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297-White Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Millions of children will never see the Milky Way or a meteor streaking across the night sky.

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


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
275-No Place Like Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are finding thousands of planets orbiting distant stars. Your home the Earth is still the only one where you could live without a space...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Facing Climate Change: Building Resilience at the Local Level
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
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An exploration of the work being done in Washington State's Skagit Valley to better understand and prepare for the effects of a changing climate.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:17
Right Relationship with Mother Earth - Dr. Jim Collins and Peggy Rebol on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jim Collins
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cornucopian Myth: William Catton #107
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“The age of growth and the age in which growth is going to be considered a good thing is coming to an end.” The late sociologist William R. Catton ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Cruel Hoax: Stephanie Mills #106
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Stephanie Mills made headlines in the Spring of 1969 when she vowed, in her commencement address (titled The Future is a Cruel Hoax), to conceive n...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
LOVE THY NATURE -- Sylvie Rokab Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sylvie Rokab, San Francisco, CA 4/14/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sylvie Rokab talks unexpected relatives, the hidden dangers of city life, and dancing with Liam Neeson.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 20:50
The Arctic Council
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: http://www.arctic-council.org, Credit: The Arctic Council
In 1996, the high level intergovernmental Arctic Council was formed to promote cooperation and interaction among the Arctic states. In this episode...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Fire on the Mountain: Climate Change, Fire, and the Ecological Future of the American West
From: Aengus Anderson
Caption: In the summer monsoon season, grass carpets the Chiricahua foothills., Credit: Aengus Anderson
In the wake of a catastrophic fire, researchers use Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains to look centuries into the future of climate change and ask "wha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
Catching Cosmic Rays
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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In December 2012, a two-ton instrument built to detect cosmic rays ascended into the Antarctic sky, carried by a balloon the size of a football fie...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 14:00
Food Sleuth Radio Benny McLean Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Benny McLean has been working in the Florida citrus industry ever since he was 10 years old. Today he is production manager for Uncle Matt’s Organ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
52 Hz
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: A humpback whale surfacing, Credit: Craig Shank
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Hark!, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 6
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Smells - "Have You Smelled the News?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
180: Where Does Water Come From?
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Where does water come from? We know from science that water evaporates from the ocean reservoir, is captured in clouds, fog and rain, descends to s...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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
Prairie Artscience
From: Chris Mortenson
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A piece about preserving prairie.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 10:39
Seeing the Small
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Rob Olson and Heidi Sosik developed an automated underwater microscopic camera that takes photographs of phytoplankton in the ocean., Credit: Tom Kleindinst, WHOI
Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in th...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 10:02
Coral Bleaching
From: Tom Niemisto
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Ocean biology is threatened by Climate Change

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Kentucky's "Troublesome Creek."
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Mining in Eastern Kentucky dries up water supply

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Earth Notes - Cheatgrass
From: KNAU
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?Downy brome? and ?Mormon oats? are a few of its nicer names, but it?s hard to find a kind thing to say about cheatgrass, one of the West?s most tr...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
Earth Notes - Kiowa Grasslands
From: KNAU
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Kiowa National Grassland is among the few places in the West with fewer traces of humanity now than it had a hundred years ago. A brief guide.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Earth Notes - Guzzlers
From: KNAU
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Across the Southwest, people are providing water for wildlife. Is that always a good idea?

  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Earth Notes - Modern Hogans
From: KNAU
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On the Navajo Nation, modern technology and ancient building designs have combined to create homes for a new century.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Earth Notes - Wildlife and Roads
From: KNAU
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For many wild animals, crossing busy roads is a risky challenge that often ends badly. Some road planners are helping them out.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Earth Notes - Prairie Dog Language
From: KNAU
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Prairie dogs are a talkative bunch. New research suggests that they have a lot to say.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1