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Cold Comfort | Episode 6 | The Things I Can See On the Mountains
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Ulf Isak Aleksandersen is 10 years old, and speaks three languages: Norwegian, Sámi and English. , Credit: Amy Martin
After thousands of years of tradition, a shifting climate is forcing changes in the way Sámi families herd reindeer. But some climate solutions are...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 4
Cold Comfort | Episode 5 | Just Decide
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Amanda Kernell, film director and screenwriter, Credit: Carla Orrego Veliz
Everyone's heard of Vikings -- their daring North Atlantic voyages, their mysterious runes. But there's another ancient culture in Arctic Scandinav...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Cold Comfort | Episode 4 | Becoming Arctic, Becoming Human
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: A trombonist plays on installation day, Credit: Studio Granada Architects
An eight-ton concrete ball and a 32,000-year-old needle collection. What's all this got to do with the Arctic? Find out on this episode of Threshold.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMPG and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 6
Cold Comfort | Episode 3 | Impermafrost
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: A group of researchers collect data on methane releases from Arctic lakes and wetlands., Credit: Amy Martin
All across the Arctic, frozen soil is thawing out. A lot of stuff is buried there -- plants and animals that lived more than 10,000 years ago. What...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, PRX Remix, Wyoming Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 6
Cold Comfort | Promos
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Orbis et Globus from the air, Credit: Studio Granada Architects
Promos for Season Two of Threshold

Bought by Prairie Public, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Wyoming Public Radio, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 05, 2018
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 4
Cold Comfort | Episode 2 | Invisible Hands
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Winter storms are eating away at the island, but moving the whole community is expensive., Credit: Amy Martin
When a major storm hit Shishmaref, Alaska in 2005, it became a poster child for climate change in the Arctic. Dramatic pictures of houses falling i...

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio, KPIP-LP, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 5
Cold Comfort | Episode 1 | The Water is Wide
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Brent and Elmer play along the shoreline at dusk, Credit: Nick Mott
In Shishmaref, Alaska, no one’s asking if climate change is real. What they want to know is how bad it has to get before the world decides to act.

Bought by Prairie Public, Prairie Public, Wyoming Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 6
Cold Comfort | Preview
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
Caption: Grímsey Island from the air, Credit: Studio Granada Architects
What is the Arctic, how is it changing, and why does this matter to all of us?

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound of Science
From: Outside Magazine
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Why environmental scientists are transforming big data into music.

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 19:40
  • Purchases: 2
Cloudbusters
From: Outside Magazine
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Humans are on the brink of technologies that can control the weather and possibly save us from climate change. But playing God is risky.

Bought by WFAE and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Arcata Marsh
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the city of Arcata's Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary that also functions as an innovative wastewater treatment facility.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Warblers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the springtime arrival of orange-crowned and wilson's warblers in northwestern California. For air during ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
RACING TO ZERO -- Diana Fuller and Chris Beaver Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Diane Fuller & Chris Beaver, San Francisco, CA 9/12/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Chris Beaver and Diana Fuller talk garbage, waste, and full-circle recycling.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:32
Sound Ecology: Cetaceans
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the wide variety of whales, porpoises and dolphins that inhabit the waters along northern California and southern Or...

Bought by KLCC, WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: American Dipper
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard about the American Dipper, highlighting some behavioral and physiological aspects of this ubiquitous songbird along rivers and st...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
Inka Milewski
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Inka Milewski, at home in Miramichi, NB, Credit: David Kattenburg
Profile of New Brunswick, Canada researcher and environmental health advocate Inka Milewski

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
LOVE THY NATURE -- Sylvie Rokab Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sylvie Rokab, San Francisco, CA 4/14/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Sylvie Rokab talks unexpected relatives, the hidden dangers of city life, and dancing with Liam Neeson.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 20:50
PELICAN DREAMS -- Judy Irving Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Judy Irving, San Francisco, CA 10/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Judy Irving talks discovery, falling in love, and sacred moments.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 22:31
Winter Wolves
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: Biological Technician Rick McIntyre, Credit: NPS / Neal Herbert
Some of the best howling of the season at Yellowstone National Park

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, Radio Newark, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 4
A day at Herring River
From: Ben Harden
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Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

Bought by Radio Newark and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 2
Hearing Red
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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Sounds affect us in ways we might not notice.

Bought by KSKA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 2
The West Cambridge Youth Center
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Series: Green Audio Tour of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
An older building in West Cambridge is renewed in an eco-friendly way

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:46