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2019-06-07 Mindful Travel
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Icebergs at Sunset, Greenland, Credit: Lee Narraway, Students on Ice 2017
We’ve all heard that hopping on a plane is one of the worst things we can do for the climate. So how do we justify the environmental costs of world...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Living Planet 05/03/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: All about greener transport around the world — from eco-motorbikes in Uganda to the cycle-mad city of Utrecht. And we talk...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, and WFIU


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Living Planet 03/22/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: With some people choosing not to fly and some trying to reduce emissions with carbon offsets, aviation is a hot topic among...

Bought by KMUN, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, and WFIU


  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Thoughts on Antarctica
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Ernest Shakelton British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, Credit: Public Domain Review
Antarctica, terra nullius--nobody's land, has long been a place apart, once explored only by intrepid and resourceful individuals willing to risk f...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 05:16
Spectrum 12/04/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: A hyperloop dream for Europe - Amsterdam to Barcelona in about an hour. Wouldn't it be great if Europe had its very ow...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Living Planet 11/23/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: we bring you stories of greener transport around the world, from eco-motorbikes in Uganda to the cycle-mad city of Utrecht,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KRZA, KMUN, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Nov 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Living Planet 10/19/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Our Changing Planet: when it comes to a world limit for global warming, 1.5 is the new 2 degrees. If temperatures continue to rise we may lose ou...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KMUN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
490-Mini Moons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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There are likely to be hundreds smaller than softball sized and perhaps several dozen football to beachball sized, natural Earth mini moons, which ...

Bought by KGLP, KENW, WLPR , WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
488-20 Years
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It has been 20 years since the world woke up to the news that a half mile diameter asteroid, 1997 XF11, discovered by Space Watch on Kitt Peak, had...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , WTIP, KRWG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
487-Touching The Sun
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Imagine a spacecraft traveling at a speed that would take it from New York to Tokyo in less than a minute, a mere 4 million miles from the surface ...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , WTIP, KKRN, KSFR and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
485-Last One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A huge Earth approaching asteroid is discovered right before the 2018 monsoon rains settled into the American Southwest. This weather imposed bre...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KRZA, WTIP, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Living Planet 08/03/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on Living Planet: how much is too much? Just how many visitors are too many? The Greek island of Santorini struggles with tourism number...

Bought by KMUN, KRZA, KUPR low power FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Water For The Birds
From: KXCI
Series: Southwestern Trails
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During our drought many animals are in need of reliable water supply. Attract birds to you with a simple water feature.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
Inside Africa Conservation, Yellowstone, Uganda and Return to Glow
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Cover of People of Yellowstone book, Credit: Steve Horan
Today on World Footprints we will examine some troubling realities of Western conservation efforts in Africa; we’ll connect with life in Italy; tak...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:55
284-Dark Trails
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After a meteor is no longer visible to the human eye it leaves a dark trail which can be followed by Doppler Weather RADAR. Researchers are using ...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
283-Micro-Astronomy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The history of our spot in the Universe is written in the composition of meteorites and other samples of materials we have obtained from space. Ev...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
265-Dancing with Earth
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid has become a third partner in the Earth-Moon dance.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
255-Earth Venus Express
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid makes frequent visits to near Earth and Venus.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Ken Ilgunas - 249
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ken Ilgunas talks about his adventures while hiking nearly 2,000 miles along the proposed route of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
251-Fresh Lunar Craters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
248-Incoming
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A close approaching asteroid was observed as it passed between the Earth and our Moon.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
246-Anatomy of an Extinction Crater
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By drilling into a crater rim, researchers hope to discover how the Earth and it's life forms recovered from an asteroid impact.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
240-Why
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What motivates asteroid hunters?

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
226-Cosmic Campground
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Take Care #31
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Hiking survival and contact lenses.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:00