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Constant Wonder - The Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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The abyss of the deep sea is anything but lifeless!

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Constant Wonder - Where Is Hope? Towns Rebuild Their "Lifescapes" After Disaster Strikes
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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After the Camp Fire consumed the town of Paradise, CA, the high school football team played a special role in bringing the town back to life.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
GN_1.01_Forest Man
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 1
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
In 1979, a sixteen year old boy starts planting trees to save his island, and it works.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 74: Catastrophe
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1993, more than 1,000 levees broke along the Mississippi River, flooding thousands of acres. In most cases the floods were seen as an “Act of Go...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 30:08
  • Purchases: 1
399-Moons of Florence
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years has two moons.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
346-Arctic Ice
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The polar ice caps are the smallest in recorded history.

Bought by KENW, KTRT RADIO INC, KKRN, KUPR low power FM, and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
344-Gnats
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Small asteroids swarm about the Earth in its orbit around the Sun like gnats around an outdoor light in the summer time.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry:In the First Place, Why Would A Corporation Let a Veteran Legislator/Franchiser have Huge Debt?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: I'll Scratch Your Back Later..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about right and wrong in sixty seconds about pressing matters of the day. Because the Maine legislatu...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:15
342-That's Close
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid, which could pass under a basketball hoop, missed the Earth by about 9,000 miles.

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KKRN, and KRWG


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
RDD: The Lake and the Doctor (part 2)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:06
Illegal dumping plagues Great Lakes and other waters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Caribbean Princess
two cut-and-copies on illegal dumping, taken from a Here & Now interview with Great Lakes Today editor Dave Rosenthal

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: :21
  • Purchases: 2
Mini-tsunamis a hazard in the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lake Michigan, which has the most mini-tsunamis in the Great Lakes, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Mini-tsunamis caused by thunderstorms happen more than 100 times annually in the Great Lakes, according to a new study led by researchers at the Un...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WKSU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WBFO and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 6
The man who turned off Niagara Falls
From: Great Lakes Today
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In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers shut off the American side of Niagara Falls to study erosion. We interview the man who led that team.

Bought by KUSU, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
299-Sporadic Geysers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted geysers erupting from Jupiter's Moon Europa.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, WMUK, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 9
StoryCorps: Daniel Ross
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 4
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
Swimming Upstream: A special one-hour documentary
From: Michigan Radio
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We think of the Great Lakes today as a great place to play on the beach, to swim, to go fishing. But those huge, beautiful lakes are changing. The ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Hate
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Is it in your community?

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 07:53