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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
In this episode we investigate the science beneath our streets. First how a team of amateur speleologists are keeping Howe Caverns safe. Then a loo...
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 16:35
- Purchases: 2
We revisit one of our first interviews with environmental historian Richard White. He addresses the (mis)perceptions of the natural world, the ambi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 23:59
Curator for the Museum of PostNatural History in Pittsburgh, Richard Pell describes a new way for us to view how humans control the evolutionary pa...
- Added: Apr 09, 2013
- Length: 19:03
In this episode we see old bones made new again. First the ongoing restoration of Philadelphia's 19th Street Baptist Church. Then a discussion abou...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 17:11
Environmental historian Jon Christensen discusses the mythos of the American frontier and some of his unique approaches to history. Christensen als...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 40:29
In our second compilation, we bring together voices from the Leopold Leadership Program to investigate the changing nature and changing goals of co...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 23:16
The Supreme Court case that helped put a ‘for sale’ sign on our genes.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WRPI, WRIR, and WGBH Radio Boston
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 53:30
- Purchases: 4
On today's show we track the evolution of smog from symbol of industrial progress to public-health catastrophe.
- Added: Oct 09, 2012
- Length: 14:19
We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: animal communication in the Sonoran Desert and the toll of a...
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 13:33
The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 16:26
Fish, Aquaculture, and the Industrial Revolution
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 20:20
Asbestos, once a miracle product, is now a plague on the aging infrastructure to which it's bound. In this episode we explore a Pennsylvania town w...
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 14:03
Mainers see cougars all the time. Here's the problem: There are no cougars in Maine.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG
- Added: May 27, 2011
- Length: 09:15
- Purchases: 3
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...
- Added: May 27, 2011
- Length: 14:35
Not THAT Martha Washington, but a 29-year-old Passenger Pigeon who spent her entire life in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo. Of billions of birds f...
- Added: Apr 19, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
You’ve probably heard of folks driving around Lake Superior—but walking? Meet veteran naturalists and educators Mike Link and Kate Crowley, who set...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Aug 27, 2010
- Length: 14:33
- Purchases: 1
This feature looks at the history, production, and preservation of minerals, including gold and silver in the area around Washington DC and the lov...
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 06:07
The story of one man's quest to harness the power of the tide, and why now, nearly 100 years later, the quest continues.
Bought by SALTcast Podcast
- Added: Jun 03, 2010
- Length: 11:23
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 29, 2009
- Length: 04:19
- Purchases: 2
To prepare for climate change, sometimes it's good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But pirates le...
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Sunday, April 14th, 1935, mid-afternoon. A monstrous black dust cloud quickly forms over southwest Kansas -- and within minutes, people were runnin...
Bought by KUAC
- Added: Dec 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
Quest radio takes a look at the largest wetlands restoration in the West - the South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project.
- Added: Jun 14, 2007
- Length: 05:48
