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Inside Africa Conservation, Yellowstone, Uganda and Return to Glow
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Cover of People of Yellowstone book, Credit: Steve Horan
Today on World Footprints we will examine some troubling realities of Western conservation efforts in Africa; we’ll connect with life in Italy; tak...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:55
What's it like to live in a Lake Erie lighthouse? Bring water.
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Sheila Consaul purchased the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light in 2011 – and since then, she’s renovated and refurbished her unique summer home.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 7
Michigan town raises money online to clear harbor
From: Great Lakes Today
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With its harbor closed because of silt and other sediment -- and no help in sight from the federal government -- the town of Leland found an unusua...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
Death Valley: The Hottest Place on Earth, and the Driest and Lowest Place in North America
From: Barry Vogel
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Death Valley, the hottest place on earth and the driest and lowest place in North America is a spectacularly beautiful 3.4 million acre National Pa...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
284-Dark Trails
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After a meteor is no longer visible to the human eye it leaves a dark trail which can be followed by Doppler Weather RADAR. Researchers are using ...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
283-Micro-Astronomy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The history of our spot in the Universe is written in the composition of meteorites and other samples of materials we have obtained from space. Ev...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Great Ocean Reads for Summer
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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(with a new book by Greenpeace Captain Peter Wilcox) Summertime again, and what better time to pack a few books and head to the beach? In this epi...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:33
Paddle Minnesota: Mark Morrissey
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
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Jim Gallagher talks with BSU outdoor program director Mark Morrissey about his favorite paddling experience on the river, and his concerns for the ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 12:14
Tofte District Ranger Kurt Steele talks safety & ethics in the woods
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Just in time for the holiday weekend, WTIP's Dick Swanson checked in with Kurt Steele, district ranger for the Tofte district of the U.S. Forest Se...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 19:48
265-Dancing with Earth
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid has become a third partner in the Earth-Moon dance.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Ideas for staying safe in the woods
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The beginning of summer seems like a great time to revisit safety in the woods. Tom Suter, wilderness trail director for the Border Route Trail Ass...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 12:46
255-Earth Venus Express
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid makes frequent visits to near Earth and Venus.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Ken Ilgunas - 249
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Ken Ilgunas talks about his adventures while hiking nearly 2,000 miles along the proposed route of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
251-Fresh Lunar Craters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fresh lunar craters tell us about objects which enter the Earth-Moon system.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
248-Incoming
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A close approaching asteroid was observed as it passed between the Earth and our Moon.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
246-Anatomy of an Extinction Crater
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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By drilling into a crater rim, researchers hope to discover how the Earth and it's life forms recovered from an asteroid impact.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KENW and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
240-Why
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What motivates asteroid hunters?

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
226-Cosmic Campground
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KRWG and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Take Care #31
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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Episode topics: Hiking survival and contact lenses.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
Milan Expo 2015
From: Cesar Osoria
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Introduction Milan Expo 2015

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 10:46
Paddle Minnesota - September 12, 2015
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Paddle Minnesota
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This week Jim Gallagher talks with Andy Jenks of the University of Minnesota about the types of satellite locator beacons available for consumer us...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 12:48
It's a Jungle Out There (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodive...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTJU, KEDT, and WABE


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Cliff Jacobson, renowned outdoors writer and wilderness guide, on camping, canoeing, and more
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Cliff Jacobson is one of North America's most respected outdoors writers, wilderness guides, and consultants, and author of more than a dozen top-s...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 20:26
  • Purchases: 1
Lady Lucinda Lambton on Animal Architecture
From: Blanche Girouard
Series: English Enthusiasts
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Oral historian Blanche Girouard talks to Lady Lucinda Lambton about structures built to house, or commemorate, animals

  • Added: Apr 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:37