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Warriors, Poets & Ravens
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Early September, Jupiter tucked under the 2/3 moon at midnight, heaviest of La Luna’s many forms and phases: low over the eastern horizon, like the...

Bought by KSJE and KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Real-Estate Scoundrels & Flying Black Triangles
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are back with a new episode, all about the wonders of the High Desert, and the various aerial portents we call Wonders in the Sky. PLUS: If you'...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pinyon Jays Know Why They're Alive
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What is the life philosophy of the pinyon jay? To eat pinyon nuts and somehow make pinyon-jay eggs. The rest is easy, especially with a hundred-and...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Signs of Spring (Grouchy Groundhog)
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Anyone who lives in groundhog country will have a woodchuck tale or two to tell. Growing up in Kentucky I sure did. At the University of Arizona in...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
Settle Down With Purpose
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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It's the prettiest time of year in the High Desert, with longer days and the last winter precipitation setting it all up for springtime. What will ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #25: The Night
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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To newborns, there is no discernable difference between night and day. Evening and morning blur together in this piece as Katie Marquette rocks her...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 26:12
  • 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
Episode 9: Revisiting Hemp in the 21st Century
From: Grounded Hope
Caption: Dr. Craig Schluttenhofer measuring hemp plants at the Central State University research plots, Credit: Renee Wilde
Hemp seeds were first introduced to North America by European colonists and were grown to produce everything from rope and canvas, to paper, paints...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 21:33
Part 8: The Pandemic-Sized Wrench
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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The pandemic wreaks havoc on the Carbon XPRIZE – it turns out, additional delays won't be the only impact. Upon arriving in Gillette, Cooper is in ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 51:18
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
GN_3.52_Kodiak Queen
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A sunken World War 2 ship has become an interactive art piece, safe habitat for endangered marine life, and an educational tool for future stewards...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Part 5: The Entrepreneur
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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It's the summer of 2019. Two more coal companies have filed for bankruptcy, and hundreds of workers are left in the lurch. Meanwhile, Jason Salfi i...

  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 45:50
Charred Bones In the Sunlight
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
What does the cave art of 30,000 years ago have to do with the new Solar Orbiter we sent from Planet Earth to explore our star? Quite a lot, it tur...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
GN_6.43_ RubberRoad
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Change your focus, change your world.
What if roads could repair themselves before becoming a hazard for vehicles? And what if they were economical and environmentally friendly as well?

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
GN_5.22_ElectricRain
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
In 2017, a couple of ninth graders developed a way to make electricity from the rain.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_5.20_OceanFriendship
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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If Beluga whales treat a Narwhal like he’s been one of their own, who’s to say he isn’t?

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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
Concrete Jesus
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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An orphan child from Cincinnati loved the scriptures and lived a live of gold-mine adventure in the Almost-Old West before winding up in a bomber-p...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Halloween Night, 2035 C.E.
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Hey are you going to the big ritual, down in the grove? It's Halloween Night. And while things were pretty bad for a while, lately it has been a li...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
The Mystery Pig
From: Desert Oracle
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What is this weird creature that turned up dead in Yucca Valley, in the Mojave High Desert? Wildlife biologists are baffled, and so are we.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Contiguous (episode 8)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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In the season one finale of Growing Old, travel forward to the year 2070, and explore the contiguous forest of Seattle’s future. Visit Eagle Villag...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1

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