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After the wildfires, what has life been like on Maui?
From: Possibly
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Lahaina, Maui has experienced the deadliest wildfire the country has seen in the last century. Reporter Emily Tom spoke with a survivor about the c...

Bought by Raven Radio, WRFA-LP, and KLCC


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 3
70 Million: Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles and how they ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
EP 4 — The Solidarity Economy
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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A documentary that explores a phenomenon known as the Solidarity Economy, including voices from all over the world involved in different movements ...

Bought by KUNM and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
Unstable ice leads to a deadly winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York State Police / Snowmobile , Credit: New York State Police
More than 30 snowmobilers and fishermen have died after breaking through lake ice in the northeast and Great Lakes region this winter. The toll wou...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 6
N.Y. snowmobilers add to toll in deadly winter
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A sign on Conesus Lake directs sportsmen to an access point., Credit: Veronica Volk
In part two of a series on fatalities associated with thin ice this winter, we hear the story of two men who disappeared one night after taking a l...

Bought by WCPN, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 5
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Love in the Time of Apocalypse with Dr. Carolyn Baker
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Carolyn Baker
Carolyn Baker, A former psychotherapist and professor of psychology and history, Carolyn offers life coaching for people who want to live more resi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Coal
From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment
Caption: A coal terminal in Eastern Kentucky., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier
Can the Appalachian Mountains recover from centuries of mining? What will happen to the thousands of coal miners projected to lose their jobs in th...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 1
In Kentucky, a Prairie Made by Coal
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Up to a million acres of strip-mined land have been de-forested., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier
More than a million acres of strip-mined land—an area the size of Rhode Island—are now deforested in Appalachia.

Bought by WMMT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 3
Politics on the Spot: The Houston Ship Channel
From: Michael May
Caption: The Texas Petrochemicals flare., Credit: Bryan Parras
We've heard a lot about the economy this general election season. Not so much about the other big E-word: the environment. Unless you count the man...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
After the Floods
From: Michael May
Caption: David Connor in front of FEMA trailer., Credit: Daniel May
It was three years ago that Katrina made landfall in the southeastern corner of Louisiana. Within a day, New Orleans was filling with water. But sm...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:26
Monique, the slothified jewel from Suriname
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Monique at work, Credit: Anton Foek
She saved 205 sloths in a couple of weeks and now makes headlines around the globe.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 12:16
Bat Men
From: Robbie Feinberg
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Greg Auger's life was forever changed when he met the bat researching legend Don Griffin. This is the story of the two men, a pond, and what happen...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:05
StoryCorps: Daniel Ross
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 4
Following Seas
From: Alex Lewis
Caption: An aerial view of North Beach Island where five cottages were demolished by the federal government.
In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 1
Feature Report - Plotting Section 5 of I-69
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The development of Interstate 69 through Indiana is divided into six sections from the Indiana/Kentucky boarder up to Indianapolis. This week, the ...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 12:13
In the eye of Katrina
From: David Duncan
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Sara Duncan talks about being in the eye of a hurricane

  • Added: Aug 30, 2005
  • Length: :00