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Landscapes of Longevity (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: A resident of Okinawa, Japan, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world where people live longest. Architects studying these “Landscapes of Longevity” say that our surroundings have mor...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Landscapes of Longevity (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A resident of Loma Linda, CA, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRDP, KPVL, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Landscapes of Longevity
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WCNY, WEZU, KKRN, KUNV, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 7
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1446 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10/16/2014
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Blues from alternate spaces provide opportunities for technical prowess, yet melodic & lyrical in touch. Never losing the idea of blues as a feelin...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 1
Author Sister Madonna Buder a.k.a. the Iron Nun
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A Roman Catholic Sister in her 80s who wrote “The Grace to Race, “ she’s the oldest person ever (man or woman) to finish an Ironman Triathlon. This...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Winter - "November's Embrace, March's Imbalance."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
How to See Glass
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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After 20 years of hunting sea glass, Bill and Helen Carney have collected and cataloged 200,000 pieces. But their obsession takes on new meaning as...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 5
Organic Grapes, Wine & Charlie Barra
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with organic grape grower Charlie Barra, founder of Barra of Mendocino Organic Wines.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Old School DIY
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Before it was called DIY or even “do it yourself,” self-sufficiency had value. Our parents and grandparents called it “making do.” This episode exp...

Bought by WYSO, XRAY.fm, KUT, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
NPH: The Disease often Misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Caption: Neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael Turner
First, neurosurgeon Michael Turner explains the effects of the disease Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH). Symptoms of NPH, are similar to those o...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
Infrastructure...generationally speaking
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Older,middle and younger generation perspectives on Infrastucture priorities

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Warming World Spells Trouble for Elderly
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
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When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
History of the Mendocino Environmental Center
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Betty Ball, co-founder of the Mendocino Environmental Center in Ukiah, Ca. They discuss the movements to protect Northern...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
LIFE ON THE FARM
From: clay scott
Series: Mountain West Voices
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This week on Mountain West Voices: a visit with two women who grew up on remote, central Montana farms in the 1920's.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
FEAR
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion on FEAR!

  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
A Second Wind: Elders Act for Justice
From: Making Contact
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect pos...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
After the Flood
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mae Savage Home, Credit: Dead River Area Historical Society
Many Mainers come to Flagstaff Lake to kayak, hunt or snowmobile. But the story of the lake is largely untold. Sixty years ago this spring, three s...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 2
Declining Fish Stocks
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Three-quarters of the world's fish stocks are in distress and many fisheries could collapse by midcentury. Should we ban industrial fishing or regu...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
No Faith in Zoning
From: Addie Goss
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Landowners in Johnson County, Wyoming, live with a kind of paradox. They hate to see their neighbor's ranches turned to subdivisions. But their b...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:11
Award-winning Tree Farmer Emphasizes Careful Planning
From: ComRadio
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Tree Farmer Recognized for Conservation Efforts

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Elderly Underclass
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The number of Americans over age sixty-five is expected to double to seventy million in the next thirty years, and the experience of old age often ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
NEWSCAST
From: KRCC-FM
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Gas industry - Colorado floods - Ken Lay - Homestead tax

  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 05:49
Our Window
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A magical view from a window includes the dark side of nature.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:56
This I Believe - Ruth Kamps
From: This I Believe
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Listener Ruth Kamps now finds her beliefs to be as firmly rooted as the pine tree that gives her inspiration.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1