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As 2013 approaches, we look at some of the important issues we've covered in 2012: from domestic workers struggling for respect, to the consequence...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Pinhole camera/hot dog stand, Provincetown, MA, Credit: Marnie Crawford Samuelson
When Provincetown artist Marian Roth learns that a seaside hot dog stand is about to be razed because of coastal erosion, she sees the chance to tu...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
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Every thing deserves a second chance

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
Caption: Monterey Bay Recreational Trail
The untold story of the how the Coastal Commission took on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Monterey to prevent the sale of their abandoned railroa...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:14
Caption: Crystal Cove in the good old days
Saving Crystal Cove - The story of Laura Davick, an accidental activist, who used the California Coastal Act to save the historic 1930's cottages i...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 21:58
Caption: James Redford, San Francisco, CA  10/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
James Redford talks changing paradigms, educating for the future, and why being good to the environment is a win-win situation.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 22:12
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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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
Caption: Romero has worked with many international artists and organizations to bring awareness and knowledge about climate change, Credit: Project Protect, Native Children's Survival and Eagle Thunder Entertainment
Students from Roots and Wings Community School in Lama, NM interviewed World Recording Artist Robby Romero regarding his work and art in the strugg...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 27:13
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Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Atina Diffley, author of "Turn Here Sweet Corn:...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Steve Almond
Author Steve Almond is an astute observer of American topics as disparate as candy, rock & roll and politics. This week on Sea Change Radio, in the...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:56
Caption: Clement Cid
Aside from some aesthetic advances and rudimentary low-flow innovations, the modern flush toilet basically has not evolved since its prototype firs...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Crowned Eagle-Rosey, Credit: Elleni Stephanou
Simon Thomsetts Crowned Eagle - Rosey, a 38 year old male, went completely blind due to catarax in both of his eyes. After a successful eye surgery...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
Caption: Damnersaduak Floating Market, Bangkok, Thailand
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
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will herald Ocean Champions (oceanchampions.org), the only organization in the United States...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
Caption: James Redford
Named for the rich red dirt that once colored its rushing waters, the Colorado River has been dammed, diverted and drained to a trickle of its form...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: Beth Terry
The average American generates between 88 and 120 pounds of plastic waste per year. Imagine what it would mean for you to cut that down almost enti...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: Mishak with one of his babies, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Mishak Nzimbi, of the Kamba tribe, is unique. He loves elephants. He has been an elephant keeper since he was 16 years old. He works at the David S...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 22:45
Caption: Fisherfolk using traditional fishing method, Batangas, Philippines., Credit: Peri Paleracio | Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest ways in which we might move beyond Rio+20 and will invite us to mobilize as CIT...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:02
Caption: George Taylor
If you sit at the edge of Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and watch as waves ferociously slap the sands, you can’t help but recognize the awesome power o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
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For the UN Rio+20 Conference in June, ocean leaders published a declaration intended to inform delegates and to advocate for ocean issues to be inc...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:27