PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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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
Filmmaker Mark Lewis on challenging himself, glamorizing amphibians, and the human folly of trying to outsmart Mother Nature.
- Added: Sep 13, 2012
- Length: 19:17
ARAPAHOE COUNTRY, Colo. - Tents and makeshift stores selling holidays goods have popped up throughout Colorado in the past few weeks leading up to ...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 01:45
Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
CASPER, Wyo. - A federal study of the use of silica in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil and gas fields found that workers are sometimes ov...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 02:07
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. - Scientists say the waters are rising fast off the coast of North Carolina as a result of climate change. A new report publish...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 01:53
The U.S. Senate is taking up the Farm Bill, which will set the nation's food policy for the next five years.
- Added: Jun 06, 2012
- Length: 01:34
Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Jeremy Seifert, documentary film maker. Learn about Seifert’s film about the tragedy of Am...
- Added: Feb 13, 2012
- Length: 28:00
This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio...
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 04:27
From a young age, many of us dream of the houses we’ll own. But those dreams don’t get into the reality of how much houses cost. These days, buying...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Oct 31, 2011
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 2
Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper. Real good, in fact.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 26, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Few of us know exactly what goes into making our clothes – the chemicals, fibers, and dyes. But one Bay Area woman is determined to take localism t...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 2
Every pristine spring, mucky cattle tank, and rain-filled hueco in the Chihuahuan Desert is home to an exceptionally diverse array of microscopic a...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 34:05
- Purchases: 1
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
If you think songbird songs are wonderfully complex, you’re going to find this story simply amazing.
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
We all know divorce can be painful for those involved. And now, researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that divorce also hurts t...
- Added: May 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
The biggest winner from Beijing, China's 2008 Olympic Games may be the environment.
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: 01:30
What does rain forest conservation have to do with preventing malaria? In the Amazon rainforest, the means to these two ends are virtually one in t...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 01:30
To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Nab a New York apartment with a river view? That's easy -- for a beaver named Jose.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
