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With the Hearts in the Ice expedition set to begin one month from now, World Ocean Radio is revisiting a special episode dedicated to the upcoming ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 04:28
Fayetteville Arkansas and Buffalo NY stopped requiring off-street parking and found that walkable shopping districts boost local business. Its some...
Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA
- Added: Feb 10, 2019
- Length: 27:59
- Purchases: 4
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to two women who are planning to embark on an unsupported exploration in the Arctic: 270 days...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
In the early morning hours of February 27, 2010, Martina Marturana felt a slight tremor that lasted a long time. The 12-year-old lived on Robinson...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: May 10, 2018
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Did you know that “hydroponic” growing methods have been a controversial topic among organic farmers? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Di...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Apr 27, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Gloria Ushigua and Aura Tegria, two legendary indigenous heroines of the Amazon rainforest, tell us about their activism to keep big oil and other ...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Fossil fuels are in favor again in Washington. New opportunities are opening to mine coal and drill for oil despite the fact that the costs for fos...
Bought by NPR Now
- Added: Sep 28, 2017
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Did you know that climate change is both a political and a “moral” issue? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn,...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
(with a new book by Greenpeace Captain Peter Wilcox)
Summertime again, and what better time to pack a few books and head to the beach? In this epi...
- Added: Jul 19, 2016
- Length: 04:33
Fourth in a four-part series on authors who write about the ocean and the natural world.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 05:12
In the third of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in the ocean and the natural world, host Peter Neill reads from essayist...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
Biologist Sean B Carroll talks to Craig Barfoot about his latest book, The Serengeti Rules. We find out how wolves can change the physical shape of...
- Added: May 03, 2016
- Length: 07:21
Architect Sarah Susanka observed that houses in the U.S. were getting larger – but some rooms were seldom occupied, and often not even furnished. S...
Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WYAP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, KVSC and more
- Added: Jan 19, 2016
- Length: 28:42
- Purchases: 9
Millions of beautiful monarch butterflies have vanished along with the
milkweed plant, which they need to breed and feed. Plus: Birds in cities ar...
- Added: Mar 13, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 7
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 14:26
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 05:23
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 23:53
To what degree are we born a blank slate, and how much are we a result of our influence by our environment? Consensus: Nature or nurture is the wr...
- Added: Sep 27, 2013
- Length: 07:20
"Citizen Science" is a relatively new term used to describe non-specialist research carried out by pioneering teams of private individuals, foundat...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 05:04
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 05:06
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss Blue Mind 3 and the conference topic of empathy. He will describe the work of o...
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 05:29
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 05:13
The American dream wouldn’t be complete without a picture perfect lawn. Lawn chemical companies want you to think their products are safe when used...
- Added: Mar 24, 2013
- Length: 28:00
On recent assignment for WoodenBoat Magazine, host Peter Neill visited Istanbul, Turkey to explore the maritime heritage of this ancient city and t...
- Added: Oct 29, 2012
- Length: 06:22
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, he'll discuss all manner of things that float: from the natural to the man-made, from the obvious modes of tr...
- Added: Sep 09, 2012
- Length: 05:17
