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Culture Clique Presents: "The Land of 10,000 lakes: Minnesota’s Water Future" EP1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we visit with Dr. Deborah Swackhamer. Dr. Deborah is a Professor of Science, Technology, and Public Policy in t...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 55:14
A Not So Big Life: Sarah Susanka #117
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Architect Sarah Susanka observed that houses in the U.S. were getting larger – but some rooms were seldom occupied, and often not even furnished. S...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WYAP, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 9
Women Rising 29: Food Sovereignty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Kanyon Sayers-Roods
Women Rising radio profiles food sovereignty activists from India, Mexico, and Native American communities.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 11, 201
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: If Paris Climate Summit is a Turning Point, Governments Must Go Beyond Cur...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WRIR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 4: Catch And Release
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Tonia Hanson had a secret. But when a private river retreat turned out to be very, very public, Tonia found unexpected healing.

Bought by KUER and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 2: A Ballroom Dancer, A Shark, And A PR Problem
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Debbie Salamone was an environmental journalist who was passionate about the ocean—and ballroom dancing. One day at the beach, all that changed.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., 'The Sea', KUER, KRZA, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending October 16, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Assessing the Consequences of Russian Intervention in Syria’s Civil War; C...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
17: Capitalism with a Conscience, Susan Griffin-Black & Claire Herminjard
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Susan Griffin-Black, EO Products
Is it possible to do good for the planet and have a successful business? In this episode, we speak with two women who are mindful of both the envir...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, WRIR, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Access to Water: What's it like to worry about every drop?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Access to water has been declared an international human right, but it may be increasingly difficult to enforce. This episode explores how countrie...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
Endeavours - A Hollywood Golden Boy
From: Dan McPeake
Series: Endeavours
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economist Jeff Rubin. Actor Tab Hunter. Music: No Joy

  • Added: Jun 25, 2015
  • Length: 01:02:06
6: Shana Rappaport & Amanda Ravenhill; Julia Prochnik, Negotiating Climate Change
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Amanda Ravenhill & Shana Rappaport
Climate change--one view is doom and gloom and destruction. The other is that things could be far more beautiful and regenerative and sustainable a...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Melanie Nutter on Smarter Cities
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Melanie Nutter
Many planners agree that a more centralized population is a good thing for long-term environmental responsibility. But as people all over the world...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Challenges and Challenges
From: WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
Series: Living Lab on The Point
Caption: Erosion at Nauset Light, Cape Cod National Seashore , Credit: Cape Cod Times
This show is all about challenges – coping with sea level rise, weathering tough financial times, and facing New England’s energy crisis.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 49:13
Women Ecopreneurs in the Developing World
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shilpi Chhotray
A wide array of economic analysts are increasingly recognizing the link between economic development and gender equality. Research is showing that ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Joan Dye Gussow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The New York Times calls Joan Dye Gussow, “the matriarch of the eat locally, think globally food movement.” Gussow, Professor Emeritus at Columbi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • 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
Maxine Kumin: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin the celebration of Women's History Month with a tribute to Maxine Kumin, who died on February 6, 2014 at the age of 88. A former Consultan...

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KQED


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
An Interview with Marjane Ambler
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Marjane Ambler talks about and reads from 'Yellowstone Has Teeth: A memoir of living year-round in the world's first national park.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Christine Byl - 283
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Christine Byl talks about her memoir, Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, which describes her experiences working on trail c...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, WCWP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Tracing the edge
From: Veronica Simmonds
Series: Visual Arts News podcast
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Artist Annie MacMillan is tracing the edge of Halifax's lakes, with her body.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
Green For All: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Political opponents of the green movement have been depressingly successful not only in attacking the facts that underpin the struggle, but in knoc...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
The Art of Joni Finnegan
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with Joni Finnegan, a southeast Minnesota artist with a deep appreciation and love of nature. Joni creates "e...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 21:16
  • Purchases: 1
Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Maxine Kumin
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES selection this month features a 2001 public reading by Maxine Kumin, who shares poetry on a a variety of topics from b...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wild
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with bestselling author Cheryl Strayed on her book "Wild"

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:38
Food Sleuth Radio, Penelope Jagessar Chaffer Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Women’s bodies serve as our children’s “first environments,” which is why food quality and safety are so important for pregnant and lactating women...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:00