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What it's like at the bottom of the world with Dr. “Deepsea Dawn” Wright
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Dr. Dawn Wright! She is the first and only Black person to ever descend to the lowest point on Earth, known as "...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
StoryCorps: Zach Stephney and Melissa Brooks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Melissa Brooks and Zack Stephney at the site of her rescue in December of 2009. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Zack Stephney.
Zack Stephney remembers saving Melissa Brooks from the unprecedented 2009 Atlanta flash flood.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 2
Sow A Heart Farm: Regeneration and Rethinking Food Systems - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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By increasing biodiversity through using cover crops, integrating wild and domesticated animals, and minimizing or eliminating tillage, Regenerativ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and wildlife biologist Doug Chadwick discusses his new book, "Four Fifths a Grizzly: A New Perspective on Nature that Just Might Save Us All."

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KVNF, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Ponder #12: Hunting
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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There exists a strong tradition of hunting in both Germany and the U.S. However, the cultures surrounding this pastime differ more than you might t...

Bought by KMXT and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
Other Country Ensemble Plays World Fusion Music Every Fourth Monday at the Black Dog in St Paul
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Other Country Ensemble, Credit: Laurie Patton
Other Country Ensemble is just what it says: An American group that performs music traditions from other countries. And you can catch the band the ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 08:00
Poet Martha Serpas on the disappearing Louisiana Gulf Coastline
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Martha Serpas
In today's classic NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR, we revisit Gulf Coast poet, Martha Serpas, whose 2020 book, DOUBLE EFFECT, won the L.E. Phillabaum Poetr...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Svalbard: No Visa Required and Traveling Unplugged
From: World Footprints LLC
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World Footprints explores the Norwegian archipelago island of Svalbard and we hear from someone who disconnected in order to reconnect with others ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Industrial Design students at Iowa State University spend two weeks off-grid
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Industrial design students at Iowa State University just spent two weeks off-grid in the American Southwest, with the goal of learning firsthand wh...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 20:30
The Haunted Petroglyph
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Was the organized theft of a 600-pound petroglyph-covered boulder from a canyon near Ridgecrest related to the monster earthquakes that followed? P...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pete Jantz — What's old is new again
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness host Alan Wartes spoke with 20 year manager of All Sports Replay, Pete Jantz.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Cai Emmons - 344
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Cai Emmons discusses her novel, "Weather Woman." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
McPherson, Guy — How to Deal With Abrupt Climate Change
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses abrupt climate change and how to deal with this dreadful concept. The guest is Guy McPherson, professor Emeritus of Natura...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
What Keeps Our System Stuck? Mike Nickerson #209 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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We’re not living on Earth as if we want to stay, observes Mike Nickerson. In our last episode, Mike Nickerson shared his vision for, and the joy of...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Trickle-Down Consumption: Brian Czech #205 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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How can policymakers be persuaded to abandon the most widespread public policy goal on Earth? In our last episode, Brian Czech explained that econo...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
Moral Revolution: Tom Shadyac Part 2 #202 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Fetish of GDP: Raj Patel #103 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Gross Domestic Product has now become a fetish,” according to economist Raj Patel. Many undesirable things end up adding to GDP: wars, disease, an...

Bought by Indie3 Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pulling the Rug Out from Under Our Kids: Brian Czech #204
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Economic growth is the number one public policy goal around the world, yet our pursuit of growth is “pulling out the rug from our own kids’ and gra...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTRL, WYAP, and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Ornithophobia
From: Eric Winick
Caption: Tippi Hedren in "The Birds" (1963)
There was something about the flamingo area at Marineland that attracted four year-old Megan Whitman.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
Simon Gretton: Freegan and kidney donator
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Call of the Wild
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Milt Lee talks with Simon Gretton of Grand Rapids about being a minimalist and freegan in society today.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Predictably Irrational: Dan Ariely #114
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Do we behave rationally? You might be surprised how often our decision-making deviates from what is in our best interest. Behavioral economist Dan ...

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


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Hospice and Near Term Human Extinction
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious continues its series on near term human extinction in a conversation about applying hospice treatment towards the dying planet and hu...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
American Cougars
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Everything you didn't want to know about mountain lions!

  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:00:01
Ep 55 - “Boatcast” | Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Caption: Bobby Pickles (beer on head); Ben Coletti (holding a bow and arrow), Credit: Mateo Gash
Bobby and #FLORIDIOT pals - Ben Coletti, Bob Noxious, Tobia Spinelli and Mateo Gash - sail along the waterways of Madeira Beach, FL, sharing storie...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 01:19:38