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Poisonous Legacies
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:38
Sound Ecology: Diablotin (Black-capped petrel)
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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A rare little seabird nests in the rugged mountains between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:45
EP 5 — The Call for a New Economy
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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In this episode, we explore a number of different institutions, organizations, and individuals who are breaking ground in working towards building ...

Bought by KUNM and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 2
EP 2.3 — Welcome to Frome: A New Cultural Vision
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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Part 3 of an in-depth documentary series using the small town of Frome, UK as a microcosm for political, social, and economic successes and challen...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:06
  • Purchases: 1
EP 2.1 — Welcome to Frome: This is What the New Economy Looks Like
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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Part 1 of an in-depth documentary series using the small town of Frome, UK as a microcosm for political, social, and economic successes and challen...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 57:07
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Water Cowboys
From: Outer Voices
Caption: Pulling up the Dinghy, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
“Blue Water” sailing is the kind where there’s no land to be seen, hopefully for days or weeks on end, and there’s a rare group of people who contr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:39
  • Purchases: 1
Thirsty Planet
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Residents of India, Israel confront water issues such as flooding, drought, pollution, and lack of access by the poor.
Scientists say most people on Earth will first experience climate change in terms of water — either too much or too little. This documentary explor...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, WVPE, WRIR and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 15
Ep.07: Going Undercover for the Arctic 30 & What is a RHIB?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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The amazing story of a photographer who went undercover in Russia to get the shot. Captain Peter Wilcox tells us about a RHIB. (Boaty thing!)

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 14:14
Ep.05: Trekking to the North Pole & The World's Fridge
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Trekking to the North Pole, the World's Fridge

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
On deck with the Rainbow Warrior
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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The RW comes home to Vancouver. Is this ship iconic in the city where Greenpeace began?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 1
Renewable Energy in a Nuclear Neighbourhood & Suing Environmentalists
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Ontario's reliance on nuclear energy means renewable energy is happening on a community level. Suing environmentalists Suing environmentalists to s...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:42
How to be a Plastivist
From: Ali Lightfoot
Caption: Sampled water from the north pacific garbage patch, Credit: Dale Selvam
Billions of pounds of plastic can now be found on about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. In this radio documentary, KVNF's Ali Lightfoot...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 1
The 61cm Crocs of Darwin, Australia
From: Timothy Nicastri
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What happens when your pet Crocodile hits 2 foot?

  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 15:12
US Coal Company Shipments Polluting Colombia's Coast
From: Jennifer Dunn
Caption: Fisherman Juan Armesto in front of Drummond's port, Credit: J Dunn
Santa Marta residents say Alabama-based coal company Drummond is trashing their water and air.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Culture of Conservation
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 21:19
Bartolo's Honey
From: Diane Bock
Caption: Yucatan Honey, Credit: John Bock
A hot, sticky day in the Yucatan.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
Namibia Road Trip
From: Jake Warga
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Come on a self-drive road-trip through Namibia and learn how tourism is helping to conserve wildlife, habitat, and culture. PRX exclusive, slated f...

Bought by KUOW, KUT, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
The Price of Rice
From: Outer Voices
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The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...

Bought by KUER, KFOK-LPFM, KZYX, WRPI, KQED and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2009
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 14
Natural Maryland-Episode 1 Nature's Bounty
From: Baltimore Public Media
Series: Natural Maryland
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International convergence of Red Knot, Horseshoe Crab and man on the Delaware Bay shore.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
Eco-Pilot
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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Profile of Sandy Lanham, an "eco-pilot" who helps Mexican environmentalists track endangered wildlife. Winner of the 2002 Gracie Allen Award.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, KXOT Public Radio, KPFA, and KVNF


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 11:57
  • Purchases: 5
Resurrecting the Zapara
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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With just four surviving native speakers, a tiny tribe of Amazonian Indians tries to revive its dying culture.

Bought by WBEZ, WBEZ, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 3
Saving Jungle Souls
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Vanishing Homelands
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A nomadic chief leaves the Bolivian jungle to live with evangelical missionaries.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 21:14
  • Purchases: 1
Victoria Secretes
From: John Ryan
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A proper provincial capital poops in the ocean -- but for how long?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 06:16
World Tour Radio presents Mining, Miners, and Music
From: Andrew Reissiger
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A look at the mining communities that support our unquenchable thirst for energy.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSFR, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Sockeye Spectacular (audio postcard)
From: John Ryan
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VoxPop/audio postcard backed by 1000's of splashing, spawning salmon

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, The Nature Podcast, and Here and Now


  • Added: Oct 23, 2006
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 3