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Green Home Reno
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Veteran forest campaigner Richard Brooks shows how easy it is to go green when renovating.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
Ep.10: Green Design
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Green Design: Why revolving doors rule. They give buildings the LEED badge when they are environmentally friendly. Why is a bldg a LEED bldg? A gr...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 14:57
Ep.04: Renewable Energy in a Nuclear Neighbourhood & Suing Environmentalists
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Why nuclear energy is a main source of energy for Ontario and who is using renewables?. And how lawsuits silence environmentalists.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 12:18
On deck with the Rainbow Warrior
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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The RW comes home to Vancouver. Is this ship iconic in the city where Greenpeace began?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 1
What is a RHIB?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Capt of more than one Greenpeace ship Capt Peter Wilcox tells us what a RHIB is. (like a life boat, but not.)

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:36
Twelve Canadians: Jessica Ernst
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Jessica Ernst & Magic, Credit: David Kattenburg
Alberta citizen/researcher Jessica Ernst takes on Big Frac

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:52
Fracking
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Dead cow at Hawkwood ranch, Credit: David Kattenburg
Voices of concerned citizens in New Brunswick and Alberta, Canada

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:58
Hum...
From: Terrascope Radio
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A short, evocative audio postcard made while visiting power-generation facilities in northern California.

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:22
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
Large Wildfires Jumpstart Debate on Fire Management Techniques
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Photo by (cc) Flickr user Lotus R
A topic that we covered more than a year ago, but was just as relevant in 2013 is fire, more specifically wildfires. When we aired our show, The Bu...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
Friday Night Lights
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Contributor Meg Cramer tells the story of the first electrically lit town in America -- Wabash, Indiana.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #74- Hand Painted Signs
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The last practitioners of disappearing art form that's poised to make a comeback

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #73- The Zanzibar and Other Building Poems (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A poet makes a city.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #81- Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The steal skeleton underneath the all the concrete structures that you work in, drive over, and walk under…

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #89- Bubble Houses
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Buildings of the future, once.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, WJCT, WNIJ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
  • Purchases: 6
Low Carbon Cows
From: Minnie Sagar
Caption: Fenwood Ranch, Credit: Minnie Sagar
This feature looks at the greening of Prather Ranch, a sustainable cattle hay and farming operation in Northern California. Through a partnership ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
Digging Deeper: The Miner Details of a Major Industry
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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Mining provides the resources for many products we use every day, but it's more than just a big corporate enterprise. Listen in for a look at some ...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:34
The Living Fossil
From: Veronica Simmonds
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Every drug we take is tested with crab blood. And it all started with a walk on a beach.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 3
The Field Trip Podcast: Swimming with Submersibles
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
This week, correspondent Teresa Chin takes us on a tour beneath the Monterey Bay to explore the sights and creatures of the deep. Cruise a shipwrec...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 12:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Field Trip Podcast: Wildfires
From: The Field Trip Podcast
Caption: The Field Trip Podcast logo, Credit: Mike Smith
Here's the first episode in our “Summer Dispatches” series, in which reporter Megan Molteni braves the scarred landscape of Colorado Springs after...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 13:57
99% Invisible #54- The Colour of Money (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Australia made its money better. Why can't the US?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 18
The Mikie Show #49, Sheril
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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If you click the little play arrow down there you’ll be able to join us as we speak with Sheril Kirshenbaum, author and science writer. Besides bei...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #45- Immersive Ideal (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The closest one could ever hope to get to dancing about architecture.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #43- The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Sometimes it's an object's imperfections that makes you fall in love with it. And sometimes that object is an escalator.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 22
Wells to Wheels: Can shale gas power cars?
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Making way for the Marcellus, Credit: Reid R. Frazier/Allegheny Front
We use natural gas to heat our homes and generate our power. Can we use it to fuel our cars? Big Gas thinks shale gas is the key to cleaning up our...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 06:57