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Adventurers Amy & Dave Freeman on their year living in the Boundary Waters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Amy & Dave Freeman spent the last year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to call attention to the value of wilderness in the face...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 19:03
Gus' Wild Side: He is the walrus
From: WTIP
Series: Gus' Wild Side: Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
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In this edition of Gus' Wild Side, we learn about the marbled murrelet....and also hear about Gus and his wife's encounter with a biologist who see...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
Look Toward The Dawn
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Today, we take a step back to imagine a world without a web of GPS satellites telling your smartphone where you are every second of the day. While ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 24:33
  • Purchases: 1
298-Rosetta
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Rosetta spacecraft visited a comet and obtained interesting unique data and images.

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


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
297-White Sky
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Millions of children will never see the Milky Way or a meteor streaking across the night sky.

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
293-From Luna
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A rock blasted from the Moon by the impact of an asteroid or comet may be on its way to Earth.

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Our Shores Run: Three friends' successful summer run around Lake Superior
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Three friends from Northland College, Andy Butter, Evan Flom, and Allissa Stutte, set out to run all the way around Lake Superior this summer. The ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 18:54
Blue Water Cowboys
From: Outer Voices
Caption: Pulling up the Dinghy, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
“Blue Water” sailing is the kind where there’s no land to be seen, hopefully for days or weeks on end, and there’s a rare group of people who contr...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:39
  • Purchases: 1
285-Mars Impactors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A given piece of ground on Mars is more likely to be hit by a space rock than is an equal sized area on planet Earth.

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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 ...

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  • 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...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Gus' Wild Side: An encounter at Schoodic Point
From: WTIP
Series: Gus' Wild Side: Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
Caption: Schoodic Point, Credit: Kim Carpenter on Flickr
Acadia National Park is located along the coast of Maine. Gus worked at Acadia as a Park Ranger and in this edition of Gus' Wild Side, he recalls a...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 05:17
281-Starlight Walking
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Experience the age old sense of wonder which happens when a human looks into deep space and thinks about what might be out there.

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode 11: Hoofprints On The Heart
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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This is the story of a love that spans continents. Jon Dunham set out on the longest, toughest walk of his life. But along the way, he met someone ...

Bought by KUER, KRZA, New Hampshire Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 21:12
  • Purchases: 5
Seagull Lake to Hudson Bay Journey 4 Renewal a success
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Four young women set out from Seagull Lake May 29 to canoe to Hudson Bay. Called Journey 4 Renewal, the trip was a fundraiser for Wilderness Canoe ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 18:28
Parenting at 24,000 Feet
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains was a source of pride and peace; for his parents it was a source of constant worry. ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 18:44
278-Nope
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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This is the story of the big one that got away.

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Second Greatest Show on Earth
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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A group of 19th century pioneers lay claim to one of the world’s most inhospitable mountains and turn it into a premiere tourist destination.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 19:41
The Soundtracker
From: Generation Anthropocene
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Listen up, because you never know when a sound will change your life. Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton tells us the story of how he became “The S...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 48:45
276-Big 3
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still out there.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
275-No Place Like Home
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Astronomers are finding thousands of planets orbiting distant stars. Your home the Earth is still the only one where you could live without a space...

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Gus' Wild Side: Bugs, dogs and bears
From: WTIP
Series: Gus' Wild Side: Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
Caption: Traveling by canoe with Maggie, the dog
Camping and traveling by canoe can have its own set of rewards...and challenges. In this edition of Gus' Wild Side, Gus recalls wilderness experien...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2016
  • Length: 05:05
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
270-Space Opals
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Opals from space are likely to have brought some of the water we drink to planet Earth.

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


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
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

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