption: Kenny Broad
Anthropologist and explorer Kenny Broad studies some of the world's most dangerous places—underwater caves called "Blue Holes."

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 3
Turtles of the Upper Mississippi Refuge and it's Watershed
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode of Don't Cha Know we feature Ed Lagace and Michael J Pappas as they talk to us about turtles of the Upper Mississippi Refuge and it...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 43:32
Encounters Boreal Forest
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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What is so special about the Boreal Forest?

Bought by KCHU, KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 5
No Child Left Inside
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition of Radio Curious we’re visiting with Helen Menasian, director of the Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project located north of Ukia...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Does Biology Class Really Matter?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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If given the chance would you take that environmental class in high school?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1