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Summers of Discontent
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Summer Fruits in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy
As the Indian heat descends on Kolkata, Sandip considers how our perceptions about the rituals of summer have changed.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
Look For The Helpers - Part 1
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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In the first part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess talks with Adam Browning of Forum Mobility about the future of heavy-duty e...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Can we get rid of driftnets?
From: Possibly
Caption: Sea turtle caught in a ghost net
Driftnets are fishing nets that have largely fallen out of fashion because they can accidentally catch other marine life. But it's still legal to u...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Dead of Winter
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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The Polar Vortex has subsided, but despite warmer temperatures, it’s still the dead of winter. This week, we take you through dormant grapevines i...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:57
Dispatch #306 - Gun Island
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Amitav Ghosh’s newest novel Gun Island is a story about both two of his great themes - migration and climate.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
The World in a Wine Glass
From: Heritage Radio Network
Series: Meat + Three
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Wind your way through the world’s markets, both physical and financial, to find out how they’re changing. This week on Meat + Three, we explore glo...

Bought by KGUA


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
Hot lava salt
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip Roy in Hawai'i
Hot lava™. This is a smoky, spicy, garlic salt. But now when I look at my Hot Lava garlic salt I feel a pang.

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Where does the buck stop?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was convicted of killing a protected deer, but with the rich and the powerful it’s hard to tell where the buck real...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Tiger spotting
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A jungle cat (aka not a Tiger), Credit: Sandip Roy
What's in a tiger sighting? For some it's more important than anything else.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Antarctica
From: Hold That Thought
Series: People, Places, and Ideas to Explore
Caption: Doug Wiens in Antarctica
Prof. Doug Wiens describes his explorations of Antarctica. Wiens uses seismographs to study the physics behind ice movement and examine questions a...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 12:26
Chestnuts Return to America
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Chestnuts in chestnut burrs, Credit: Guy Hand
After a blight killed most of America's chestnut trees back in the 1930s and 40s, a new industry has sprouted up using new varieties of blight-resi...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
Quince: A Path to the Past
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Quince, Credit: Guy Hand
Modern science acknowledges the unique power of taste and aroma to teleport us back in time. It’s simply the way our brains are wired. For Boisean ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KLCC, KUOW and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 7
Palouse Wheat Farmers Go Against the Grain
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Wheat fields in the Palouse region of North Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
The wheat industry traditionally focuses on international markets, but a group of Northwest wheat farmers are trying something new: growing and mil...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KISU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
Fun with Foraging: Finding food in the mountains of Idaho
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Foraged foods from the mountains of Idaho, Credit: Guy Hand
Foraging fell out of favor a few thousand years ago—thanks to that invention called agriculture—but not everybody abandoned the impulse to forage. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KISU


  • Added: Jun 25, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Vanishing Ice - Getting to the Core of Climate Change
From: SQRadio
Caption: Melting Away, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Glaciers around the world are melting at an unprecedented rate and glacier shrinkage is evidence of climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thomp...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2011
  • Length: 30:02
The Gospel of Spring Greens
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Tim Sommer of Purple Sage Farms, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at the varied world of spring greens.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KISU


  • Added: May 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Small-scale ranchers try to make beef better
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
Caption: Glenn Elzinga and daughters, Credit: Guy Hand
Last week I talked to author Mark Schatzker about his book Steak. In it, he tries to find the world’s best tasting beef. Schatzker discovers that t...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Market & Garden Report: Holiday Market
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
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The late-season farmers' market.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:40
Market & Garden Report: Cheese
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
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America is in the midst of a cheese making renaissance — including Idaho.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Market & Garden Report: Beignets
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Mary Rohlfing with a basket of fresh beignets, Credit: Guy Hand
A look at one of the "value-added" products available at farmers' markets.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
Market & Garden Report: Why We Garden
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
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In 2009, 7 million new American families began gardening. But why?

Bought by KSKA


  • Added: Sep 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
Preserving the Harvest
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Roasted peppers are perfect specimens for freezing, Credit: Guy Hand
Some tips on preserving a garden's fall bounty.

Bought by KLCC and KISU


  • Added: Sep 12, 2010
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Market & Garden Report: Agricultural Innovation
From: Guy Hand
Series: The Market & Garden Report
Caption: Lee Rice at Boise's Capital City Public Market, Credit: Guy Hand
Farmers’ markets are not only gathering places offering fresh food. They’re also testing grounds for new and unusual products.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Public Transportation
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A generational discussion on the issues revolving around public trasportation

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 56:00