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The Coral Canary
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Coral reefs are the "canary in the coal mine" for the oceans, and they are not doing well.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
The Mikie Show #25, Bill
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We have a chat with arborist Bill Eck. He grew up in the forest, like a little elf or something! Seriously, he’s a great guy and he really knows hi...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 10, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Lungs of the Earth in Peril
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As the rainforest is being depleted, two new areas of concern arise.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The Polar Ice Sheets are Melting
From: Judy Lubow
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Ocean Dead Zones Proliferate Around the World
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
There are now over 400 "dead zones" in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Water shortages are expected in this century
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As worldwide population increases and the world gets hotter, water shortages are expected worldwide, including in the US.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
The irreversible effects of climate change
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revised edition. An international scientific study concludes that the negative effects of climate chanage will be irreversible for at least 1000 ye...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Collapse of Fish Stocks Worldwide
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
A Mass Extinction of Species is Happening Now
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists believe the earth is in the midst of the 6th mass extinction of species now, due to human-induced causes.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The geologic impacts of global warming.
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A scientific conference in London, England studied the geologic impacts of climate change by reviewing the records of previous warming periods. It...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Antarctica: Life On The Ice 30 Second Promo
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
30 Second Promo for Antarctica: Life On The Ice Special

Bought by WFIU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WCPN, 90.5 WSNC, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Antarctica: Life On The Ice 15 Second Promo
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
:15 Second Promo for Antarctica: Life On The Ice Special

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
How Do Mushrooms Know When to Grow?
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What we call a mushroom is only the fruit of a much larger, subterranean organism. How do mushrooms know when to grow? Of course they need rain, su...

Bought by PRX Remix and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Antarctica: Life On The Ice (Filler Version)
From: Spectrum Radio
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“Antarctica: Life on the Ice.” Our guide is Glenn Zorpette. He takes us behind the scenes to see what its like to live in Antarctica year round. W...

Bought by KMXT, WLRN, KVSC, Marfa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Antarctica: Life On The Ice
From: Spectrum Radio
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Antarctica: Life On The Ice is a co-production of IEEE Spectrum Radio and The National Science Foundation.

Bought by WTIP, KEOS, KXOT Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Mikie Show #18, Linda
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Science is good and fun. We decide to restate that through our conversation with Linda Leigh, botanist, naturalist, farmer. Or is it rancher? We're...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Converting Methane to a Resuable gas
From: Joe Sampson
Caption: Methane storage tank at the Dayton Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dayton, Ohio
Most often, stimulus dollars are spent on roadways and buildings- larger projects that usually don’t pay for themselves. But, as W-M-U-B’s Josh Mes...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 03:08
The Mikie Show #15, Mike
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode fifteen takes us to the wilderness with former hotshot Mike Kennard. What's a hotshot? They're the folks on the front lines fighting forest...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Science or Conspiracy?
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
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Do you believe in climate science - or is it a hoax aimed at world domination? First half: testimony of John Holdren, Obama science advisor, & Jan...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
Venison
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Butchering a deer is not red neck

Bought by KDUR and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Can Anyone Do This?
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
Caption: Brain chart
Animal communicator David Louis explains how, in theory, anyone can communicate with another being.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Site Specific Show
From: The Ladies Village Improvement Society
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Look around you.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 26:16
Camp Lovewave's 373rd Show - Gwen Scott
From: Terran Lovewave
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Former CNN News Anchor and Naturopathic doctor, Gwen Scott, returns to the Camp to talk more abut Chem-trails and answer questions from our Campers...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:33
Camp Lovewave's 361st Show - Chemtrail Guru Clifford Carnicom
From: Terran Lovewave
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chemtrail Guru Clifford Carnicom visits The Camp, once again, to wake our campers up about the government lies about Chemtrails. Plus, talks about...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:47
The Wild Gatherer
From: Marianne Gardner
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Marianne goes with the Wild Gatherer to gather mushrooms.

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1

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