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Strong winds in West Texas make it difficult for farmers to grow crops without contamination from pesticide drift. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: The Texas Petrochemicals flare., Credit: Bryan Parras
We've heard a lot about the economy this general election season. Not so much about the other big E-word: the environment. Unless you count the man...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Connor in front of FEMA trailer., Credit: Daniel May
It was three years ago that Katrina made landfall in the southeastern corner of Louisiana. Within a day, New Orleans was filling with water. But sm...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:26
Caption: UM doctoral student Wylie Carr is part of a research team collecting public opinion on the controversial idea of climate engineering. His travels have taken him to Kenya, the Solomon Islands and the northernmost point in Alaska., Credit: Catherine L. Waters
Wylie Carr studies climate engineering - a 'Plan B' for global warming. The idea terrifies him. Someday, however, his daughter may need to decide w...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:31
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November 1st, 2014 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Part 2

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 1
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In her new book: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate”, Naomi Klein argues that while it’s too late to stop climate change, we can ...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Two stories about elephants, one from Carol Buckley, co-founder of the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, and one from author Susan Chernak McElroy (...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This reading is a passage describing two giraffes seen in crates on a ship bound for Germany.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 03:49
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LJ Evans (R) and Suzanne Bishop (L) remember working at an animal rescue clinic following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look at what might lie beyond hope, how we might apply our optimism to meet and...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:28
Caption: Bear from Uyak Bay, Credit: Alec Dunn
Moe Bowstern and Erin Yanke present a bear story from 1997 Alaska, with updates from the participants and observers, and from Alaska Fish and Game.

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
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At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all others ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:09
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With the industrialization of agriculture, our diets have become out of balance with an abundance of omega-6 fatty acids and a deficiency in omega-...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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A year after a deadly tornado came through Apison, Tennessee, residents recount the year that followed.

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 12:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Monique at work, Credit: Anton Foek
She saved 205 sloths in a couple of weeks and now makes headlines around the globe.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 12:16
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Women’s bodies serve as our children’s “first environments,” which is why food quality and safety are so important for pregnant and lactating women...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Every Friday, individuals who wish to connect with the land and garden communally are invited to attend PLOT 22's Garden Fridays. In this intimate...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
Caption: Hussein Aladdin and Iman Ali arrived in the US in 2010 as refugees.  Aladdin has been living with lung cancer since 2009 but is unsure if it was caused by the environmental degradation from the recent wars in his home country., Credit: Photo: Ashley Murray
Hussein Aladdin is an Iraqi refugee who settled in Pittsburgh with his wife Iman Ali and their three sons. He is now managing lung cancer and memor...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
Caption: Russell Means
Additional tribute mix of more incredible people who left us in 2012--legacies that will continue to inspire...part two of A Shortcut through 2012

  • Added: Dec 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:26
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Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
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This special program was produced during Hurricane Sandy's collision with the east coast, in my studio on the upper west side which luckily had po...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:47
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Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 4
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On August 28, 2011 Tropical Storm Irene struck Vermont, bringing with it the worst flooding seen in the state since the early 20th century. "Weath...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 38:32
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An interview with adventurer and public speaker Aron Ralston who is the subject of the film 127 Hours

  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 19:33