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Poisonous Legacies
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:38
episode 6: glacier thread
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 23:22
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 5 - The Return of Salmon (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: Shasta-Trinity National Forest, CA—The granddaughter of Chief Caleen Sisk holds salmon eggs before dropping them into an incubator (the blue barrel) where they will hatch and juvenile salmon will swim out into the McCloud River. July 11, 2022. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - The Return of Salmon. A War Dance held on top of Shasta Dam brought about a surprising discovery: the Winnemem Wintu's fish s...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 4 - Speaking for Salmon (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: McCloud, CA — A Winnemem Wintu man dances in ceremony for the salmon. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - Speaking for Salmon. At a sacred spring high up on Mt. Shasta, the Winnemem Wintu recount the beginnings of the world when sa...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 3 - A Habitat Destroyed (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
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A Prayer for Salmon - A Habitat Destroyed. The Winnemem Wintu and supporters start a two-week Run4Salmon prayer to call salmon back to the waters a...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KALW, KVCR and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 2 - It's Illegal (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: "Shasta Reservoir, CA — Chief Caleen Sisk on the shoreline near where she says a Winnemem Wintu village site was flooded out by Shasta Dam. October 30, 2018. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - It's Illegal. We go to Shasta Dam and learn about the history behind its construction in the late 1930s and early 1940s. We h...

Bought by KKRN, KGLP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVCR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
A Prayer for Salmon: Documentary Special Part 1 - A Protest at Shasta Dam (NPR Clock)
From: Judy Silber
Series: The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer for Salmon
Caption: Shasta Lake, CA — The Winnemem Wintu and allies protest the lack of information about the harm caused by Shasta Dam. September 25, 2019. , Credit: Tom Levy/The Spiritual Edge
A Prayer for Salmon - A Protest at Shasta Dam. In a peaceful protest, the Winnemem Wintu call out the U.S. government for its refusal to acknowledg...

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Episode 2: Into the Field
From: David Levin
Series: Deep Soundings: Stories from the Ocean Floor
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In this episode, go into the field with a team of scientists working to map the coastal seafloor in detail—and learn how their technologies could r...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:11
Sound Ecology: Diablotin (Black-capped petrel)
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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A rare little seabird nests in the rugged mountains between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Time to 1.5 | 6 | Extreme Home Makeover: Threshold Edition
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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A lot of the changes needed to keep global heating below 1.5 degrees have to occur at a huge, international level. But nearly a fifth of carbon emi...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:24:16
  • Purchases: 1
Time to 1.5 | 4 | The Stakes
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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This is Threshold Season 4: “Time to 1.5.” In this episode, we look at what climate chaos could do to our ability to meet our basic needs and live ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 54:40
  • Purchases: 1
Time to 1.5 | 3 | Coalbrookdale
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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In this episode, we explore the mass acceleration of nearly every process on earth that began in Britain in the 1700s during the Industrial Revolut...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 48:25
  • Purchases: 1
Series Launching on September 30th - California Burning 30s Promo
From: North State Public Radio
Series: California Burning
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Generic 30 second promo for the 5 part series - California Burning

Bought by KCBX, KALW, KUSU, KSQD Santa Cruz, KWMR and more


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Listening to the Arctic
From: Richard Paul
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When you hear those statistics that tell you the oceans are warming and you wonder where those numbers come from, this is where: From scientists me...

Bought by KMXT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUOW, KUT, WAMU and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Smackdown: City Hall vs Big Oil
From: Claire Schoen
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Richmond California is a working class town that grew up in the shadow of a Chevron refinery. The company ran both the economy – and the local gove...

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  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Dolphins St. Augustine, FL 2018
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Dolphins at Porpoise Point, St. Augustine, FL. Early evening, 4:12 pm, sunny & windy. A pod of 3 dolphins with an occasional loner in the distance,...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 41:35
Sound Ecology: Harbor Seals
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Divers chronicle Great Lakes shipwreck that left 32 dead
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Admiral shipwreck, Credit: Marc Duncan
There’s more than just fish and sand in the Great Lakes – there are thousands of ships, airplanes, and other vehicles under the water. A story on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 8
Sound Ecology: Arcata Marsh
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the city of Arcata's Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary that also functions as an innovative wastewater treatment facility.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Warblers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the springtime arrival of orange-crowned and wilson's warblers in northwestern California. For air during ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Allen's Hummingbird
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the amazing migration of Allen's Hummingbirds along the pacific flyway. Best aired late winter through spring and su...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Thunder Storm in St. Augustine
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
Caption: field recording
Thunder storm early evening hours. St Augustine, FL. Original clip with no effects, no alterations. Stereo mic/track. No Effects: No EQ.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 09:55
Footsteps #2 Winter NYC
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Walking on packed snow, on a city sidewalk in January 2017. Cold: 19 degrees: Prospect Ave & Terrace PL: Brooklyn, NY. Early evening...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :48