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Dragons of Inaction Feature
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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Today, about half of all Americans believe in human-caused climate change, and yet, few Americans modify their behaviors in any serious ways. Allis...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, WEZU and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
Dragons of Inaction (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are the "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WSKG, KMUD, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Dragons of Inaction (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are our "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by WXDU, KVSC, WKCC, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
02-09: True Biotechnologies: Nature’s Best Climate Change Solutions, 4/15/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Janine Benyus, Credit: Tim Porter
Some of the best minds on the planet are busy cataloguing possible solutions to the crisis of climate chaos. Scientists, entrepreneurs, and educato...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Black folks in nature
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, leads a group on a white water adventure, Credit: Outdoor Afro
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...

Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
Colliding galaxies, choosing a telescope, Perseid meteor showers, and more...from Astrobob
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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One of WTIP's favorite Roadhouse guests, Bob King (aka Astrobob), joined Dick Swanson to catch up on what's new in the sky and how best to see it.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 1
Snipe Hunt
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: A Wilson's snipe mid flight, Credit: NPS / Neal Herbert
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.

Bought by KALW, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
Wilderness Adventures Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
East Coast Volcanoes (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, tectonic plates were shifting and volcanoes erupted along the Eastern Coast of the United States. But discoverie...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Rainbows on Demand
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Spotting a rainbow requires a bit of luck—you know, being in the right place at the right time. But not if you make them yourself. For over two wee...

Bought by WCNY and WVTF


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
What Would Jesus Do (about climate change)?
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe discusses her Christianity in the context of her academic career… and her marriage to a one time climate skeptic...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:18
Gen Anthro 2012 Reflections: Producers' Edition
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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It’s the end of 2012, and producers Mike Osborne, Leslie Chang, and Miles Traer get together to chat about the past year of Generation Anthropocene...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 31:18
Need a creative boost? Hit the trail, say psychology professors Ruth Ann & Paul Atchley
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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University of Kansas psychology professors Ruth Ann & Paul Atchley recently completed a study showing that four days out in the wild, without cell ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 15:04
Technology's Promise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor William E. Halal
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Maria Rodale Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Maria Rodale, CEO and Chairman of Rodale, Inc., and author of “The Organic Manifesto. Maria...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Biomimicry
From: Sarah Lilley
Caption: Nautilus
Designers, engineers and corporations around the world have begun seriously to study Evolution's most successful problem-solving strategies in natu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 3
The Emerald Ash Borer
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: Agrilus planipennis , Credit: jlucier/Flickr
There have been mysterious purple boxes popping up in trees along roadsides and throughout forests. Charlie Nardozzi has some silly ideas about wha...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
Caption: There's no mistaking a hot pepper, Credit: Courtesy fRedi via Flickr
Charlie Nardozzi, expert horticulturist, talks about red hot chili peppers that range in intensity from mild to so-strong-they-are-used-for-nationa...

Bought by WMNR and WMNR


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1
Land for Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Things are going to the birds. Land that is. In the form of 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. that protect bird habitats.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Of Bonds and Blooms
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Gary and Barb Kirkpatrick at the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida., Credit: Lance Robson
Sometimes the ocean can be a threat to human health. Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, a wife and husband scientist team, describe what they’re doing to n...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 09:10
Top Models
From: Ari Daniel
Series: Ocean Gazing
Caption: Huijie Xue smiles when her virtual ocean model matches what the real ocean is doing., Credit: Jim Campbell
Huijie Xue forecasts the underwater weather of the Gulf of Maine: its temperature, its salinity, and its currents. And a lot of people are tuning in.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:22
Ice Algae
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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Elizabeth Arnold heads out on an ice breaker in the Bering Sea

Bought by KCHU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDUR, KTRT RADIO INC, WMNF and more


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 6
Hummingbird
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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This is a sweet segment on one of the smallest but best known little birds.

Bought by KDUR, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 3