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Caption: Chuuk Lagoon, Went Federated States of Micronesia, Credit: Marek Okon on Unsplash @marekokon
This week on World Ocean Radio: a summary of fifteen new ocean challenges as identified by the conclusions of thirty conservation experts around th...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 10:28
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Elizabeth Azzuz, Secretary of Cultural Fire Management Council, discusses her work using Traditional Native Karuk methods of prescribed burning to ...

Bought by KMUN and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, part two of a two-part series laying out steps with examples that represent a coherent and provocative way forward toward a plastic-free...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:11
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A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts, in association with SYSTEMIQ, finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow of pl...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 05:14
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On this week’s episode, we hear from two experts with competing visions of how we can sustainably feed a growing planet.

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Port Arthur Texas is home base for the largest oil refinery in North America and a dizzying toxic array of fossil fuel and chemical facilities. But...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are wonderful and lots of folks agree. The little town of Bisbee in the Mule Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona ...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 04:29
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. This week we are discussing an...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:19
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HOUR ONE: 'The Secret Language of Trees' - Trees talk to each other, and even form alliances with other trees or other species. Some are incredibly...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we discuss two...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
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HOUR ONE: "Eye-To-Eye With Animals" - Have you ever locked eyes with an animal in the wild? It can be a shattering experience. HOUR TWO: 'A Parenti...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we highlight T...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:04
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HOUR ONE: "Saving Democracy from Demagogues" - Around the world, authoritarian leaders are on the rise – from Russia and Hungary to the U.S. We exa...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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I grew up in the land of the black walnut, Juglans nigra. And if you grew up in the eastern US, then you did too. It has a very large range in east...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:59
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I’m pretty sure I first encountered the plant called mala mujer in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson around 30 years ago. I had 10 years of ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: A sample of corallimorphs collected by ROV Jason, photographed under a blacklight to demonstrate florescence., Credit: @NOAA
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. This week we outline the myria...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:16
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HOUR ONE: "Walk With Me" - Walking prolongs our life and makes us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? HOUR TWO: "Why Do We Have So Mu...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Earth Overshoot / Global Footprint Network, Credit: Linus Nylund @dreamsoftheoceans on Unsplash
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity consumes from Nature more than the planet can provide, either as natural or renewable resources in...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 05:38
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The Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas face a petrochemical and fracked gas export boom. Super-heat-charged hurricanes strike almost every year. As ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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In this week’s episode, we take on the global housing crisis. Ray dives deep into grassroots housing solutions across Southeast Asia, and later, is...

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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HOUR ONE: "Whose Land Is It?" - Owning land is a big part of the American dream. But there’s a problem with that: That land is often stolen. So who...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Satellite image of Tampa Bay on the western coast of Florida., Credit: NASA Image, Robert Simmon
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism in ocean news, science and advocacy. In this ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
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The act of composting ensures that food scraps and green waste are never wasted, but returned to enrich the soil. It sequesters carbon, and helps t...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Barbara Buffaloe wins mayoral election in Columbia, MO
With federal climate policy blocked by Congress and the Supreme Court, we look at opportunities to advance climate action at state and local levels.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism in ocean news, science and advocacy. In this ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:51