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335-DART
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Testing a way to deflecting an incoming asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth.

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
333-Whoppers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large dangerous asteroids are out there for asteroid hunters to find.

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, KENW, Radio Newark, KUPR low power FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Photographer reveals "ghosts" of Lake Erie
From: Great Lakes Today
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Lakes are often portrayed as calm and serene environments, but Dave Sanford knows better. The Canadian photographer uses his pictures to reveal a m...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 5
314-Our Number
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The extremely unlikely scenario of an impactor with our number on it.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Where Humans and Animals Meet (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-A new solution is being tested against birds getting stuck in airplane engines or picking a farm field clean. -A nature-inspired design for invent...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', KEDT, WMUU-LP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 8
Blue Water Cowboys
From: Outer Voices
Caption: Pulling up the Dinghy, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
“Blue Water” sailing is the kind where there’s no land to be seen, hopefully for days or weeks on end, and there’s a rare group of people who contr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:39
  • Purchases: 1
Conference of the Parties part 2
From: Generation Justice Admin
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At the 21st annual "Conference of the Parties" or COP summit, representatives from U.N countries gathered to reach accord on what to do about globa...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 10:09
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In the late nineteenth century, American cities were home to more cyclists than anywhere else in the world. -An animator talks about working on S...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KEDT, KRDP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Wayne Pacelle and the Humane Society: Protecting and Preventing Animals from Harm
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Wayne Pacelle of The Humane Society of the United States on leading animal advocacy efforts and combatting la...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2016
  • Length: 45:54
Jonathan Katz, author of "The Big Truck That Went By"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Katz about his book, "The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster."

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 30:56
Pierre Ferrari and Heifer International: Helping Families Achieve Self-Reliance
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate podcast with Pierre Ferrari, president and CEO of Heifer International, on bringing sustainable agriculture and commerce to ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 47:20
Storks & Junk Food
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Storks in Europe are forgoing migration to Africa because of the ready availability of human food from landfills.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Origin of the name Greenpeace.
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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We hear who really came up with the name Greenpeace and why.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:09
Ep.05: Trekking to the North Pole & The World's Fridge
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Trekking to the North Pole, the World's Fridge

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
World Champion Dragonflies
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: The body and wings of the dragonfly Pantala flavescens have evolved in a way that lets the insect glide extraordinary distances on weather currents The body and wings of the dragonfly Pantala flavescens have evolved in a way that lets the insect glide ext, Credit: Greg Lasley
One species of dragonfly traverses vast oceans to breed.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Methane Leak Lessons
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The massive methane leak in California’s Aliso canyon highlights the global side effects of the fossil fuel industry on the atmosphere.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, WEZU, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Insects vs. Birds
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The loud noise of insects causes some birds to delay the onset of their song in the morning.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, WEZU, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 4
Killer Fashion
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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The second largest polluting industry in the world is the one that may have made the clothes on your back. Katia Hauser interviewed Sheryl Marcus, ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 2
Ashoka Fellow James Thornton, ClientEarth, Environmental Advocacy for the Planet
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Managing Editor Robert Rimm hosts a dialogue with Ashoka Fellow James Thornton, Founder and CEO of ClientEarth, an organization of legal experts pu...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 55:11
Episode 5: Life In The Antarctic
From: Willow Belden
Series: Out There
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A scientist recounts the harrowing quest for life beneath the ice

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 25:11
Elizabeth Kolbert and "The Sixth Extinction"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Kolbert discusses the powerful and possibly catastrophic mass extinction unfolding right in front of us. Her book won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for N...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:01
Wolves & Monkeys
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: An Ethiopian wolf among a herd of grazing gelada monkeys., Credit: © Jeff Kerby
An unusual relationship has formed between Ethiopian wolves and gelada baboons.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Robert Sterner, director of the Large Lakes Observatory, on why large lakes are so important
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Just five lakes contain more than half of the Earth's liquid surface fresh water. Dr. Robert Sterner, director of the Large Lakes Observatory (LLO)...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 17:37
Birds of a Feather
From: Israel Story
Caption: "Yoram" aiming at one of his soon-to-be crow victims.
Every summer tourists flock to the beautiful beaches of Eilat, Israel. But in the past thirty years, a new kind of tourist has made its way down so...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:49
  • Purchases: 2