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782-Probing The Cosmic Web
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: A Cosmic Thread, Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Feige Wang (University of Arizona)
In the past two decades astronomers have discovered that galaxies are not randomly distributed in space but rather occur along filaments of mass wi...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Yonder Report - December 28, 2023
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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The search for rural childcare, support for Minnesota's BIPOC farmers, and a fight to keep AM radio.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - December 21, 2023
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Small-town papers; wildfire smoke and mental health; working out with recovery court judges

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
764 Green Airglow
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Green Airglow Over Colorado, Credit: Aaron Watson
The natural night sky is alive with its own lights. In addition to celestial sources often there is natural night sky airglow powered by space wea...

Bought by Raven Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WTIP, KGLP and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
MN Native News: A New Kind of Pipeline
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Part of the Press Release for the Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Project , Credit: SAGE Development Authority & Native Sun Community Power Development
Electric vehicles are gaining traction on Minnesota’s roadways. This week on Minnesota Native News, reporter Emma Needham shares how a Native-led o...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Young Environmental Activist
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
Caption: The Allen Co. drilling site in South Los Angeles., Credit: Photo by Claire Heddles
Generation Z has been called a lot of things: The internet generation. The Instagram generation. And as some say: the activist generation. Claire H...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2019
  • Length: 08:29
477-Hannes's Discoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently, my newest Catalina Sky Survey Teammate, Hannes Groeller, had an excellent training night, working with Greg Leonard, on our 60 inch teles...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Erosion threatens coastal property along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The effects of erosion in Euclid, Ohio, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Great Lakes water levels are high right now – Lake Erie’s are two feet above average, which threatens coastal properties from Ashtabula to Toledo. ...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WKAR, WOUB, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5
“Biggest Week” brings flock of birders to Ohio
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Birders on the Magee Marsh boardwalk, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
It’s a special time of year for migratory birds. Tired from their travels, they stop on the coast of western Lake Erie to rest and refuel. Nine ye...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WSKG, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 5
Sierra Leone's Conflict Diamond Trade (2004 NPR's Day2Day)
From: Hechtech
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David Hecht reports on the condition of Sierra Leone's diamond trade

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:07
Residents along Lake Ontario fear another flood season
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Bobby Jones stand on the site of his old patio, which is now partially buried by last year's floods., Credit: Veronica Volk, Great Lakes Today
Last year, flooding along Lake Ontario caused millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses. Now, lake levels are several inches above norm...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKSU, WSKG, North Country Public Radio, WBFO and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 8
Landfill plan along Great Lakes sparks fear of pollution
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Rita McNamara is concerned about plan for landfill near her home., Credit: Morgan Springer
In northern Michigan, people who live near a landfill have been dealing with contaminated drinking water for decades. A new plan for the landfill m...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 4
Can New York solve harmful algae blooms?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Different species of algae await testing in the ongoing fight against harmful algal blooms, Credit: Veronica Volk, Great Lakes Today
In the Great Lakes region, toxic algae blooms are a big problem. Every summer, they leave a green sheen on parts of the Great Lakes – and on many s...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WRVO Public Media, WVBI-LP, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 8
Discarded Christmas trees a weapon against Asian Carp
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Christmas tree berm at the Royal Botanical Gardens. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Canada’s Royal Botanical Gardens has a problem. Carp are trying to invade protected marshes, where they could destroy lots of plants. But scientist...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WVBI-LP, WBFO, WCPN, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
Waste dumps a burden for minority neighborhoods
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Environmental Injustice
Caption: Children playing next to Garden Valley [Bill Nehez/CSU Cleveland Memory Project]
Would you want an industrial waste dump near your house? Probably not. But across the country, environmental hazards like waste dumps tend to be lo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 10
Plastics in Paradise: Wavelengths Podcast Episode 1
From: Betsy Brown
Caption: Papah?naumoku?kea partners pose with debris collected from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2017., Credit: NOAA
Hear how trash is affecting wildlife in one of the world's most remote places.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 13:56
Lake Erie's problems set to music in 'Voice of the Lake'
From: Great Lakes Today
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It may be hard to imagine a composer being inspired by public hearings and court cases. But Lake Erie and its problems take center stage in a new o...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Dam removal sparks cultural revival in Akwesasne
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tony David (right) and an apprentice, Angelo Johnson (left) look out over the water where the dam used to be., Credit: Veronica Volk
Seventy-two dams in the U-S were demolished last year; and hundreds more were removed in the past decade. Most are taken down as part of an effort ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 6
Why did the Asian Carp cross Lake Michigan's electric barrier? This scientist is on the case.
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A slide with slices of otoliths is ready for examination, Credit: A slide with slices of otoliths is ready for examination
Asian carp are a big threat to the Great Lakes. After one was found recently beyond an electric barrier, environmentalists and officials worried th...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WORT, Michigan Radio, WXXI Rochester, WVIK and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 10
Act on Climate Rally in Boulder Colorado
From: Sarah Farley
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A news report on a rally calling on Colorado's Governor to sign on to the US Climate Alliance.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 9
Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Fran Beth took over the bar for her mother-in-law, the original Marge., Credit: Veronica Volk
Spring flooding along Lake Ontario is damaging many homes along the shoreline. It’s also hurting people who have businesses there. As Veronica Vol...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
Part 2: City Rangers
From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado
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With a camping ban in place in Boulder, Colorado. City Rangers are tasked with giving tickets to people they find camping in the open space and mou...

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:32
Teachers worry about Trump cuts to Sea Grant program
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Teachers test a classroom activity at SUNY Oswego's Rice Creek field station, Credit: Payne Horning
For years, the Sea Grant program has helped Americans learn about the oceans, the Great Lakes and other waters. Now President Trump wants to stop f...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, North Country Public Radio, WKSU and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 10: Big Fish, Big Science
From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf
Caption: Biochemist Dana Wetzel dissects a fish exposed to oil in the lab., Credit: David Levin
Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, are leading a new experiment that will help uncover the effects of oil spills on fis...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 08:20