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Our National Parks: New Models
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: The Cape Cod National Seashore represents a new type of partnership between the National Park Service and communities to preserve areas of land across the country., Credit: NPS
These parks are all large areas of public land managed by the National Park Service. But there are few such opportunities anymore; all the land is ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 1
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...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • 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 ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • 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...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • 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
The Write Question - David Quammen - 247
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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David Quammen talks about the history, animals, and land use conflicts related to Yellowstone National Park and reads a passage from the May issue ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Radio Newark


  • 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...

Bought by Radio Newark and Spokane Public Radio


  • 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...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Radio Newark, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 6
Ep.08: Fukushima at 3 Years & Paying the Nuclear Bill
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Living in Fukushima 3 years later. Who pays the nuclear bill in the case of a disaster? Shooting Fukushima with photographer Donald Weber.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 14:02
Minnesota State Parks Celebrate 125 Years
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Minnesota’s state park system turns 125 this year. Nationwide, park attendance has declined for the last twenty years or so. But in Minnesota, a ri...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 12:37
Katrina at 15: The Strength of the Music
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Music Street in New Orleans
A look back at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, 15 years later, to hear how some of New Orleans' best-loved musicians endured - and why. Gwen T...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 51:58
The Man who Named 'Earth Day'
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Julian Koenig, who coined 'Earth Day'., Credit: Photo Courtesy of Sarah Koenig
Who came up with the name 'Earth Day'? It turns out, a legendary Madison Avenue ad man named Julian Koenig. He was responsible for some of the most...

Bought by KMXT, WSLR, KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
Antonia Juhasz on BP and the Gulf, 5 years After Deepwater Horizon
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Making Contact's Andrew Stelzer speaks with author, analyst, and oil industry expert Antonia Juhasz. She's been following BP since even before the ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 16:04
  • Purchases: 1
Dave & Amy Freeman back from 2,000-mile expedition Paddle to D.C.
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Minnesotans and National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Amy and Dave Freeman just returned from canoeing, portaging and sailing over 2,000 mile...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 1
Can We Still Call It Wilderness?
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: The mountain pass, Sierra Nevada, Credit: Library of Congress
Writer Emma Marris and historian Paul Sutter join the Guys as they discuss the Wilderness Act of 1964, and how American ideas of wilderness and how...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 10:43
  • Purchases: 1
Evicted From the Wild
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: The mountain pass, Sierra Nevada, Credit: Library of Congress
Producer Jesse Dukes has the story of some five hundred families who were made to leave their homes in an area supposedly “pristine and free of hum...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness
From: Untrammeled!
Series: Untrammeled!
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A hand-drawn map on a dining room table in a Colorado home was the main reason the spectacular Maroon-Bells Snowmass Wilderness was one of the firs...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 2
Amy & Dave Freeman paddling to DC to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Dave & Amy Freeman are starting their next adventure, Paddle to DC, to mark the 50th anniversary of the...

Bought by WDSE and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 2
Winona Mayor Mark Peterson
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Mark Peterson stops by to talk about John Latsch week and Winona issues. Following that, we fill you in on local events.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:09:51
A city retreat: Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Looking for an expansive green retreat within the city limits? The Eloise Butler Wildflower and Bird Sanctuary is a 15-acre garden located in Theod...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Fukushima, 3 Years Later
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Fukushima Survivor, Kenichi Hasegawa, Credit: Greenpeace
March 11 marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It might be more accurate to say it marks three years since the start of this ongo...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Water— February 9, 2014
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Weekly water report released every Sunday

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 09:38
Wakan Tipi: the center of the universe
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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To many people, the bend in the river south of downtown Saint Paul is empty space—a no-man’s land at the base of the bluffs, filled with an underus...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1