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In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And: A poem about the insect know...
Bought by WJCT, WDBM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WLIW, WMNF and more
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
The legendary Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokulea, is sailing around the world using the ancient art of wayfinding, navigating without instruments. Th...
- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 04:19
What would you do if you were headmistress of a school with no water--none for drinking, none for cleaning, none for flushing, none? Here is the st...
- Added: May 14, 2014
- Length: 19:41
Conservationists in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica describe their relationship with birds. Excerpted from "Pura Vida: Costa Rica's Culture of Conservation."
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 01:10
- Purchases: 1
Episode sixty-nine has arrived in a totally cybernetic way! Join us as we speak with Vicki Brown, a Ph.D. in Research Methodology and a rockin’ vio...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 28:02
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
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look at what might lie beyond hope, how we might apply our optimism to meet and...
- Added: Apr 14, 2014
- Length: 05:28
Climate change is impacting the globe in surprising ways. The Maldives might be submerged, but Canadian trade could benefit from new waterways. Wha...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 24:53
- Purchases: 1
A global perspective is needed to cut down on the unintentional casualties of commercial fishing.
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Elephants can discriminate between human voices that pose a threat to their safety and those that do not.
- Added: Mar 15, 2014
- Length: 01:01
Shy baboons are less likely to put what they learn from watching others to use.
- Added: Mar 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced its Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a $53 million, 5-year effort to boost fish populations in Brazil, the Ph...
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 05:34
Melting sea ice allows marine mammal species that were once isolated to intermingle – and share diseases.
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Award winning photographer Andrew Walmsley on his trip Rwanda to see the mountain gorillas.
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 04:23
Photographer, Andrew Walmsley travelled to Rwanda to photograph Gorillas and work with a local charity
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 04:41
Climate conditions are rapidly changing, opening sea routes to major development, shipping, and underwater cable systems. In this episode of World ...
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 05:16
The ocean has served as a means of exchange for all manner of cargo: oil, chemicals, waste, arms, manufactured goods, raw materials, and human bein...
- Added: Jan 20, 2014
- Length: 05:06
2013 was an incredible year for the World Ocean Observatory. We celebrated many successes and reach a wider audience than ever before. In this epis...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 05:10
A recent legal case involving a man from Kiribati claiming refugee status from the impacts of climate has captured world media attention. In this e...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 05:33
In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.
Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 02, 2013
- Length: 11:02
- Purchases: 5
Livia Firth, Eco Age, speaking to KGNU's Claudia Cragg in person @INYTLuxury held recently in Singapore says that girls or young women should wear ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 08:10
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 23:53
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 33:04
A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gue...
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 26:18
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?
- Added: Oct 07, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
