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Caption: A farmer in Merikegia, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan., Credit: Rachel Stacy
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 3
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In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, Distillations produced a four-part series called Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how s...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 12:39
Caption: A perfectly pastoral farm. , Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user chefranden
We continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 15:18
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
Caption: Wilma Subra questions how the government measures seafood safety., Credit: Barry Yeoman
(NOTE: This piece is non-narrated.) The Guardian has described Louisiana chemist Wilma Subra as BP’s “worst nightmare.” A winner of the MacArthur ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 05:49
Caption: Commuters taking the highway to downtown Austin., Credit: Image courtesy of Flickr user Rutlo.
We continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 14:36
Caption: Philadelphia skyline., Credit:  Image courtesy of Flickr user Kevin Burkett.
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...

  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 14:35
Caption: Inside Technology
The Water-Energy Crunch is a clash of essential needs. Humans are thirsty creatures who need water to drink and bathe, but also to produce most for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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There are now over 400 "dead zones" in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Mr. Bennett bikes The Broadwalk, Credit: ?
Who do we meet, who do we see when we walk through the city village, the park or even just in the street where you live?

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jul 03, 2009
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: There is no mud, Credit: Muriel Murch
The global economy and global warming both bring changes to Northern California

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Other ways to dry clothes

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
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Returning to the US and the storms brewing.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:47
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at our sources of energy - present and future - beginning with our Virginia producer who traces her househo...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 2
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Fetching bees from a bee farm

  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:44
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From Superfund to "Superfun:" A mining valley regains its former luster

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
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Joseph, Oregon: From beams to bronze

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:32
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Grays Anatomy: On the Washington Coast, a Timber County Embraces Green

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:35

  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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3-Day Teach-in in Washington DC on Global Crisis in September 2007

  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 54:09
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the last progr...

Bought by KUNM and KENW


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the twelfth pr...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 17, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. The Shift of Land ...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2