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Prospect Park Interview #1
From: miranda loud
Series: Park Dreams
Caption: Park Dreams Logo, Credit: Miranda Loud
Miranda Loud interviews painter Gary Dunn on the edge of Brooklyn's Prospect Park - asking him to share his ideas about the role public parks play ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
Will's Tiny House
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Will Hesch of Winona Minnesota built a tiny house in an effort to reduce his carbon footprint. Today we will learn how Will accomplished his task, ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 16:37
Where in the World is Don Gamble?
From: peter stock
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In the late 1990s, crack environmental consultant Don Gamble checked out of his comfortable east coast professional life...and disappeared. Ten yea...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 21:42
  • Purchases: 1
Doomed Island
From: peter stock
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The heart-wrenching true tale of a South Pacific island paradise that commits ecological suicide.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT


  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 23:02
  • Purchases: 2
Selling Carbon Credits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't pollute, you can sell your clean-air credit to those who do.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:08
The Case for Wind and Solar Power
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some of us have built our own units. You can too!

  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:42
The Little Guy
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Read Mark Twain's English translation of The Jumping Frog

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
Dump start
From: Matt Larson
Caption: Bench Curl, Credit: Scott Oliver
We explore the San Francisco Dump and discover what working artists, a falconer, and school children already know: trash can be just the beginning.

Bought by KVMR, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 14:21
  • Purchases: 3
These Buildings Have Feelings
From: Hannah Krakauer
Caption: Bellingham Granary, Credit: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
An in-depth exploration of the waterfront development in Bellingham, WA.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
Greensburg, KS: To the Stars through Difficulties
From: Al Letson
Series: State of the Re:Union: Season One
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One night in May of 2007, a tornado wiped Greensburg, Kansas, off the map. The town's residents have decided to not only resurrect the town, but to...

Bought by KUER, WRKF, KACU, KTSW 89.9, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 29
A Use For Doggie Do
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Great advances have been made in urban agriculture

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:17
Soil Scientists Overlook Keg Party
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Refuse from keg party not found in sediment of lake

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
Keeper of the Mountains - an evening with Larry Gibson
From: Christopher Weller
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Chris Weller, host of Fret Knot Radio Hour, spends an evening with Larry Gibson in his cabin on Kayford Mountain in the heart of coal country. Gibs...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 32:46
Fret Knot Radio Hour - Episode One
From: Christopher Weller
Caption: Fret Knot Radio Hour logo, Credit: Chris Weller
The debut episode of Fret Knot Radio Hour - an audio exploration of folk culture and sustainable lifestyle - featuring the stories "I Love Mountain...

Bought by WVTF


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 01:01:13
  • Purchases: 1
Recycling in St. George, Maine
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
St. George epitomizes the social experience they call recycling

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #2 Bunny and Boe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Holy cow they ordered another show. Our first adventure: let's learn about gardening in the desert! Very different. Our friends Meanie the Clown an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Green Compass: “Exploring the road to a better Pittsburgh – Where we are and where we are going.”
From: Larry Berger
Series: The Green Compass
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21 college bound students created these 11 radio pieces covering a range of enviornmental issues as The Heinz Endowments Summer Internship program ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 38:37
The Case For Solar Power
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In the next 10 years your electricity bill will at least double

  • Added: Jun 03, 2009
  • Length: 01:47
A Weather Report From Maine
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In Maine it is either too hot or too cold to put on or take off storm windows.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
Fly Fishing in Montana
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
Caption: Me in Montana
An ancient pastime explored in the lives, lore and literature of anglers.

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, KSUT, XRAY.fm, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2009
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 12
Hike to George
From: Brad Horn
Caption: Backcountry Ranger George Durkee
The story of a hike to interview Backcountry Ranger George Durkee about his life in the middle of a national park.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, The Nature Podcast, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 3
Evolution is Fairly Rapid Nowadays
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Before 500 million years ago, species appeared and stayed. Since then, however, evolution has been fairly rapid. Most species now last no more th...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: :47
Getting the News
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
With the demise of stores, post offices and garages, where do rural people now congregate to exchange the news?

  • Added: Jan 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:47
Energy Efficient Refrigerator
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can save on electricity if you never open the door

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Recycled Yacht Trash
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Trash left in Maine by New Jersey visitors might be brought back to New Jersey

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1

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