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Did you know that climate change is both a political and a “moral” issue? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn,...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Our guest on this episode of MN Reads is Duluth author Margi Preus, whose new picture book, Storm's Coming! (2016, Minnesota Historical Society Pre...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 09:31
Caption: Tippi Hedren in "The Birds" (1963)
There was something about the flamingo area at Marineland that attracted four year-old Megan Whitman.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
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In a tumultuous election season, the passing of Measure 99 stands out as a beacon of hope. Voters overwhelmingly approved funding for Outdoor Schoo...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2016
  • Length: 04:41
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This year, in the wake of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis school districts around the country have been testing their tap water for lead contaminati...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Disney movies have captured the imaginations of children and adults for decades. The endearing characters, the colorful landscapes, and the epic ta...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:45
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Did you know that children’s developing bodies are particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of pesticide exposure – even at very low levels? ...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that spending time in nature helps children and adults beat depression, reduce anxiety and symptoms of ADHD? Join Food Sleuth Radio ho...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Cur...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRIR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Today’s children grow up in an environment riddled with toxins. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her i...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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The first of our two readings from a book with rich Romanian roots -- King of the Gypsies -- a story collection which won the G. S. Sharat Chandra ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Differences in animals’ pupil shapes distinguish predators from prey.

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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What might alligator health have to do with human health? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervi...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Author - Kristin Eggerling
Kristin Eggerling lives in Hallock, MN, the mother of two and a freelance writer in northwestern Minnesota. She most recently worked in the public ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 07:47
Caption: the chief chicken, Credit: shana weber
Young Elliot, a 7 year old from Hopewell NJ, shares with us what it means to be the Chief Chicken of his little backyard flock.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 03:56
Caption: Charlotte Brody with Terrence McNally
There is a fundamental need to restore a female perspective to the male-dominated world of science. Is it any accident that the first person to so...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Fritjof Capra
Most American schools are flunking out when it comes to how well they integrate ecological literacy across the curriculum. And many are doing no be...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
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Author Cheryl Blackford was inspired by the sight of urban coyotes in her Twin Cities neighborhood to write this gorgeously illustrated children's ...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kids from The Bike Shop on a Saturday ride, Credit: Used with permission from Matt Velguth
Matt Velguth runs The Bike Shop, an after-school program for low-income kids, because he wants to empower them and help them mature into independen...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: A cichlid fish strikes a bottom-weighted thermometer that would immediately right itself. , Credit: (Ann Hawthorne)
Some fish appear to play with objects in their tanks.

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Bryan talks about plans to revive the Lester Amity Chalet ... and shares a bit of a poem called "October's Bright Blue Weather" by Helen Hunt Jackson.

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Would you want your children exposed to pesticide drift at home and at school? Potatoes grown in northern MN are routinely sprayed, putting childr...

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Working Coast campers set out fishing on their last day., Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
South Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish has low unemployment — there are lots of jobs in offshore services. So many that there could be a shortage of l...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:46
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A family stroll through the Australian bush.

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 1