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The Bad Modern History of Farming
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we talk with agricultural specialist Dale Hadler about modern farming practices. Dale discusses farming as a hol...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 19:45
Food Sleuth Radio, Jeanne Rizzo Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that most breast cancer is the result of exposures to environmental toxins in combination with genetic susceptibility, and stage of li...

Bought by KFOI Radio and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, Paul D. Thacker Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the biotech industry works to discredit and silence scientists who question the health and safety of genetically engineered crops...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Carey Gillam Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide globally, and decades of scientific research link it to a range of diseases, inclu...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Point Source Solutions for Solving Ocean Problems
From: World Ocean Observatory
Caption: Plastic pollution "confetti" mixes with baby blue velellas in the northern pacific plastic gyre., Credit: Karin Malmstrom, Marine Photobank
In this issue of World Ocean Radio we ask who benefits from current solutions to ocean acidification, co2 emissions, and plastic pollution, and if ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 05:13
Artificial Intelligence and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Ocean surface model created using MATLAB
In this week's episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill outlines some of the various applications of the oft-times controversial artificial i...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
2017-11-26 Bill Nye: Science Guy
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Bill Nye, Television Host and Science Educator
As the Science Guy, television’s Bill Nye inspired a generation of children to love science as much as he does. But these days, he’s speaking to a ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WLPR , NPR Now, KCMJ Community Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Arctic Futures, Part Five
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker YAMAL. , Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Who Owns the Economic Rights to Arctic Resources? This week on World Ocean Radio: part five of a multi-part series on the Arctic. In this episode, ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
Soul of the Sea in the Age of the Algorithm
From: World Ocean Observatory
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"Soul of the Sea in the Age of the Algorithm" is a new book by Dr. Gregory Stone and Nishan Degnarain, produced in association with World Ocean Obs...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:37
Food Sleuth Radio, Abby Youngblood Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that consumer demand for organic food continues to grow, despite the struggle of U.S. farmers to keep up with demand? Do you understan...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Modern Alchemy: Drinking Water from the Air
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Crystalline materials similar to these can now harvest water vapor from the air. , Credit: Yaghi Laboratory at UC Berkeley
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill shares a technology first developed by a team of scientists from MIT and UC Berkeley that co...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
2017-08-20 Tesla: Impossible... Until It's Not
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk
Tesla is the most valuable car company in the US, recently surpassing even the auto giant, General Motors. But this high valuation is not due to th...

Bought by KWIT, WAMU, and NPR Now


  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Russia and the Arctic
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Russian cruise ship, Svalbard, Norway, Credit: Thomas Hallermann, Marine Photobank
As Finland begins to outline its Arctic Council agenda for the next two years, Russian involvement and investment in the region continues to grow a...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
Deep Sea Mining in Papua New Guinea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The ocean is continually and exhaustively over-exploited: over-fishing by international fisheries, sand mining for construction projects and artifi...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:02
Are Our Pets Making Us Sick? (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Can the notorious brain-hijacking parasite "toxoplasma" affect humans? Is there a vaccine against Lyme Disease for humans in the pipeline?

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, WUGA (part of GPB), KMUN, WCQS and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Flattened Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Age old discoveries and scientific advances have long dispelled the belief that the earth is flat. Recent technological advances have moved recorde...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:24
2017-06-25 Water Whiplash
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Credit: Ed Ritger
Over the past few years, many parts of the country have experienced wetter wets and drier drys. California has seen five years of severe drought – ...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KHSU, RadioFreePalmer, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Soul of the Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Release Date: October, 2017, Credit: Soul of the Sea in the Age of the Algorithm by Dr. Gregory Stone & Nishan Degnarain
At the United Nations Ocean Conference in New York in June, each attending delegate was presented with a new book by co-authors Dr. Gregory Stone a...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 05:06
Water and Conflict
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Water conflict is nothing new. We have been fighting wars over the most valuable resource on the planet since thousands of years B.C. In this episo...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:43
2017-06-11 Inheriting Climate Change: What Will Boomers Leave Behind?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Bruce Gibney, Author, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed
Do the baby boomers owe millennials a clean planet? Or is it every generation for itself? Consumption-crazed baby boomers are leaving their younger...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KZYX, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 08, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 5
United Nations Ocean Conference: Our Ocean, Our Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On June 5th the United Nations General Assembly will convene for The Ocean Conference in New York City to set objectives, cultivate partnerships, a...

  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 05:19
Take Care #113
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: The right way to fall and better living through green buildings.

Bought by WNMU-FM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
2017-05-14 Amory Lovins: Peak Car Ownership
From: Climate One
Caption: Amory Lovins, Co-Founder, Rocky Mountain Institute
Will the rapid arrival of robotic cars lead to the blissful end of traffic? Or will autonomous cars merely put drivers out of work and clog our str...

Bought by MPR News Stations


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Will Allen, Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Do you know the real cost of cheap food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Will Alle...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending April 14, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: With Rollback of Obama Climate Regulations, Trump Declares War on Planet E...

Bought by WMUU-LP and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2