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A crash, suffering pigs, and an activist's response
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Steve Jenkins, one of Esther the Wonder Pig’s dads and co-founder of the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, is back to talk about a horrifying inc...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
289-Strange Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A new comet is likely to have the characteristics of a really weird traveler in the night.

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sound Ecology: Manzanitas
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the spectacular diversity and adaptability of manzanitas

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Eelgrass
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the importance of eelgrass to ecosystem health.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Phenology
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard exploring seasonal changes and timing of wildlife events, a field called phenology.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Cetaceans
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the wide variety of whales, porpoises and dolphins that inhabit the waters along northern California and southern Or...

Bought by KLCC, WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Coho Salmon
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting Coho Salmon - their spawning habitat and behavior and their specialized adaptation for long-term survival.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
The Blue Economy
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: IISD Report: State of Sustainability Initiatives Review
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill discusses a recent report entitled "The State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standard...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: The Academy
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We're going back to school on The Rough Draft Diaries. Join us as we take a tour of the Maritime Academy Of Toledo with Superintendent, Tom Shafer.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
245-Asteroid Awareness
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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You are less likely to be injured by a space rock than you might think.

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
World Ocean Assessment, Part III
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this third of four episodes dedicated to outlining the complexities contained in the United Nations World Ocean Assessment, host Peter Neill exp...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
World Ocean Assessment, Part II
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this second of four episodes dedicated to outlining the complexities contained in the United Nations World Ocean Assessment, host Peter Neill ex...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
The 21st Century Maritime Museum
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Maritime Museum on the Hong Kong waterfront.
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
An Arctic Vision
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The Arctic conversation concludes this week with "An Arctic Vision." In this episode, host Peter Neill focuses on the indigenous Arctic community a...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
Billion Oyster Project
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Oysters have had a history of ebb and flow, plenty and scarcity, and in New York Harbor there was a time when the waters were so polluted that oyst...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
Sylvia interviews singer/songwriter Dana Lyons
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
Caption: The Great Salish Sea, Credit: cowswithguns.com
Dana Lyons amazing and timely new album the Great Salish Sea

  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:13
253: Year-End Review
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Man casting net from a boat, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2005, Credit: Mangrove Action Project | Marine Photobank
2013 was an incredible year for the World Ocean Observatory. We celebrated many successes and reach a wider audience than ever before. In this epis...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Weisman
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
225: World Ocean Day
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On June 8th we celebrate World Ocean Day to recognize our relationship with the ocean through global connection. In this episode of World Ocean Rad...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:18
You Too May Be a Naturalist
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Deborah Edelman, Adina Merenlender, co-authors, with Greg de Nevers of "The California Naturalist Handbook."

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Food Sleuth Radio, Zenobia Barlow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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How do we raise children to be “eco-literate” and why does it matter? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Art is Our Weapon: A Conversation With Climbing Poetree
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Climbing PoeTree in the Making Contact studio, Credit: George Lavender
Alixa and Naima are two poets who together make up Climbing PoeTree, an award winning performance duo. Mixing poetry and politics they seek to use...

Bought by KVSC, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
202: Sea Experience
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the Ocean Classroom Foundation and will explain the organization's core belief:...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
Talking Trash -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
What happens to our garbage after it leaves the bins behind out houses? Is all trash waste? Author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Humes...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 2