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One Hour Special 6: The Hunt
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air. Jessi Johnson is a modern-day Artemis. But the perfect shot led her on a heartbreaking odyssey. ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and WGCU


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 38: The Hunt
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Jessi Johnson is a modern-day Artemis. But the perfect shot led her on a heartbreaking odyssey.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 34:53
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 10
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Row Row Row Your Boat…Or Not" and "A Ballroom Dancer, A Shark, And A PR Problem" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: It was suppos...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 34: The Law Of Gravity
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Bruce Smith was on a routine helicopter flight in the remote Wind River Mountains. But what goes up must come down…one way or another.

Bought by WDBM, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 18:26
  • Purchases: 3
Lady Bird
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The talented writer and actress Greta Gerwig proves that she can also excel in the director’s chair, in her debut film, Lady Bird. The film begins ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
Episode 27: What Her Cells Knew
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Lucy came face-to-face with a family secret that upended her life. So she seized the moment.

Bought by KUER, KVNF, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
This is my piece!
From: Josephine Jones
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This is my short decription.

Bought by Demo OP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and New Enlightenment Network


  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: :44
  • Purchases: 3
RDD: Day Trader to Master Gardener
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we meet Hal Mann, the president of the Wild Ones Oak Openings Region Chapter. Find out what Wild Ones d...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:42
  • Purchases: 1
Black Girl
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Ousmane Sembéne was a very important figure in the history of film. Born in Senegal, he attained prominence as a novelist in his 20s and 30s, but w...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
Episode 22: Through The Keyhole
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Tyler Dunning went into the wild to distract himself from his grief…but ended up coming face to face with it instead.

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 2
Our unique, universal experience (1/13/17)
From: WDSE
Series: Radio Theatre
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For the 12th time (they average this about once every three years) UMD Theatre is off to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, thi...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2017
  • Length: 06:55
Unstable ice leads to a deadly winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York State Police / Snowmobile , Credit: New York State Police
More than 30 snowmobilers and fishermen have died after breaking through lake ice in the northeast and Great Lakes region this winter. The toll wou...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 6
N.Y. snowmobilers add to toll in deadly winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A sign on Conesus Lake directs sportsmen to an access point., Credit: Veronica Volk
In part two of a series on fatalities associated with thin ice this winter, we hear the story of two men who disappeared one night after taking a l...

Bought by WCPN, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
BORN FREE Foundation -- Virginia McKenna & Will Travers Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Will Travers & Virginia McKenna, San Francisco, CA 4/20/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Virginia McKenna and Will Travers talk broken bones, elephant’s emotions, and taking a deep breath.

  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 26:28
Episode 14: Shorty - The Life and Disappearance of Mike "The Bike" Rust
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this special episode of Wish We Were Here: Tales and Investigations from the Shadows of America's Mountain, we worked with Nathan Ward at Grit a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Apr 18, 2016
  • Length: 58:09
  • Purchases: 1
Struck By Lightning
From: Outside Magazine
Series: Outside Podcast
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Science doesn't understand lightning very well—or how a strike affects the human body. Survivors sometimes claim to have super-senses, or special p...

Bought by KREV-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KPIK-LP, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 41:33
  • Purchases: 9
The Great Bear Rainforest
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact, coastal temperate rainforest in the world, running up the coast of BC to Alaska. Elizabeth Arnold ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
Episode 7: Man vs. Machine
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Micah Schweizer was skiing in the back-country when he uttered a curse against snowmobilers. But you know what they say—be careful what you wish for.

Bought by KUER, KRZA, HowSound, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KALW


  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 13:26
  • Purchases: 5
Earthquake! Part 1
From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
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One man witnessed the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake and recorded the incredible things he saw onto a cassette tape shortly thereafter to mail to fa...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Episode 33: Deep Dive
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Sgt. David Mascarenas is the Dive Supervisor for the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s been diving his whole life, and prides himself on never re...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 21:03
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: When A Search And Rescue Becomes A Search For Something Else
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Greg Ley was deep in the Rocky Mountains, training as an outdoor guide, when his group encountered tragedy. What happened next forever changed his ...

Bought by KVNF, KUER, KSFR, KRCC-FM, and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 15:57
  • Purchases: 5
Sudden desperation on the Pacific Crest Trail
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: OCTOBER, 2015
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On the second night of college, young Aspen Matis was raped. She fled to the wild to find solace. Here she reads from her book, Girl In The Woods: ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
GUEST: Bernie Krause (Great Animal Orchestra) + 3D AUDIO Insight Treks (chapter 2)
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
Animals Battle Humans
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JANUARY 2015
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An intelligent race of animals aims to exterminate violent mankind. Robert Repino reads from his book, Morte. Another in our authentic contemporary...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Animal Way of Dying
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JANUARY 2015
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How do you feel about your... well, eventual remains? Sealed caskets and ash-filled urns strike author Bernd Heinrich as unnatural, and this biolog...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40