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Is Carbon Capture Essential to Fighting Climate Change?
From: Open to Debate
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When it comes to carbon dioxide, 2022 was a record year. So...what can be done? One potential method is called carbon capture and storage, a techno...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNED Buffalo, and KUNM


  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Herding Cats Podcast
From: Justin Schmidt
Series: Herding Cats Podcast
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Herding Cats Podcast is a student lead and produced podcast that addresses environmental challenges as well as takes an introspective look at the s...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:27:56
Smoking
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Recorded in August of 2002, a generational discussion about smoking

  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 24:40
Permian Extinction
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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A unique combination of events came together at the end of Permian time (250 million years ago)that resulted in the extinction of more the 90% of l...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Oct 31, 2020
  • Length: 31:05
  • Purchases: 1
El agujero negro - The black hole
From: Sol Rezza
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The black hole (2017) is a work that consists of two pieces of experimental radio where the main theme is the development of the ear and the first ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2018
  • Length: 16:49
381-Peaceful Star
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new appreciation for our Sun is growing as we learn more about other suns and their families of planets.

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


  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
359-Ice World
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An Earth sized icy world has been discovered orbiting a small dim star.

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


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
316-Weird Centaur
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Centaurs are named after the mythical beasts which were half human and half horse perhaps because they have characteristics of both asteroids and c...

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KENW, KRWG, WLPR and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
301-Visitors From Afar
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A pair of comets visiting our neighborhood are discovered in a matter of 4 days.

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


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
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
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
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
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
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
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
Coral Bleaching
From: Tom Niemisto
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Ocean biology is threatened by Climate Change

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46