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  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean episodes that highlight optimism in ocean news, science and advocacy. In this episod...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
Caption: The Great Miami River as seen from downtown Dayton’s RiverScape Metro Park. This area of Dayton would have been about 20 feet underwater in 1913 following the Great Dayton Flood. , Credit: Lauren Shows
Water has a power unlike almost any other element on Earth. In large enough quantities or with enough force behind it, water can effectively lay wa...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 22:05
Caption: Heritage Oberkulmer Spelt and Einkorn Wheat from Tom and Mary Klein & Son’s Organic Farm in Carey, Ohio. , Credit: Renee Wilde
Today’s grocery store wheat comes from a variety of grains that were crossbred in the 1960’s to produce a higher yielding and lower cost crop. Th...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 19:48
Caption: Aullwood naturalist Sam Romeo with cicada, Credit: Renee Wilde
Industrialized monoculture tends to treat insects as pests to be exterminated. What can we do to make them partners? For starters, listen. In this ...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 20:51
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world, but it wouldn't have been possible if people didn't speak up for what is right. 40 years ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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This month, when the maple sap is flowing, we have three different stories about the importance of trees and our interaction with them. We’ll meet ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 19:53
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Preserving history is about more than battling mold and disintegration. We took a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn to learn about how an environmental ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2019
  • Length: 24:49
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Founded by Virginia Secor Stranahan, The 577 Foundation is dedicated to preserving the integrity of the historic property at 577 East Front Street ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maritime Museum on the Hong Kong waterfront.
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Caption: Once on the brink of extinction, the Peregrine Falcon is back, and hanging out at The Four Seasons!
The United States can claim as one of our most lofty inventions, the skyscraper. George A. Fuller’s solution for “load bearing capacities” lead to...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:49
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If you’ve ever flown into Atlanta, and that’s about 100,000,000 passengers per year, you’ve certainly noticed one thing as you soar over the city: ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:55
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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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Our Eastern Shore … A Fish Story

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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In the era of sailing vessels, Hog Island became well known to mariners because of the infamous Hog Island Shoals which ran parallel to the island.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:32
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Ever wonder how Hog Island got its name?…

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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36 part series that explores the Eastern Shore.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:38
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
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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
Caption: Fishing Boats at Al Hudaydah, Credit: Jane Baxter
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill discusses two such recent presentations of Red Sea and Arabian-Persian Gulf history.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:12
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The Battle of Sugar Point on Leech Lake: northern MN historian, Cecelia McKeig, talks about the causes of the last 19th century armed conflict betw...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Not long ago, a kindergartener snapped a photo of a rare bird...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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It's no news to anyone that hurricanes can be devastating. Luckily, hurricane forecasting has improved a lot over the years. We owe much of that im...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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It started in 1872 on the barren plains of Nebraska...It's Arbor Day!

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32