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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
Credibility in African-American Blues Musician: Who's Believed, Who is Not
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: I'd have Sonny Boy Williamson testify and sing 'Bye Bye Bird', Credit: youtube.com/watch?v=YSdwhnsV4Go
Maine's Legislature will vote on Open-Pit Mining soon but whose testimony about environmental contamination will be believed and who will speak th...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 06:34
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
HumaNature: One Hour Special #4
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: stories of animal encounters. A scientist risks his reputation to pursue Bigfoot; pigeons save t...

Bought by Raven Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Love of Place, A Documentary
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we bring you our coverage of Frozen River Film Festival, 2017. Bill Wolverton is the main subject of the film, "Love o...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:42
Sonnet for the US Ducks Independently Verified to Have been Neither Forcefed for Foie-Gras Production Nor Plucked of Their Feathers and Down During Their Lifetime
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
A United States outdoor clothing store sells coats, labelled to assure us that the down is from US Ducks Independently Verified to Have been Neith...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:17
Episode 17: The Ents Of Melbourne
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Melbourne, Australia wanted its residents to help keep an eye on its trees. So they gave every tree an email address. But then the trees started to...

Bought by KUER, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 15:20
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 16: Amy And The Animals
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It was November 9, 2016. Amy was worried about the new political landscape. But some unusual encounters at work gave her fresh perspective.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KUER, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 11:36
  • Purchases: 3
The Death Machine
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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When Ryan and Sinehan Lessard first started dating, they discovered they have something strange in common: after they die, they both want to “becom...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 31:12
The Early Birder Gets The Bird
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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In 2013, Neil Hayward was depressed. He had just left the biotech company he helped start, and he was getting over the end of a very serious relati...

Bought by XRAY.fm and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 13:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Accidental History of Solar Power
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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If you’re even the least bit interested in solar power, you’ve probably come across an obscure, hard-to-parse, seemingly conflict-free term: net me...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 39:36
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Cheer For Me Argentina
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Sam won’t tell you this, but he’s a really great athlete. He has another secret, too. There’s this photo of him leading a ski race, and it’s plaste...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 17:19
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: One Hour Special #3
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man walks from Mexico to the tip of South America with his best friend, a donkey; a man crosse...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KUT, KSUT and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Season 2 Ep. 5: Ties That Bind
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains is a source of pride and peace; for his mom and dad it is a source of constant worry...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 14: It’s All Downwind From Here
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Sophie May grew up in Alaska, spending lots of time outside. But when it came time to explore the wilderness as an adult, she found out she had mor...

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


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 4
Season 2 Ep. 4: There's No "I" In Team
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This week's hour long radio episode takes you from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, to the trails that snake through the White Mountains, an...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KUT


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 2
Always Wear Earth Tones
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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When Tony Bosco turned 30, he decided he wanted out of the rat race. So he went to his hometown in New Jersey, walked into the woods, and stayed th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 23:00
  • Purchases: 1
Season 2 Ep. 3: Fighting the Odds
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Two stories about people fighting and overcoming tough odds: First, the tale of Tony Bosco, who camped in the woods around Rutgers University for m...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 1
Making Water Visible at Standing Rock : Ecotourism and Environmental Genocide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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The Standing Rock Sioux are protesting the construction of the 1200 mile Dakota Access oil pipeline because it threatens and places at enormous r...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:15
Season 2 Ep. 2: Go Big or Go Home
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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The rise and fall of the Keene Pumpkin Festival, a quaint New England tradition that took a dark turn when riots broke out in 2014. Plus, the calme...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 56:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Moose Whisperer
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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In 2015 about 2,700 of the 50,000 people who applied will receive a moose permit in Maine and if you’re one of the lucky ones who has waited 20 yea...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Wiwi Apocalypse
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Iago Hale has a vision: it’s one where the economy is revitalized by local farmers selling delicious cold hardy kiwi berries to the masses. Meanwhi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 17:15
  • Purchases: 1
Pier Pressure
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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In 1998, Forest Quimby spent thousands of dollars building one of the most beautiful, most elaborate docks on Franklin Pierce Lake in New Hampshire...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 21:53
  • Purchases: 1
Smashing Pumpkins: The Gourd That Changed A Town
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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In the early '90s Keene, New Hampshire created a pumpkin festival to bring the community together, but after 24 years the quaint festival tore the ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:42
Look Toward The Dawn
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Today, we take a step back to imagine a world without a web of GPS satellites telling your smartphone where you are every second of the day. While ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 24:33
  • Purchases: 1

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