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Future Farming of America (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local eco...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
5 : BiRDS
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Stories from Spoon about birds in prison. Matthew visits a bird rehab facility and meets a lead poisoned swan and a duck that was sent in the mail.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
2 : PAWS FOR LiFE
From: matthew schneeman
Series: AT NiGHT I FLY
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Episode 2. Spoon talks about a dog rescue program that took place inside Lancaster State Prison. He talked to Common the rapper, Matthew visits a s...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2020
  • Length: 20:00
COVID-19 & Hurricane Recovery in African American Neighborhoods
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Coronavirus / COVID-19 in coastal North Carolina
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Diana Tootle, 58, lives in Morehead City, North Carolina. Tootle speaks to the intersection between Hurricane Florence and COVID-19 in her historic...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 29, 2020
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Hurricanes & COVID-19 Affect Seafood
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Coronavirus / COVID-19 in coastal North Carolina
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Melvin Dunn, 41, is a shrimper in Beaufort, North Carolina. Dunn lost a shrimp season with Hurricane Dorian last September and now faces further im...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Mar 29, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wearing Down the Appalachian Trail (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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From start to finish, the Appalachian Trail covers a whopping 2,181 miles. Rodney Bragdon dishes on the toughest challenges he experienced while th...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Wearing Down the Appalachian Trail (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From start to finish, the Appalachian Trail covers a whopping 2,181 miles. Rodney Bragdon dishes on the toughest challenges he experienced while th...

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, WLIW, KRDP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
A home takes heart
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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In this episode, two women tell us about losing their homes and communities and what they're doing about it.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 17:47
Neighborhood Love
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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When Cedric saw little being done to help one community in Wilmington during Hurricane Florence, he had to act fast.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 09:27
  • Purchases: 1
Not Quite Through the Storm
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Coastal Youth Media
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When Hurricane Florence hit coastal North Carolina, Shecoria Smith, age 16, was worried about her father returning from a work trip.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:49
Fair Bluff
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Storm Stories
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Gloria's home was lost in not one but two hurricanes. This is her story.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2020
  • Length: 08:50
Episode 71: The Summit
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Tarik Moore always enjoyed nature. So when he found an outdoorsy community, it led to new adventures—like becoming a member of the first all-Black ...

Bought by KRZA and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 18:46
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps Griot: Drew Lanham and John Lane
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Drew Lanham tells his friend John Lane about his lifelong passion for birds and nature.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
200103: Dr. Robert Bullard: The Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Communication, 1/3/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Climate One honors Dr. Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
2020-01-03 Dr. Robert Bullard: The Father of Environmental Justice
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate One honors Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described as ...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMUU-LP, WFHB, and KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
Musician's Spotlight -Dirty Dozen Brass Band-Galactic Remix Mspot Part Two - 729
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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To warm up listeners in early December, a remix encore broadcast from the Musician’s Spotlight archives of two great bands that will bring the heat...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:34
  • Purchases: 4
Monique Morris, SING A RHYTHM, DANCE A BLUES & Ben Ehrenreich on the California Wildfires
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We talk with social justice scholar Monique Morris about her new book, Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brow...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Newark: Fixing The People’s Water
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The people of Newark, New Jersey—the majority of whom are black and brown—are grappling with a lead contamination crisis that has drawn comparisons...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Fishing with Delton
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Born and raised in Compton. It was big to come out here and see something different.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
PLANTING YOUR TRUTH with Horticulturist and Public Horticulture Leader in the Making, Abra Lee
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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Abra Lee is a public horticulture leader in the making. From rural roots in Georgia, to a passion for pop music and style, she sees the interweavin...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Demand for Power
From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground
Caption: by the Southern Environmental Law Center
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:53
Gregory Pardlo, AIR TRAFFIC and Economist Robert Pollin on New York’s Climate and Community Protection Act
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Gregory Pardlo about his searing family memoir, AIR TRAFFIC: A Memoir of Ambition & Manhood in ...

  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:02
GREEN UP: Brooklyn Botanic Garden's The Greenest Block in Brooklyn!
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
Caption: From left to right: Zenobia, Nina and Gayelle at the BBG, Credit: PHYLLIS BELKIN
The best public gardens are in fact community gardens at some level, this week on Cultivating Place we’re speaking with gardeners from New York Cit...

  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
190426: Oppressive Heat: Climate Change And Civil Rights, 4/26/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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While the environmental movement is typically associated with upper-class white folk, it is also a civil rights issue. Communities of color often l...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-04-26 Oppressive Heat: Climate Change And Civil Rights
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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While the environmental movement is typically associated with upper-class white folk, it is also a civil rights issue. Communities of color often l...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WAMU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14