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HOUR ONE: "In the Company of Wolves" - Wolves are among the most controversial animals on the planet. We'll track Yellowstone's wolves with the peo...

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Jeremy Lent
Almost 90-years before Columbus, the Chinese sent hundreds of ships to explore distant lands. Their odyssey took them as far afield as Africa. They...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeremy Lent
As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it's an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mis...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:40
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we talk to Captain Aaron Repinski of the Winona Tour boat. Aaron tells us about the history of the Mississippi R...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 21:40
Caption: The Crevasse, viewed from the levee., Credit:  The Historic New Orleans Collection
For the next few episodes TriPod dives into the city’s messy relationship with water through a new series called NOLA vs. Nature. First up: a look ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
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Award-winning naturalist, poet & author discusses her most recent book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Aimee Arent. She's the associate manager of the Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, a job...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
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How bicycles captivated America - A conversation with an animator behind The Simpsons and Spongebob Squarepants - The story of the disappearing lak...

Bought by WCNY, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, WCWP and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 12
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Age old discoveries and scientific advances have long dispelled the belief that the earth is flat. Recent technological advances have moved recorde...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:24
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For some people, wilderness is the ultimate experience. America’s national parks make that possible. This week, the complicated history and politic...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:06
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Tracking the history under your feet - how enterprising outsiders shaped working class neighborhoods - the truths about homelessness.

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KWMR, KKRN, KRDP and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
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When urban universities expand, working-class neighborhoods are often the first casualty. We take a look Lambert's Point, the Norfolk, VA community...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Larry Nielsen
There’s no denying that the current moment is grim, for the environment, civil rights, and plain old human decency. But I once heard a wise man say...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Jordan Fisher Smith talks about and reads from 'Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, A Trial, and the Fight Over Controlling Nature

Bought by KWMR, KSFR, KGLT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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If you’ve made a serious faux pas and need to acknowledge it with humility, you might be said to be “eating crow” or “eating humble pie.” In this e...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 18:43
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Roll up your sleeve past your bicep, flex your arm at the elbow, and squeeze — or contract — your bicep muscle. Take a look at it. What do you see?...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2017
  • Length: 09:32
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Coccyx is a small triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and other apes. Representing a vestigial tail and most commonly c...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
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Mario Soares, former PM and President of Portugal, statesman, exile, political prisoner, "father of democracy", passed away last week at the age of...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:09
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Memorable moments from Peace Talks Radio programs spotlighting Nobel Prize winners Mairead Maguire, Ralph Bunche, Muhammad Yunus, Jody Williams, Ma...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Fleck
As the temperature and population continue to rise in the southwestern United States, water becomes scarcer than ever. How did we get here? Will th...

Bought by KVNF, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Katie Herzog
Who doesn't enjoy that refreshing feeling when you walk in from 90 degree heat to the cool blast of an air-conditioned room? Last month extreme hea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Professor Rashad Shabazz
Imagine a large population of Americans living in prison-like-conditions. That’s what it’s like in the so-called Black Belt of South Side Chicago.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, The Rough Draft Diaries takes a visit of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, a museum that spans hundreds of years on the Great Lake...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 06:24
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Did you know that J. Edgar Hoover expressed concerns over the Black Panthers’ empowering community food programs? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1