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Duluth's Sam Cook on the year in the outdoors
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Longtime Duluth News Tribune editor/writer Sam Cook joined WTIP's Buck Benson recently to talk about everything from wolves and moose to local adve...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 20:00
Angels by the River: A Memoir
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gus Speth
From Chair of the United Nations Development Group; Founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and World Resource Institute, law professor a...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bob Burnett, Writer for the Huffington Post and Progressive Populist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Bob Burnett, Writer & Activist
Bob Burnett, Writer for the Huffington Post and Progressive Populist Interview: Bob, who is a writer, technologist, environmentalist, and much mor...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 27:49
High, Dry & Overwhelmed
From: H2O Radio
Series: Journalism About Water
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Water Well Contamination in Colorado. Homeowners Wonder if Fracking Is To Blame. (2-part story; 5-6 minutes each)

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 11:16
How The Tractor Ruined Farming
From: Erik Olesund
Caption: Matt and his dad Larry on the combine. Colorado, 1979
Food has become cheaper and more abundant in the last 150 years, largely thanks to technological advances. Irrigation, fertilizer, pesticides, and ...

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 22:01
  • Purchases: 1
The American Goldfinch
From: John Nelson
Series: The Audubon Moment
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This piece discusses interesting facts about the American Goldfinch

  • Added: Jun 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Mark Holbreich Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Allergy rates are increasing for reasons still under investigation. However, Amish communities have a lower incidence of allergies compared to th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio Chuck Benbrook Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Is organic food worth a higher price at the check out? Chuck Benbrook, Ph.D., Washington State University, helps us do the food math. Join Food Sl...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
The Write Question - 284 - Bryce Andrews
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Bryce Andrews talks with Chérie Newman about his decision to move to a cattle ranch in Montana and about the memoir he wrote about his experiences ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCWP, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Josh Slotnick - 224
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Josh Slotnick talks about farming and his poetry collection, FarmHome. He also reads several poems.

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
An Interview with Scott Elliott
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Scott Elliott talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about his novel 'Temple Grove,' which includes environmental, mythological...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An Interview with Marjane Ambler
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Marjane Ambler talks about and reads from 'Yellowstone Has Teeth: A memoir of living year-round in the world's first national park.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Christine Byl - 283
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Christine Byl talks about her memoir, Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, which describes her experiences working on trail c...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, WCWP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Food Sleuth Radio, Jay Feldman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What are the environmental and public health effects of GMO crops, related herbicides and pesticides? How can we protect our loved ones and our foo...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Culture of Litigation
From: Zoe Sullivan
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In the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill, Vietnamese fisher folk on the Gulf Coast found themselves doubly affected. The disaster made it impossible fo...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:48
East to West
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A proposed east-west highway across the state of Maine has been on the minds of legislators since it was included in the original proposal for the ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:41
Tree Sit to Protest Highway Bypass
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with journalist Will Parrish, who sat in a tree for a week to protest development of a highway bypass in Willits, Ca.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Todd Wilkinson, author of LAST STAND
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, veteran journalist Todd Wilkinson talks about and reads from 'Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest To Save A Troubled Planet.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Kate Davis, photographer and author of Bald Eagle Nest
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Kate Davis, an award-winning photographer who specializes in raptors, talks about how she captured the 100+ spectacular images...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Art of Traditional Herbalism with Bonnie Kreckow
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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If you ever wondered about the healing and soothing powers of different plants, today you're in for a treat! We'll visit with a local Winonan about...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KVSC, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 34:38
  • Purchases: 3
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne - "Winter Projects"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Food Sleuth Radio, Jasia Steinmetz Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What’s the big deal about local food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn as she speaks with fellow dietitian Jasia Steinmetz, Ph.D., ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Mountain gorillas save researchers from militia gunfire
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Silverback Kabirizi, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas remain making them one the world's most endangered species. For more than 20 years people around the world have be...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
Food Sleuth Radio, Frances Moore Lappé Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews legendary food activist, author and humanitarian, Frances Moore Lappé. Ms. Lappé discusses ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
StoryCorps: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 3