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Antarctica: Life On The Ice 15 Second Promo
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
:15 Second Promo for Antarctica: Life On The Ice Special

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
How Do Mushrooms Know When to Grow?
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What we call a mushroom is only the fruit of a much larger, subterranean organism. How do mushrooms know when to grow? Of course they need rain, su...

Bought by PRX Remix and PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Antarctica: Life On The Ice (Filler Version)
From: Spectrum Radio
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“Antarctica: Life on the Ice.” Our guide is Glenn Zorpette. He takes us behind the scenes to see what its like to live in Antarctica year round. W...

Bought by KMXT, WLRN, KVSC, Marfa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Antarctica: Life On The Ice
From: Spectrum Radio
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Antarctica: Life On The Ice is a co-production of IEEE Spectrum Radio and The National Science Foundation.

Bought by WTIP, KEOS, KXOT Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Mikie Show #18, Linda
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Science is good and fun. We decide to restate that through our conversation with Linda Leigh, botanist, naturalist, farmer. Or is it rancher? We're...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Lipstick from a bug
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: The Amazing World of African Insects
Caption: Cochineal Bug
You can't help but love insects when you listen to Kenyan entomologist Dino Martins. In this short piece he explains the natural history of the Coc...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:37
The Learning Barge
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Learning Barge, Credit: Phoebe Crisman, UVa
The world’s first floating wetlands classroom comes to the aid of one of the country's most polluted waterways.

Bought by WFIU and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Engineers of the New Millennium: The Global Water Challenge
From: Spectrum Radio
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One Hour Radio Special presented by The National Science Foundation and IEEE Spectrum Radio exploring emerging global water issues.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KGOU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 13
An Internet Portal into the Ocean
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: John Delaney directs the Regional Scale Nodes ocean observatory program at the University of Washington, where he also serves as Professor of Oceanography., Credit: UWTV and the NEPTUNE Program
Welcome to the first episode of Ocean Gazing. We'll look at, listen to and touch the ocean to unpack its secrets. On this program, we’ll hear fro...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 07:20
Sustainability
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Hosted by Barbara Bogaev, and produced by Richard Paul, Sustainability looks at what is being done to address our energy needs and environmental c...

Bought by WFHB, WNIJ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 27
On Insects and Humility
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
Caption: The Mystical Mantis, Credit: Paul Messing
NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy interviews Joanne Lauck, author of "The Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Revisioning the Insec...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:44
Vertical Farming: Food for the future.
From: Matthew Fidler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matt Fidler and Dr. Despommier of Columbia University in New York talk about his new concept of Vertical Farming. That is, growing our food in a s...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
BIONEERS The Golden Rule: Restoring the Earth by Restoring Human Dignity
From: Creative PR
Series: BIONEERS
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Taking care of nature means taking care of people, and taking care of people means taking care of nature.

Bought by KQUA, KQUA, KPOV, KPOV, KFOI Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 15
BIONEERS The Seaweed Rebellion: Saving the Earth by Saving the Oceans
From: Creative PR
Series: BIONEERS
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We're made of water, totally dependent on it, yet water in turn depends on us to play our part in a good way. Mother Ocean is the primary regulator...

Bought by KQUA, KQUA, KPOV, KFOI Radio, KRYZ-LPFM 98.5 and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 13
World Solar Challenge Race
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Engineers and students design solar powered racecars to compete in international event.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 05:53
Wireless Research
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Scientist constructs remote wireless network for environmenal researchers.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 09:59
Brazilian Multifuel Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Brazilian Automotive developers create the car that runs on most any fuel

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 06:01
European Clean Coal
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Swedish company designs clean coal powereed plant

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
small world/small wonders
From: Laurel Collins
Caption: PRX default Piece image
community responses to tamarisk beetle infestation

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 1
Home Power Energy
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Is "cogeneration" the new way for powering your house and home?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:40
After Oil
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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When we look at all the things that made America what it is, It's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more ...

Bought by KZYX, WILL, Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 39
Cyber Tracker
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Report on animal Cyber Tracker program inventor Louis Leibenberg.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:28
Sonar and Whales
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Sonar's deadly effect on several whale species

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Gerson Legacy, Three Generations: Medical Evidence v.s. Persecution
From: Edward May
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three generations of Gerson's have been persecuted by the medical and pharmaceutical industries, yet they continue to educate the public about the ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:10:44