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254: Intangible Cultural Heritage
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
Large Wildfires Jumpstart Debate on Fire Management Techniques
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Photo by (cc) Flickr user Lotus R
A topic that we covered more than a year ago, but was just as relevant in 2013 is fire, more specifically wildfires. When we aired our show, The Bu...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
Friday Night Lights
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Contributor Meg Cramer tells the story of the first electrically lit town in America -- Wabash, Indiana.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 3
Avoid the Dump! Rediscover Permanence: Simple Rediscovery #507
From: Teosson Wells
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Permanence—the state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely—might appear to be an outmoded, unrealistic concept.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
99% Invisible #72- New Old Town (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The recreation of a town that never was.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #86-Reversal of Fortune
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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When Chicago was up the proverbial creek.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 3
242: Ocean Relevance
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Crew members aboard SS Norco in England during WWII. , Credit: The Marstal Maritime Museum
Maritime Museums are one of the key conduits for modern day understanding of maritime history, yet many are struggling. In this episode of World Oc...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:19
Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WCNY and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Weathering the Storm: A History of Extreme Weather [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from Collier’s magazine cover, May 28th, 1954, Credit: Smithsonian Institution
100 years ago this week, the thermometer in Death Valley, California, hit the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in the world: 134°F. This ...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRIR, Louisville Public Media, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Pet Friendly: A History of Domestic Animals
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Photograph c1870, by Henry Pontier
America is a pet-owning nation. Over 60% of households, in fact, possess some sort of furry or feathered friend, and we spend over $50 billion a ye...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KTNA, WFAE, WXXI Rochester, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
228: Atlantic Memory
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Atlantic Memory is a concept which includes every aspect of maritime culture in order to inspire greater public understanding of maritime endeavors...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
Federalizing Floods
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with sociologist Karen O’Neill about the federal government’s move into flood control in 1917 – as landowners along the Mis...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 4
That Lawless Stream: A History of the Mississippi River
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: The city of New Orleans (detail), c1885, Credit: Library of Congress
The Mississippi River is central to the American landscape and imagination. And for centuries, it has served as a battlefield in which our most com...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Distillations Episode 171: Underground Worlds
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Susan Warzek helps her fellow speleologists return Howe Caverns to its natural splendor., Credit: Amy Kraft
In this episode we investigate the science beneath our streets. First how a team of amateur speleologists are keeping Howe Caverns safe. Then a loo...

Bought by KALW and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 16:35
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Politics: Coal, Oil and the Sources of Democracy
From: WFHB
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Columbia University historian Timothy Mitchell, whose latest book traces the relationship between carbon-based energy production and the developme...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Gather at the Table
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, two authors set out on a life-changing journey together to examine the ugly realities of racism, the enduring cultural scars left by the Ame...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 2
An Early American Conservationist
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Chautauqua scholar Lee Stetson, who portrays environmental conservationist John Muir. Muir founded the ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Distillations Episode 169: Neighborhood Preservation
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Can this church be saved? Chemists and congregants alike say yes., Credit: Alex Lewis
In this episode we see old bones made new again. First the ongoing restoration of Philadelphia's 19th Street Baptist Church. Then a discussion abou...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 17:11
Tales from the South 113: Outsiders
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Judith Gardner reads on Tales from the South
This week's stories are all about being outsiders. Stories by Judith Gardner, Frank Fusco, and Alan Reese. True stories told by the Southerners who...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
209: Canals
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: The Göta Canal, Credit: Insightguides.com
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will take us on a tour of the canals of the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
The Road to Ruin Is Paved -- A Fierce Green Fire
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Distillations Episode 157: Smoke and Mirrors
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Arthur Henry Knighton’s Caustic Pot House Stacks, “A” Power Stack, “A” Pump Station, and “A” Evaporator Building., Credit: Image courtesy of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation. On view in CHF’s museum.
On today's show we track the evolution of smog from symbol of industrial progress to public-health catastrophe.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:19
Distillations Episode 152: Best of Distillations #9
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: animal communication in the Sonoran Desert and the toll of a...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 13:33
Distillations Episode 145: Asbestos
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Pittsburgh's Schenley High School in its glory days., Credit: Wikimedia.
Asbestos, once a miracle product, is now a plague on the aging infrastructure to which it's bound. In this episode we explore a Pennsylvania town w...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 14:03
99% Invisible #44- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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How a St. Louis public housing marvel became "hell on earth."

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15