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In this interview Traute Parrie, Mary Manning, and Aaron Teasedale discuss "Voices of Yellowstone's Capstone: A Narrative Atlas of the Absaroka-Bea...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Alaskan poet, editor, and publisher Jeremy Pataky shares work from his debut collection of poetry, Overwinter, as well as new work.

Bought by KTOO, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Raven Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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How accurate was Vonnegut when he described the end of the world? We tackle climate science with climate researchers from the Scripp’s Institute of...

  • Added: May 01, 2019
  • Length: 24:57
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'Tis the season for our end-of-year episode. Each year at the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads At The Fishhouses, a poem by Eliza...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
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Chris Turner discusses his book ,The Patch: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands. He also reads a short passage.

Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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The late poet Kenneth Irby (1936-2015) traveled the States before settling in Lawrence, where he spent his teaching and writing career at the Unive...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNJR, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: “Polychrome Vase in the Form of a Fish” British Museum Postcard El-Amarma, XVIIIth Dynasty, (c. 1365 BC) Glass. 1.2 3/4? , Credit: The British Museum, London
In this week's episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill reads “The Fish,” a poem by Marianne Moore from a collection entitled "American Sea W...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 04:11
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The practice of hunting wild birds with trained birds — for fun — is called falconry. Though it came into its own almost 1,000 years ago in England...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 31:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Roll up your sleeve past your bicep, flex your arm at the elbow, and squeeze — or contract — your bicep muscle. Take a look at it. What do you see?...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2017
  • Length: 09:32
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At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
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Seth Kantner talks about growing up in rural Alaska -- 100 miles above the Arctic Circle -- and the essays in his collection 'Swallowed by the Grea...

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


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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(with a new book by Greenpeace Captain Peter Wilcox) Summertime again, and what better time to pack a few books and head to the beach? In this epi...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:33
Caption: Barry Lopez, Arctic Nature Writer, Credit: BarryLopez.com
Fourth in a four-part series on authors who write about the ocean and the natural world.

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: "The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot", Credit: Robert Macfarlane
In the third of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in the ocean and the natural world, host Peter Neill reads from essayist...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Biologist Sean B Carroll talks to Craig Barfoot about his latest book, The Serengeti Rules. We find out how wolves can change the physical shape of...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
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The Japanese word "Mottainai" refers to the essence of things, and suggests that objects do not exist in isolation, rather that they are intrinsica...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:31
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Award-winning nature writer Gary Ferguson talks about and reads from his memoir 'The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Bryce Andrews talks with Chérie Newman about his decision to move to a cattle ranch in Montana and about the memoir he wrote about his experiences ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCWP, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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During this program, Josh Slotnick talks about farming and his poetry collection, FarmHome. He also reads several poems.

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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During this program, Scott Elliott talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about his novel 'Temple Grove,' which includes environmental, mythological...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: World Ocean Journal | Volume I
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will introduce World Ocean Journal, a new bi-annual e-magazine on ocean culture, issues and ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 04:55
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During this program, Christine Byl talks about her memoir, Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, which describes her experiences working on trail c...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, WCWP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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During this program, Christopher White talks about and reads from his book 'The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers.'

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCWP, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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During this program, veteran journalist Todd Wilkinson talks about and reads from 'Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest To Save A Troubled Planet.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Danielle Sosin's novel, "The Long Shining Waters," tells three stories of three women living around the shores of Lake Superior in three distinct t...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2