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The Practice of Living and Dying
From: Karen van Vuuren
Caption: Scott Eberle - Hospice physician and wilderness guide
The School of Lost Borders organizes solo wilderness retreats that often involve a symbolic death and rebirth experience. Hospice physician Scott...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 28:52
Iceland: Volcanoes, Geysers and Fish, Oh My!
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Explores deep connections among the Icelandic culture, landscape and fisheries

  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:30
A Mind of Winter
From: Benjamin Winter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One must have a mind of winter to ride the bus in January.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:41
The Volcano Man
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
French scientist runs office lab atop an active volcano

  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 07:14
We Really Don't Know Clouds At All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We've all marveled at the shifting patterns that clouds form in the sky. Beyond capturing our imagination, though, clouds play a vital role in Eart...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Rut
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Listeners drop in on a conversation between father and son hunting partners, Rupe and Joe LaRock, who talk about the annual breeding cycle of male ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
03 Fog Catchers in the Sky
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Chilean researchers devised a plan to capture water from the thick fog that rolled in daily from the sea.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
From Biking In Sweden...To Biking In Texas
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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When Zoe's family spent their summers in Sweden, all she had to get around on was a bike...but could a car-using Texan like Zoe get used to it?

Bought by WGXC, BSR Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Runaway Lake
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The residents of Newcastle, Maine are still reeling from the disappearance of Sherman Lake.

Bought by The Night Air, Third Coast International Audio Festival, The Nature Podcast, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
Green Roofs
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
New York City's new green rooves help save energy and add flair to urban design

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Mar 04, 2006
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 1
Sugar Cane Power Plants
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Barbados planners envision power plants run on sugar cane

  • Added: Jan 31, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
The Other Dead Sea
From: Rachel Dornhelm
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If you close your eyes where the Aral Sea used to be and listen to the wind whipping sand over the brush it sounds like waves breaking over a shore...

Bought by PRX to iTunes and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Oct 31, 2005
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
St. Paul Island Social Life
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Anchorage's Kathryn Petros takes a look at the teen social life on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs.

Bought by KUCB and KSUT


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 2
Farming The Desert, Drought in Southern Utah, prt2
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Drought in Utah raises questions about the sensibility of farming in the dry country.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 1
Monticello Story, Drought in Southern Utah, prt1
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A small Utah town builds a golf course during a drought and almost goes the way of the Anasazi

  • Added: Apr 28, 2005
  • Length: 08:44
Jimmy Carter Builds a Tree House
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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President Jimmy Carter builds daughter Amy an environmentally-friendly tree house on the White House grounds.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
The Antarctic Tapes: "The Landings of 14 / 15 November '94"
From: Herb Malsman
Series: Visions...A Series Of Visits To (Almost) Everywhere!
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We're all aboard...as Visions sets sail for Deception Island, Antarctica.

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 31, 2005
  • Length: 01:25:16
  • Purchases: 2
Just Another Fish Story
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A small town in rural Maine recalls the impact of a beached whale on their community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, HowSound, PRX Remix, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 21
Heard: At Once - Portland Headligght
From: Rob Rosenthal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio composition featuring the foghorn of Portland Headlight.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WMPG, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2003
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 4
:60: Peepers
From: Rob Rosenthal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Time-Elapsed Peepers

Bought by PRX Remix and WMPG


  • Added: Dec 30, 2003
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2