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A day at Herring River
From: Ben Harden
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Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

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


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 2
Earth Day 2013
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frances Moore Lappe
Author Frances Moore Lappe describes herself as a “possibilist” rather than an optimist or pessimist. In her recent book, she argues that solutions...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Author Anthony Brandt and "The Man Who Ate His Boots"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Marsh Muirhead - "Thin Ice"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
The Beat: Athena Kildegaard - "On Juggler Lake"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Poet Athena Kildeagard, a University of Minnesota - Morris lecturer, looks deeply and metaphorically at a Blue Herring's stop in the poem "On Juggl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Moon in the Nautilus Shell
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
SeaWomen
From: Sofia Saldanha
Series: The Wapping Project Podcast
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On Jeju island in the North Pacific a community of women dive for pearls and food. They've been doing this for centuries. On this podcast Mikhail K...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 1
Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: A resident of Chicago's 49th Ward., Credit: Melissa Beck
A timely one-hour special, hosted by NPR's Scott Simon, that tells stories of American democracy at the local level. We listen in as people wrestle...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Nevada Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
The D-Word
From: Ed Prosser
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Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about? From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:30
At the Edge of the Gulf, Dulac Re-learns Resilience
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Kirby Verret recalls when Dulac had more land and more people., Credit: Barry Yeoman
The Houma Indians and Cajuns who live in in this Terrebonne Parish fishing village have watched its population drop by more than 50 percent since 1...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 1
Vanishing Ice - Getting to the Core of Climate Change
From: SQRadio
Caption: Melting Away, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Glaciers around the world are melting at an unprecedented rate and glacier shrinkage is evidence of climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thomp...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2011
  • Length: 30:02
Growing with Oysters
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Using shellfish to build confidence in middle schoolers.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WMPG, KUT, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 7
A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business
From: Katherine Perry
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
After the Flood
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mae Savage Home, Credit: Dead River Area Historical Society
Many Mainers come to Flagstaff Lake to kayak, hunt or snowmobile. But the story of the lake is largely untold. Sixty years ago this spring, three s...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 2
Lost in the Friendly Skies
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: The Mansions at night, Credit: Walter Murch
We fly to Las Vegas for the weekend while a racing pigeon finds her way to the farm.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 09:39
Green Monastery
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Three Sisters stand proudly with their new turbines in Great Falls, MT , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A Montana Monastery is interpreting the teachings of a 13th Century Saint with 21st Century technology...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Into The Woods
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
John Luther Adams: Tuning in the sound of a frozen world
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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It was John Cage who suggested that music was always in the air, and John Luther Adams has been tapping that sound for over 30 years. His evocative...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
A Crazy, Convoluted Journey: Getting Water to Tucson
From: Terrascope Radio
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Tucson, Arizona, lives on water from the Colorado River, which is hundreds of miles away and half a mile downhill. This is the story of how it gets...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, KDNK, WMPG, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
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
On Insects and Humility
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
Caption: The Mystical Mantis, Credit: Paul Messing
NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy interviews Joanne Lauck, author of "The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Revisioning the Insec...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
America Receding
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: There is no mud, Credit: Muriel Murch
The global economy and global warming both bring changes to Northern California

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
September Storms
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Returning to the US and the storms brewing.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:47
Since The Flood
From: Eve Abrams
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New Orleanians reflect on their lives in the three years since the failure of the Federal Levees resulting from Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Rethinking Needs
From: Kyle Boelte
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The author goes into the wilderness and comes back with a new appreciation of his needs.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:33