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315-See Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2017 will be a good year to view comets with your unaided eye or a pair of binoculars.

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Don't Cheer For Me Argentina
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Sam won’t tell you this, but he’s a really great athlete. He has another secret, too. There’s this photo of him leading a ski race, and it’s plaste...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 17:19
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: One Hour Special #3
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man walks from Mexico to the tip of South America with his best friend, a donkey; a man crosse...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KUT, KSUT and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Look Toward The Dawn
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Today, we take a step back to imagine a world without a web of GPS satellites telling your smartphone where you are every second of the day. While ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 24:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Second Greatest Show on Earth
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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A group of 19th century pioneers lay claim to one of the world’s most inhospitable mountains and turn it into a premiere tourist destination.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 19:41
HumaNature: One Hour Special #2
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man utters a curse that comes true, a summer stint at a dinosaur quarry challenges a woman’s s...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KSKA, KSUT and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Happier Campers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alyssa Ravasio
It's summertime, time to make your camping reservations. Oops, should have done that three months ago! This week's guest on Sea Change Radio, Alyss...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
A Postcard from the Center of Canada
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
Caption: Paddle MN producer Jim Gallagher from the center of Canada, Credit: Jim Gallagher
Paddle Minnesota producer Jim Gallagher shares an audio postcard from a canoe trip he took during the summer of 2015 in the barren lands at the cen...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 07:39
Roy Scranton’s Arctic Cruise
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Roy Scranton
When we try to visualize the Arctic, we usually think of ice as far as the eye can see. But, unfortunately, that’s changing. This week’s guest on S...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Sacred Plants
From: Israel Story
Series: Israel Story Podcast
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How we change nature and nature changes us, from wildflower picking in Israel to ayahuasca retreats in Peru.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:33
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Jared Munch about his first-ever circumnavigation of Lake Superior on a stand-up paddle board
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
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On Paddle Minnesota today Jared Munch talks with Jim Gallagher about his 1400 mile, 49 day circumnavigation of Lake Superior on a stand-up paddle b...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 12:50
Explorer Lonnie Dupre on his latest adventure, Vertical Nepal
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Grand Marais-based explorer Lonnie Dupre recently returned from Nepal, where he and his team explored newly-opened areas for possible climbs in 201...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 20:35
HumaNature: One Hour Special #1
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special evergreen edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man in the wilderness searches a lake for a missing boater, a recovering alcoholic s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KSKA and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Paddle Minnesota - November 10, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
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Catch a wave on Lake Superior! Jim Gallagher talks with Randy Carlson of UMD’s Recreational Sports Outdoor Program about surfing the frigid waves ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:31
Paddle Minnesota - October 11, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
Caption: John Keaveny in canoe
This week Jim Gallagher talks with Bemidji State University alumnus and Beaver football player John Keaveny about his experience on the 5200 mile /...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 12:52
It's a Jungle Out There (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodive...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTJU, KEDT, and WABE


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Architect & 'cabinologist' Dale Mulfinger talks all things cabin
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Architect, author & 'cabinologist' Dale Mulfinger stopped by Studio A on a recent visit to the shore. He chatted with WTIP's Dick Swanson recently ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Fields of sunflowers on PEI up near Souris., Credit: Charles McGuigan
The Mig Maw had a name for this place that means cradle on the waves. Which is exactly what Prince Edward Island—PEI as the people here call it—loo...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:31
Island Stories Ocracoke The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 5 _mixdown
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Working waterman on Ocracoke., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is like a republic unto itself, much like Key West, the Conch Republic. On the Scotch Bonnet Republic islanders have...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2015
  • Length: 24:36
Island Stories The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: J.B. Gaskill of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:02
Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers on a lesser Barrier Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Oyster Virginia is an old fishing village on the seaside of the Easter Shore. On the road in there are old dead rises, some half submerged in the s...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 26:36
Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ginger Strand
“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” perfectly captured the essence of the American fascinati...

Bought by KVSC, WMUU-LP, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Leigh O'Hara on Model Trains
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
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Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to orchestral conductor Leigh O'Hara about his passion for his model railway

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Witnessing 'The Cove'
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Fall 2012
Caption: Dolphins being butchered in Taiji, Japan. , Credit: Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taijidolphinslaughter/5304070526/in/photostream/">Elora West</a>
17-year-old Elora West is riled up when she sees "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Then she gets the chance ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1