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Is it worth it to buy environmentally-friendly feminine hygiene products?
From: Possibly
Caption: Period products!, Credit: Fatima Husain
If you flip through magazines or social media today, you might come across advertisements for environmentally-friendly feminine hygiene products. W...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Should I grill with gas or charcoal?
From: Possibly
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If you're choosing between charcoal and gas, choose gas. Grilling with charcoal for an hour produces three times the emissions of grilling with gas...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
What's the most energy-efficient way to heat your home?
From: Possibly
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First make sure your home is well insulated. Then, swap out your furnace or boiler for a device known as a heat pump. Heat pumps run on electricity...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
What Creates More Greenhouse Emissions - Flying Or Driving?
From: Possibly
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In general, if you're traveling alone, driving creates two times the emissions of flying in a plane. Driving with just two people in the car makes ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Is It Possible To Convert Your Gas Car Into An Electric Car?
From: Possibly
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Technically yes. There are some car hobbyists who have done this, but there's no streamlined approach to converting your car. The process would be ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
Is Air Drying Your Clothes Worth It?
From: Possibly
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Dryers do use a lot of energy. If you were to rank your household appliances by how much energy they use, your dryer would probably come in 3rd, ri...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Can we turn methane leaks into a climate solution?
From: Possibly
Caption: Anaerobic digester
It turns out, there's a way to capture methane before it leaks into the atmosphere. In the case of a landfill, you can cover the surface and then i...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
What is methane and how does it relate to climate change?
From: Possibly
Caption: Gas furnace
Methane is a gas that’s created when something organic decomposes in a location that doesn’t have oxygen. The largest human-caused source of metha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 2
Does global warming cause extreme weather?
From: Possibly
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Yes. Global warming increases the intensity of our weather because it causes temperatures to rise, which leads to more water evaporation. When thos...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
Slow Flower Movement Changing the Floral Industry
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
Caption: Rosalie and Katie Loading up Flowers for Their Wedding, Credit: renee wilde
In 1991, President George Herbert Walker Bush was looking for ways to stem the illegal drug trade in Colombia, by giving more incentives for legal ...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:55
Ears Underwater
From: Bethel Habte
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A research team at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is using underwater recorders to track the life, and increasingly, the DEATH, of coral ...

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4
Buds on the Tracks: Prehistoric Plants Thrive in D.C.'s Subway
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: J.B. Gaskill of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:02
Around The World With RadioActive
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
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RadioActive is back with a monthly podcast! This month, hosts Tatevik Aprikyan and Kendrick Bradley take us from Seattle to Japan. Kamna Shastri re...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 19:07
  • Purchases: 1
Building the geologic history of Game of Thrones
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Ever wonder what Westeros looked like long before the Starks, Baratheons, Lannisters, or Targaryens roamed its surface? How far back can we really ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
How to See Glass
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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After 20 years of hunting sea glass, Bill and Helen Carney have collected and cataloged 200,000 pieces. But their obsession takes on new meaning as...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 5
Aquarium Disasters
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Jaymee and her fish tank, Credit: Alex Johnson, Destination DIY
Destination DIY producer Jaymee Cuti shares some stories of home aquariums gone wrong.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Tiny Houses
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Karin Parramore's tiny house, Credit: Califia Suntree
Destination DIY producer Califia Suntree spoke to two women who built their own tiny houses about living a minimalist lifestyle. The houses are bot...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 2
Backpacks... for Dragonflies?
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Dragonfly wearing a "telemetry backpack"
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Wetlands
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
We’re back with another installment of our “Summer Dispatches” series, this time starring Field Trip Correspondent Nicole Jones as she figures out ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Latitude News Podcast #2 - Two Nations, Under Cod
From: Latitude News
Caption: You bet this story is about fish.
American cod fishermen are broke. Norwegian cod fishermen make $100,000/year. What's up with that?

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 2
Earthquakes don't kill people — bad buildings do
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, Credit: Dowser.org
Engineer and brickmason Dr. Elizabeth Hausler saves lives by making houses more earthquake resistant for little or no extra money. It just requires...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 18:40
  • Purchases: 1
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
Cougar
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mainers see cougars all the time. Here's the problem: There are no cougars in Maine.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 3
Trap happy
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:42