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Earth Day's Murderer and the Apostle of the Cacti
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Did the founder of Earth Day really murder his girlfriend and let her body rot in his apartment closet?

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jonathan Katz, author of "The Big Truck That Went By"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Katz about his book, "The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster."

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 30:56
Our National Parks: Indigenous Voices
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: Parks such as Washita Battlefield National Historic Site and Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site have been established and interpreted to tell the difficult stories of atrocities against indigenous people. , Credit: NPS Archives
Though the national parks have famously been called “America’s best idea”, this sentiment is not universally accepted. Native Americans were dispos...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Our National Parks: Turning Admiration Into Action
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: National park boundaries that don’t comport with ecological realities make it challenging to protect animals that range outside the parks. It's just one of the challenges facing the National Park Service., Credit: Tim Rains / NPS
The National Park Service finds itself in a seemingly paradoxical circumstance: widely admired, but increasingly uneasy about its ability to carry ...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Our National Parks: For The Benefit Of All
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: The Deep Ravine Trail at Little Big Horn National Monument in Montana., Credit: Brandon Blackburn / NPS
National parks have famously been called “America’s best idea." This expression is commonly interpreted as meaning preservation of America’s iconic...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Our National Parks: The Balance Between Building Constituency And Preservation
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
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The numbers for 2015 are in and they’re impressive; there were 305 million visits to the national parks last year. And while it’s wonderful that so...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Our National Parks: Ways To Experience The Parks
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: Rocky Ocean Drive on the Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park, Maine. The Park Loop Road allows visitors to experience Acadia by car. , Credit: Kristi Rugg / National Park Service
I’m often asked, “What’s your favorite national park?” It’s a question that gets me excited, thinking about all the parks I’ve been fortunate to vi...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Our National Parks: The Idea
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: Six million-acre Gates of the Arctic National Park was established in 1980. , Credit: Ben Minteer
There were national parks even before there was a National Park Service. Yellowstone National Park was the first in 1872. More big western parks fo...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 2
Our National Parks: The Best View
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: Denali Star Trails as seen from Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce, Utah. Increasingly, the sky above national parks is considered as much a resource to protect as the land below., Credit: Jacob W. Frank | The National Park Service
It’s an understatement to say that the views in the national parks are striking. Take Bryce Canyon National Park, for instance, with its legions of...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 6