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Season 1, Episode 27 - 'Roots of Permaculture' feat David Holmgren
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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One of the two founders of Permaculture speaks with us about a more sustainable future.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC, KVNF, and WOJB


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 57:26
  • Purchases: 3
AMOS 24-66: Root Rot, 4/2/2024
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Root Rot

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 23-212: The Palo Verde, It's Easy Being Green, 10/24/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Palo Verde, It's Easy Being Green

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
243: Got Dirt? Get Soil! Ditch the Plow, Cover Up and Grow Diversity, 7/26/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
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The profit-hungry agribusiness empire of the 20th century institutionalized farming practices that continue to degrade soils across the U.S. and gl...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
AMOS 23-146: Monocarpic Plants, 7/24/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Monocarpic Plants

  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 23.69: Flowers Choose the Best Pollinators, 4/6/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Flowers Choose the Best Pollinators

  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 23.48: Leafhoppers Like Global Warming, 3/8/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Leafhoppers Like Global Warming

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 22.251: The Amazing Walking Sticks, 12/19/2022
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Amazing Walking Sticks

  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
Dancing on Rocky Slopes
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I thought you’d like to see the fraction of the Galiuro Mountains (Galuros!)

  • Added: Nov 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
AMOS 22.227: Hummingbirds, Altitude, and Global Climate Change, 11/15/2022
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Hummingbirds, Altitude, and Global Climate Change

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 22.220: Pollen Delivery: How Plants Make Sure Their Pollen Gets to the Right Place, 11/4/2022
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Pollen Delivery: How Plants Make Sure Their Pollen Gets to the Right Place

  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 21.157: Can Plants Learn?, 8/9/2021
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Can Plants Learn?

  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 19.036: How Lavender Relaxes Us, 2/19/2019
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
How Lavender Relaxes Us

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.241: Discovered on Facebook: The Magnificent Sundew, 12/3/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Discovered on Facebook: The Magnificent Sundew

  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.234: The Hair of the Caterpillar, 11/22/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Hair of the Caterpillar

  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Skunk vs. Skunk
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A listener wants to know if skunks are repelled by their own smell.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, WMMT, WTIP, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
AMOS 18.207: Plants Listen to the Relatives, 10/16/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Plants Listen to the Relatives

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.206: The Butterwort: Ruthless Carnivore of the Plant World, 10/15/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Butterwort: Ruthless Carnivore of the Plant World

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Fish-Eating Praying Mantises
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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A giant insect gobbles up guppies – and other small animals.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, Spokane Public Radio, KENW, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 5
Songbird Culture
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
Caption: Swamp Sparrow, Credit: Robert Lachlan
How a small songbird’s cultural traditions persist for more than a thousand years.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, Spokane Public Radio, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 6
Geese vs. Hunters
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Geese are holing up in the big city during the winter to avoid hunters.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WMMT, WTIP, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Ancient Hawaiian Farmers Offer Lessons in Sustainability
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Limahuli Garden and Preserve is set in a verdant tropical valley on the north shore of the Hawaiian Island of Kaua`i, Credit: Courtesy National Tropical Botanical Garden
Explore Limahuli Garden and Preserve on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where scientists believe the legacy of ancient Hawaiian farmers can show the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
Shape-Shifting Frog
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The skin of a newly discovered frog species transitions from spiny to smooth in a matter of minutes depending on its background.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dead Ants & Wasp Nests
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: (A) Overview of a nest. Individual brood cells are separated by thin walls of soil material. (B) The nest is closed by a vestibular cell filled with dead ants. (C) Contents of a vestibular cell. (D) Female bone-house wasp. , Credit: Merten Ehmig (A, B), Michael Staab (C, D).
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
99% Invisible #81- Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The steal skeleton underneath the all the concrete structures that you work in, drive over, and walk under…

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17