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Mary Gibbs: First woman park commissioner in the nation
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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We talk with Connie Cox from Itasca State Park about Mary Gibbs, the first woman park commissioner in the nation.

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 15:22
  • Purchases: 3
Lori Petrauski: How an interest in The Phenology Show is turning into a career
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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John Latimer talks with Iron Range native, Lori Petrauski, a graduate student and researcher at the University of West Virginia about how an intere...

  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 14:34
Pesticide Action Network's report on kids' health and pesticides
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Our conversation with Lex Horan of the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) and Bob Shimek, Executive Director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, ...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 14:17
Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek - A Beautiful Question, Finding Natures Deep Design
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Frank Wilczek
Nobel Prize winning physicist Frank Wilczek argues that beauty is at the heart of the logic of the universe, a principle that has guided his pionee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:26
Food Sleuth Radio, Gail Hansen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that farmers’ increasing use of antibiotics to prevent and treat animal diseases and increase growth efficiency contributes to antimic...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jonathan Lundgren Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that most insects are “good” and that they have a critical role to play in our national food security and good nutrition? Join Food Sl...

Bought by Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, David Mortensen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Seventy percent of pesticides used in agriculture today are herbicides, designed to kill weeds growing in farmers’ fields across the U.S. However ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Sanjay Rawal Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Despite growing newfound interest in food, diets and nutrition, how many question where their food comes from and the conditions under which it was...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shorter days can trigger Seasonal Affective Disorder--a psychiatrist explains
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression triggered by shorter days and reduced light. Loyola University Medical Center psychiatrist talk...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Calen May-Tobin Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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From fast and processed foods to common personal care items, palm oil is a common ingredient in thousands of household products. However, this “ch...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
In Need of Host Parents
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: North Jersey Radio Series
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Communty Talk host Asirian Bowens-Wilson talks to Fareed White of Tri City Peoples Corporation about the need of Host Parents.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 13:20
Sand Architecture: Archisand
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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Sand art? Sand architecture? As a practicing architect, Greg LeBon lends a unique perspective to the magnificent art of sand sculpting. Visit A...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 1
Fishing in Fossil Lake -- Groks Science Show 2013-07-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Lance Grande discusses his new book, "The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time."

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Open World and its Foundation
From: Anton Foek
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The Open World Foundation™ is about change, about you and the world. And there is a sense of urgency, an urgency for change. Almost everone on Eart...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 18:16
Food Sleuth Radio, Jill Kriesky Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Advertisements promoting natural gas drilling promise jobs and energy independence from foreign oil. But what are the unintended consequences of na...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
The Buffalo Kill
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The plight of approximately 4000 Montana Buffalo, related to the tens of millions of buffalo who roamed North America as recently as 160 years ago,...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create The World We Want
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Fractivists: Slowing the Gas Rush
From: A World of Possibilities
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In the past few years, natural gas fracking has become a near-household word as landowners in the path of drilling have mounted efforts to slow its...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WSKG, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
China’s Great Green Wager
From: A World of Possibilities
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China today is the most polluted nation on earth. But it’s also on its way to becoming the most environmentally advanced. And it’s no coincidence. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Cooling Our Jets:  Reversing the Climate Meltdown
From: A World of Possibilities
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The science of man-made global climate change is irrefutable. We speak with two eminent scientists, a conservation biologist and an environmental e...

Bought by KPVL and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Ken Burns
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Ken Burns talks about his most recent documentary series on the National Park system, as well as his approach to filmmaking and his attraction to i...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 22:24
In Defense Of Mendocino County Tomorrow And Measure A
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 31:44
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
WWOZ Street Talk- Badass Emma and the Levee Hearing
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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A conversation with badass Emma and a look at the work of the NRC's report on the Army corps levees.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1