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Balloons
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: ulia Wolfe, 15 year old hot air balloon pilot in training , Credit: Dr. Jonathan Wolfe
Get blown away with us as we learn all about balloons! From hot air balloons to latex balloon clothing, we cover it all - including weather balloon...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KSTK, WCNY and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
09282020: Balloons, 9/28/2020
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
Caption: Julia Wolfe, 15 year old hot air balloon pilot in training, Credit: Dr. Jonathan Wolfe
Get blown away with us as we learn all about balloons! From hot air balloons to latex balloon clothing, we cover it all - including weather balloon...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Wolves at the Well: The Corporate Grab of Public Water
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Columbia River Valley from the Oregon Shore towards Washington, Credit: Chris Light, Wikimedia Commons
Water is critical to maintaining the balance of life. Some corporations claim ownership of fresh water sources to bottle and sell for profit. Other...

Bought by KVNF, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WXDU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
What is Ocean Equity?
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: From the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Blue Paper: "Towards Ocean Equity"
This week on World Ocean Radio: part three of a multi-part series entitled "BLUEprint: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization". In this episode, WHAT...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
UnPolluting Earth
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Pollution is a problem around the globe, but there are ways to un-pollute dirty and contaminated places.

Bought by KZUM, KDLG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KQRU FM LP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
082420: UnPolluting Earth, 8/24/2020
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Pollution is a problem around the globe, and we learn some of the ways to un-pollute dirty and contaminated places.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
Bugs
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Get bugged with The Children's Hour in an episode devoted to exploring the stand out bugs around North America with entomologist, Jason Schaller.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WCNY and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
2020-08-07 Billion Dollar Burger
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Long before the coronavirus began disrupting America’s trillion-dollar meat industry, lab-grown proteins were upending the way we consume chicken, ...

Bought by WGCU, KUHF, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Sargasso Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Lines of sargassum can stretch for miles along the surface of the Sargasso Sea. The clumps of floating algae are often concentrated by the strong winds and wave action associated with the Gulf Stream, Credit: Ocean Explorer | NOAA
This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the Sargasso Sea--a verdant, vital, biodiverse ecosystem that supports a great diversity of life, provide...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:25
Puzzling The Children's Hour
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The world's most syndicated daily puzzle author, David L. Hoyt puzzles our Kids Crew, and we learn about the Doomsday Seed Vault

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WCNY and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Is Air Drying Your Clothes Worth It?
From: Possibly
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Dryers do use a lot of energy. If you were to rank your household appliances by how much energy they use, your dryer would probably come in 3rd, ri...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
What is methane and how does it relate to climate change?
From: Possibly
Caption: Gas furnace
Methane is a gas that’s created when something organic decomposes in a location that doesn’t have oxygen. The largest human-caused source of metha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 2
Wild Wolves
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Mexican Grey Wolf, Credit: USFWS
The kids learn about re-wilding wolves in North America from a documentary filmmaker, a biologist leading wolf recovery, and a zookeeper who breeds...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WXPR, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Ocean Literacy Series Conclusion
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Taken during the November 2015 run of the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. Students on Earth programmed the camera aboard the orbiting laboratory to snap pictures around the globe., Credit: NASA/EarthKAM.org
This week concludes the nine-part ocean literacy series, a framework for formal and informal education to help us better understand the ocean's inf...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 04:35
Ways to Mitigate Climate Anxiety
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we hear three perspectives on climate anxiety. We hear from Frances Roberts-Gregory, an environmental sociol...

Bought by KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ocean Literacy: The Ocean Makes Earth Habitable
From: World Ocean Observatory
Caption: The Lena River, some 2,800 miles (4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve, an important refuge and breeding ground for Siberian wildlife, is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. The Lena empties , Credit: @USGS
"The ocean makes Earth habitable." So states the fourth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us better understand the...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 04:20
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Who Bombed Judi Bari?, explores Judi Bari’s bold activism to save the Redwood Forest in the face of corporate gre...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Declutter for Greater Happiness - Episode 11
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Daisy presents a 2-part feature on Decluttering for more happiness. This first episode explores physical clutter's detriment to our overall well-be...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
Utopian Dinner Table: How to feed the world in 100 years
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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You'll hear about ongoing food insecurity issues from food scholar Raj Patel, and hopeful solutions from families in the Black Creek community gard...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Planet Chapter 1: Land
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chris Gough, scientist and professor at VCU.
It is the most expansive war in human history, and it is occurring on every continent. Unlike all previous wars, this one is truly a world war beca...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 27:37
Science Out in the World (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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There’s a lot to learn in science class: the periodic table, the stages of a butterfly, but also how to be an American citizen.

Bought by KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
AMOS 19.232: Testing and Teacher Assessments, 11/20/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Testing and Teacher Assessments

  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.228: Don't Believe Your Fingers, 11/14/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Don't Believe Your Fingers

  • Added: Nov 08, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
It's a Great Time to Be a Citizen Scientist
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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There has never been a better time to become a citizen scientist: curious individuals interested in collecting data to build toward solutions, expa...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
AMOS 19.190: Language Learning and Puzzles, 9/23/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Language Learning and Puzzles

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 02:00

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