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Seismic Airgun Testing
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
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100,000 times louder than a jet engine. Every 10 seconds. 7 days a week. For weeks and months. This is seismic air gun testing.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 11:54
Life of the Law #44 – Living With Wolves
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Bringing wolves back to the West has tested the legal system’s tolerance for restoring wild places ­­ Especially when humans live nearby. This year...

Bought by PRX Remix and KALW


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 16:25
  • Purchases: 2
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #88- The Broadcast Clock
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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What makes public radio tick.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 6
Volunteers hunt for moose bones on Isle Royale (Part 2)
From: Michigan Radio
Series: Lessons from Isle Royale's Wolves & Moose
Caption: Moosewatch volunteer Dave Beck holds up a marked antler. Team leader Jeff Holden looks on. They mark the antlers and hang them in a tree so others know the antler has been found and documented., Credit: Mark Brush
Wolves and moose are at the heart of the world’s longest running study of a predator and its prey. The drama unfolds on Isle Royale National Park ...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Watching the lives of wolves and moose unfold on Isle Royale (Part 1)
From: Michigan Radio
Caption: Rolf Peterson on Caribou Island, one of more than 450 smaller islands in the national park's archipelago., Credit: Mark Brush
Researchers have studied the wolves and moose on a remote island archipelago in Lake Superior for 54 years. These days, the wolves are in trouble.

Bought by Delta College Public Radio and WTIP


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
State Fireworks Ban Doesn't Stop Fireworks Sales
From: Colorado News Connection
Caption: PRX default Piece image
ARAPAHOE COUNTRY, Colo. - Tents and makeshift stores selling holidays goods have popped up throughout Colorado in the past few weeks leading up to ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:45
Hazard Alert Issued for Silica Exposure in Fracking
From: Wyoming News Service
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CASPER, Wyo. - A federal study of the use of silica in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil and gas fields found that workers are sometimes ov...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
Report: NC Sea Levels Rising Faster
From: North Carolina News Service
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CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. - Scientists say the waters are rising fast off the coast of North Carolina as a result of climate change. A new report publish...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Oil Shale Development: A Threat to CO Water?
From: Colorado News Connection
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DENVER - A group of Front Range water providers is worried that the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of potential water use by oil shale compa...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Dam Neighbors
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation
Lynn Smith moved to Maine in hopes of retiring in peace - but there was one thing she hadn't counted on.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 3
Fukushima
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A tsunami, a country, a power plant.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
A Mass Extinction of Species is Happening Now
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Scientists believe the earth is in the midst of the 6th mass extinction of species now, due to human-induced causes.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Active Voice Radio: Green Gone Wrong - How Our Economy Is Undermining the Enviornmental Revolution
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Green Gone Wrong cover
Are new methods to help the environment solutions or scams? Independent journalist and author Heather Rogers traveled the globe to get the scoop on...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
In Defense Of Mendocino County Tomorrow And Measure A
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 31:44
Corn Ethanol: Higher Food Prices
From: The Environment Report
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Corn ethanol is causing corn prices to go up. That will affect food bills.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
Corn Ethanol: More Water Pollution
From: The Environment Report
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Corn ethanol could mean more water pollution from farm fields.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
Humpback Whale Song
From: Heidi Chang
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Why do humpback whales sing? Some researchers are trying to solve that mystery as they take you on a wild adventure in Hawaii. Experience some cl...

Bought by PRX Remix, Here and Now, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, The Nature Podcast, KRCC-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 6
03 Fog Catchers in the Sky
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Chilean researchers devised a plan to capture water from the thick fog that rolled in daily from the sea.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1