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Caption: With promising ideas like this one, the future looks good., Credit: http://www.theblueeconomy.org
Join us to find out how common sense and interconnected solutions can turn vast amounts of waste into abundant resources while reducing pollution. ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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Richard White, a MacArthur “genius” and the author of "Are you an environmentalist or do you work for a living?,' explains how our notions of wilde...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 49:47
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Paul Ehrlich, author of the iconic book The Population Bomb, reflects on the history of environmentalism and his gloomy outlook for the future. [Ep...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 46:21
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Richard Alley, a climate researcher and the host of PBS’s Earth: The Operators’ Manual, discusses rapid changes in Earth’s climate through history ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 27:55
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Literary critic and pop culture enthusiast Ursula Heise dissects environmental storytelling and its relation to science… both real and fiction. [Se...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 34:06
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In this interview, we learn from James Holland Jones how diseases emerge and spread as humans encroach into the wilderness, and how the patterns wi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 37:41
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Peter Kareiva, the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, discusses his definition of nature and challenges the assertion that nature is fragi...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:43
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Andy Hoffman, a Professor at the University of Michigan business school, shares examples of the integration of environmental issues into corporate ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 27:45
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Dive into water policy with Buzz Thompson, leading expert in environmental and natural resources law. From his grandfather’s farm to the US Suprem...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 41:29
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Conservation biologist Terry Root discusses the road to triage and her somewhat controversial approach to saving species in the face of climate cha...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 37:16
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Former HP executive Debra Dunn discusses the power of entrepreneurship, the changing culture of business and what she learned on a recent trip to C...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 20:48
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Luis Zambrano discusses preserving Aztec culture through a rare salamander in the Mexico City wetlands, and compares emerging conservation battles ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 22:05
Caption: Where do economy and the environment meet?, Credit: http://www.energyet.com
Tune in to hear how energy incentives can offset the cost of your project, yielding a healthy payback, as well as providing long-term, fixed-energy...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Communities, families, and businesses can benefit by co-owning solar units., Credit: http://buildipedia.com
Although the cost of solar panels has decreased significantly, many folks either rent, have shaded roofs or yards, live in condominiums or can’t af...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Watch the movie., Credit:   http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/action
Among the biggest contributors to climate change is industrialized food production, its long distance transport and systemic use of toxic, oil base...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A Graduate of Leech Lake Tribal College, Gina Lemon discusses the importance of education, the reasons she was attracted to the subject of natural ...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
In this episode, we visit Leah Wade at San Francisco's Quiet Science Taxidermy Studio to learn about the art of making the dead live again ... sort...

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
What happens to our garbage after it leaves the bins behind out houses? Is all trash waste? Author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Humes...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 2
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One Hour radio special features Jack Johnson & guests live at the 2004-2010 Kokua Festivals that raised money for environmental education programs ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Prairie Public, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Kenneth and Gaye Honeycutt
Kenneth Honeycutt tells his wife Gaye about witnessing the New London School Explosion of 1937.

Bought by WEZU, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Park Dreams Logo, Credit: Miranda Loud
Miranda Loud interviews painter Gary Dunn on the edge of Brooklyn's Prospect Park - asking him to share his ideas about the role public parks play ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Susan Carol Hauser: "My Kind of River Journey"
Bemidji area resident Susan Carol Hauser's most recent book is a nonfiction chronicle of an 18 day journey down the Mississippi. Susan joins Maggie...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 18:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Today on Don't Cha know we continue our coverage of The Big Muddy River Rendezvous that took place in Winona at Prairie Island campground in the mi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of "Don't Cha Know" we venture back to Prairie Island Campground in Winona, Minnesota, and partake in a lesson on fur trading. The ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 18:01
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Ken Burns talks about his most recent documentary series on the National Park system, as well as his approach to filmmaking and his attraction to i...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 22:24