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Death of a Paddler
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Their "First Dance" was to the Country-Western song "Count on Me".
Those who sign on for white water rafting trips, fishing and hunting day trips are hoping to find a few hours or so of Great Abandon, an experience...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Eight Days a Week
From: Israel Story
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Arianna Skibell takes us to Battir, a pastoral village about three kilometers southwest of Jerusalem. Over the centuries, the serene landscape has ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Hardy and Patti Plyler, Credit: Charles McGuigan
this is the conclusion of The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Ocracoke Island, and how local fisherman saved their way of life.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 24:42
The Scotch Bonnet Republic, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: James Gaskil, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island is the Key West of the southeast. And where that notable Key claims the conch as its emblem, this remote island off North Carolina...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 27:26
Housing as a Human Right
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The great American housing crunch and what organizing can do about it. This week on The Laura Flanders Show, we discuss some of the challenges and ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Oil Spills and Moldy Paper
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 24:49
Episode 61: Tipping Point
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho paddled thousands of miles in a canoe from Minneapolis to the shores of the Hudson Bay. The journey tested their physi...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 21:10
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 60: The Source
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Manasseh Franklin wanted to make the melting of glaciers more real to people through her writing. So on an Alaskan rafting trip, she followed water...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 23:41
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 59: Vicious And Viral
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Travis Kauffman went for a trail run near his home in Colorado. But an unexpected run-in almost turned him into trail mix. Then the internet got in...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 58: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It’s spring! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are four stories.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 37:09
Episode 57: Forest Bathing
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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When she became a mom, Andrea Sarubbi Fereshteh went from full speed ahead to a full stop. But then she found a place that showed her stillness is ...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 16:31
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 56: The Shuidong Connection
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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In 2016, a team of undercover investigators infiltrated an international ivory-smuggling ring. It all began with a sea cucumber trader in Zanzibar.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 22:45
  • Purchases: 1
Cold Comfort | Earth Day Special
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: A boat floats off the coast of Shishmaref, Credit: Nick Mott
What is the Arctic? Who lives there? How are their lives changing as the climate warms? In this Earth Day Special, we take listeners on a three-par...

Bought by KUT, Wyoming Public Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 6
Cold Comfort | Promos | Earth Day Special
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: The sea wall, just like the coast, is gradually wearing away., Credit: Nick Mott
Promos for Threshold's one-hour Earth Day Special

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cold Comfort | Extra 2 | Blowing in the Wind: Aleksandersens Update
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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Remember the Sámi family from episode six? The Aleksandersens face threats to their reindeer herding from both climate change and climate change so...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 35:40
Will Turner The Real Ironman Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Will Turner, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Will Turner of Richmond, Virginia now holds the world record for the number of Ironman triathlons completed in a single calendar year—Sixty one. ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 27:16
Episode 54: A Life For Science
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Sergio Avila Villegas always loved big cats. But his faith in his scientific research was shaken when he discovered its true cost.

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 15:33
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 53: We're Thru-(Hike)
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Emily Pennington was super in love with her boyfriend. But a backpacking trip put that to the test.

Bought by KRZA, WGCU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 52: A Positive Experience!
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Monty Hudson wanted his daughter, Siena, to have a good time on her first backpacking trip. But things didn’t go according to plan.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 17:27
  • Purchases: 1
Will Turner: The Real Iron Man Part 1 (of two parts)
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Iron Man Will Turner in Grand Teton., Credit: Chris Defestano
Will Turner is the Real Iron Man. No special effects, no suit of armor, no comic book fiction. Will is the genuine article. He now holds the world ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 26:14
Episode 51: The Water At The Roof Of The World
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Wang Ping wanted to go to Tibet to bless the world. But to do that, she had to risk her own safety.

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:04
  • Purchases: 2
A New World Record: Will Turner The Real Iron Man
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Will Turner, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Will Turner is the Real Iron Man. No special effects, no suit of armor, no comic book fiction, He’s the genuine article. He now holds the world rec...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2018
  • Length: 15:04
Cold Comfort | Episode 13 | Try Harder
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Jim White is the director of INSTAAR (Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research) and a professor of geological sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder., Credit: Jim White
18 months of reporting. All eight Arctic countries. So many fascinating people. On the final episode of season two of Threshold, we pull back a lit...

Bought by KSKQ, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 50: Witness
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Gayle Woodsum finally found a safe place in the remote Rocky Mountains. But when an oil rig moved in, she wondered how safe it was after all.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 25:48
  • Purchases: 2
Cold Comfort | Episode 12 | Here Be Dragons
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Graduate student Ian MacDowell, undergrad Aidan Stansberry, and principal investigator Joel Harper at work on the Greenland ice sheet, Credit: Amy Martin
The Greenland ice sheet is basically a giant ice cube the size of Alaska. What happens when it melts? We spent five days camping out on the ice wit...

Bought by KSKQ, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 5

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