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In 2002, Juan Carlos Cancino, was riding his bike around town and found an entire city block of dilapidated greenhouses, near a hill in the Portola...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:44
Minnehaha Falls has been a popular tourist spot for politicians since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha” in 185...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 04:21
Something unusual happens about a half mile under the sea. Ocean physics create a special zone where sound travels for hundreds, even thousands of ...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, American Voices, Hark!, KFAI Minneapolis and more
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 11:11
- Purchases: 11
Even though the whole “green” theme fad is becoming obnoxious, we’re happy to say that it certainly seems like the “sustainability” trend is here t...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 07, 2014
- Length: 22:51
- Purchases: 1
The United States can claim as one of our most lofty inventions, the skyscraper. George A. Fuller’s solution for “load bearing capacities” lead to...
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 28:49
August in Atlanta is hot, so what better month to celebrate our sizzling passion for porches? As you’ll hear, this space and place are more comple...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 32:02
One of the attractions of living in the Bay Area is that you have the buzz and activity of towns located near impressive natural surroundings – eve...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 04:52
Nancy Kelly talks cause, effect, and how saving the Marin Headlands paved the way for Alice Waters.
- Added: May 30, 2013
- Length: 24:05
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. A...
- Added: Sep 15, 2012
- Length: 27:16
This feature looks at the history, production, and preservation of minerals, including gold and silver in the area around Washington DC and the lov...
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 06:07
The story of one man's quest to harness the power of the tide, and why now, nearly 100 years later, the quest continues.
Bought by SALTcast Podcast
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 11:23
- Purchases: 1
Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:38
Although Midwestern weather infamously wanes and waxes this time of year, sunny skies are just around the corner. Before long the clicking of bicy...
- Added: Mar 29, 2010
- Length: 02:48
- Added: Jul 29, 2009
- Length: 04:19
- Purchases: 2
For the second week of August (8/10): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a sharecropper's son who became an international country sta...
Bought by The Texan Radio Network
- Added: Sep 03, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
For the first week of May (5/5): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman traces the journey one musician made from the oil fields of West Texas, to the b...
Bought by The Texan Radio Network
- Added: May 01, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
For the last week of April (4/28): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the tale of a country music legend who began his career playing German an...
Bought by KCSM and The Texan Radio Network
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
A provocative essay contemplating rebuilding after the Calif. wildfires
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Jan 02, 2008
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
The National Park Service continues its battle to fight graffiti at Bandelier National Monument's centuries-old cliff dwellings
- Added: Dec 12, 2007
- Length: 08:40
Quest explores Hunters Point's dramatic military history -- and the task of preparing it for its next act.
- Added: Jun 19, 2007
- Length: 05:47
Quest radio takes a look at the largest wetlands restoration in the West - the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project.
- Added: Jun 14, 2007
- Length: 05:48
From Weekend America, a day on the river with one of southern Maryland's last working oystermen
Bought by The Nature Podcast
- Added: May 06, 2007
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Feb 06, 2006
- Length: 03:52
- Purchases: 1
Main feature is an interview with Jared Diamond, along with our regular segments on History in the News, and a reading from recollections from the ...
- Added: Dec 08, 2005
- Length: 29:02
