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It's Not the Heat...
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” helps to beat the unprecedented heat with refreshing Jewish music about shade and cool drinks.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
GN_7.36 Cash for Trash in Lithuania
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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The small country of Lithuania is leading the way in recycling with its wildly successful “deposit refund scheme,” which has resulted in a whopping...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.15_Edible Spoon
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Why throw away your spoon if you can eat it? A new solution to disposable plastic utensils.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_4.17_50 Million Trees in 1 Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
50 million new-planted trees and a Guinness World Record later, India is on its way to reducing extreme pollution.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_7.24_Salt Water Sanitation
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
GN_7.23_Plastic Pick Up Solar Barges
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Amazing solar powered, river propelled trash collecting barges.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
GN_7.19_Cactus Leather
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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A new vegan leather that is made from the strong fibers of cactus.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
GN 7.15_Patagonian Park Promise
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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The nation of Chile is protecting 10 million acres of its most unspoiled and pristine land, by forging a unique partnership.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:43
GN_6.19_Via Verde
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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Mexico City uses the concept of vertical gardening to transform their highway pillars into air-cleansing and people-pleasing monoliths.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:31
GN_6.18_Bus Stop Bees
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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Bee habitats atop bus stops in Holland are reviving bee, butterfly and other insect populations.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
GN_6.15_Avocado Fork
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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A mexican company takes local waste and transforms it into something sustainable and profitable: cutlery made from avocado pits.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
GN_6.12_A Plastic Ride
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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To encourage plastic recycling, Rome, Italy has implemented "metro credit" for each recycled plastic bottle.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:17
GN_6.04_Fertile Ground For Artists
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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The New York Botanical Gardens has launched an innovative program to help visitors, new and seasoned, to see nature in a different way—through the ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 1
GN_6.03_Ethiopia's Green Legacy
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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Ethiopia is reforesting its arid landscape with an initiative called "Green Legacy."

  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
GN_7.05 Flip Flop Art
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Ocean conservation turns waste into beauty and provides local jobs.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
GN_7.03_Sun Sea Food
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Farming with the abundant resources of sun and seawater.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:42
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
469-Flying Couch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My birthday present from outer space was the opportunity to use the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Az to discover a tiny ...

Bought by KENW, KRWG, WTIP, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Curating Art in a Time of Global Change-IKT Norway
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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What does it mean to be a contemporary art curator in the 21st century? Follow us to Norway, where you'll meet a few of the curators gathering for ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 12:55
404-Jess's Find
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large undiscovered Earth approaching asteroids are still out there.

Bought by KENW, WTIP, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KKRN, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
397-Spotting Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Meteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of t...

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


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Time is Brain (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Stroke doctors all know the phrase, “Time is brain.” A game changer in stroke treatment is helping some patients achieve a dramatic recovery of bra...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KEDT, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Landscapes of Longevity (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: A resident of Okinawa, Japan, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world where people live longest. Architects studying these “Landscapes of Longevity” say that our surroundings have mor...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Landscapes of Longevity (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A resident of Loma Linda, CA, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRDP, KPVL, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Landscapes of Longevity
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WCNY, WEZU, KKRN, KUNV, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 7