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Death Valley Wilderness
From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!
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Imagine a landscape dressed in trees, dressed in grass, dressed in water. Now what if you could pull that all away? What would remain? In this show...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2015
  • Length: 27:18
Okeefenokee Wilderness
From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!
Caption: Okeefenokee canal, Credit: Hyde Post
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area is one of the largest preserved marsh lands in the United States.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2015
  • Length: 18:38
Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness
From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!
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A hand-drawn map on a dining room table in a Colorado home was the main reason the spectacular Maroon-Bells Snowmass Wilderness was one of the firs...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
US Coal Company Shipments Polluting Colombia's Coast
From: Jennifer Dunn
Caption: Fisherman Juan Armesto in front of Drummond's port, Credit: J Dunn
Santa Marta residents say Alabama-based coal company Drummond is trashing their water and air.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
Culture of Litigation
From: Zoe Sullivan
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In the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill, Vietnamese fisher folk on the Gulf Coast found themselves doubly affected. The disaster made it impossible fo...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 09:48
Narhwals: Everyone Loves a Whale With a Horn
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Pod of Narwhals (monodon monoceros) near Petermann glacier., Credit: Jason Box / Greenpeace
Arctic Ocean dwellers, narwhals are both exotic and popular. Though as every celebrity knows, and JP Davidson confirmed, being popular, isn't the s...

Bought by PRX Remix and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 2
Low Carbon Cows
From: Minnie Sagar
Caption: Fenwood Ranch, Credit: Minnie Sagar
This feature looks at the greening of Prather Ranch, a sustainable cattle hay and farming operation in Northern California. Through a partnership ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
Ring Them and Fling Them
From: Gerald Zahavi
Caption: Gordon Howard in conversation with a Blue Jay, Credit: Gerald Zahavi
A profile of two master bird banders (and their trainees) who converge every May on the Crown Point State Historic site along the shores of Lake Ch...

Bought by WRPI and WRPI


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 26:43
  • Purchases: 2
Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Culture of Conservation
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 21:19
The Living Fossil
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every drug we take is tested with crab blood. And it all started with a walk on a beach.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 3
Saving or Selling the Planet? REDD, Climate Change and Indigenous Lands
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Minnesota Crossroads series - Tower, Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Soudan Iron Formation - Banded Iron, Credit: Britt Aamodt
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 4
Namibia Road Trip
From: Jake Warga
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Come on a self-drive road-trip through Namibia and learn how tourism is helping to conserve wildlife, habitat, and culture. PRX exclusive, slated f...

Bought by KUOW, KUT, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America' , Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WZEN.org


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America', Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
When 'No' is Not an Option: Gas Boom Brings Problems to Surface Owners
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:05
Wells to Wheels: Can shale gas power cars?
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Making way for the Marcellus, Credit: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:57
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
Boston's River Man
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Dan Driscoll spent 20 years restoring abused and forgotten corridors along Boston’s Charles River, creating habitat for wildlife and access for peo...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 1
Documentary - Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future
From: The Environment Report
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Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
The Price of Rice
From: Outer Voices
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The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KUER, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX, WRPI, KQED and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 14
A Fresh Catch
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
The Mckenzie River Drift Boat
From: KLCC
Caption: McKenzie River Drift Boats
The piece tells the history of the rapid-running fishing boat that was designed and built along the shores of the Mckenzie River in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1