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Brown County Hour - Episode 8
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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The Brown County Hour partners with WFHB's audio theater troupe for a live variety show!; An interview with Nashville's resident street musician Jo...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:36
Brown County Hour - Episode 7
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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Tammera Lane traces Brown County's Celtic and Appalachian musical roots and the use of early instruments like the dulcimer, hurdy gurdy, and bowed ...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:03
Brown County Hour - Episode 6
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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Julia Pearson from the History Center examines how art and artifacts contribute to Brown County culture; Steve Miller talks about his artist grandf...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:03
Brown County Hour - Episode 5
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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Brown County Native Americans talk about how they honor the Earth in their daily lives; Featured performers Jonathan and Deborah Hutchinson share t...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:37
Brown County Hour - Episode 4
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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A look at love and romance in the pioneer day; Correspondent Kaylee Witt explores the sport of falconry; Hank Swain misunderstands a teacher's less...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:03
Brown County Hour - Episode 3
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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In this holiday edition of the Brown County Hour: Our friends at the Brown County History Center share sensory soundscapes and local stories of yu...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:31
Brown County Hour - Episode 2
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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Pete Sebert of the Brown County History Center recalls the autumn of yesteryear; Halloween-themed poetry from Tricia Bock, Keith Kelly, and Gunther...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
Brown County Hour - Episode 1: Summer Pilot
From: WFHB
Series: Brown County Hour
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In this edition of the Brown County Hour: A tall tale about a snake with discriminating taste in moonshine; Hear some fine pickin' from the White ...

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 58:03
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michael E. Mann
In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the “Hockey Stick,” ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
The Global Warming Reader
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Bill McKibben
Into the national conversation about climate change and our planet's natural resources comes The Global Warming Reader: A Century of Writing About ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:40
Crazy About Mushrooms: Conversations with Fungus Fanatics
From: Anna McHugh
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What do the poisoned Emperor Claudius, the Aztec storm deity Quetzacotl and a 5,500 year old Ice Man have in common? They were all crazy about mush...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KHSU


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:02:07
  • Purchases: 3
Community Design
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Capital Village near Sacramento is an ideal case study for future communities.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
Earthquakes don't kill people — bad buildings do
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Hausler, Credit: Dowser.org
Engineer and brickmason Dr. Elizabeth Hausler saves lives by making houses more earthquake resistant for little or no extra money. It just requires...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 25, 2012
  • Length: 18:40
  • Purchases: 1
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
Aquaponic Gardening
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: New Society Press jacket cover
Sylvia Bernstein, president and founder of The Aquaponic Source, provides a step-by-step guide to raising vegetables and fish together.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 17:15
Christmas Bird Count audio postcard
From: Dina Weinstein
Caption: Tropical Audobon Society members on the annual Christmas Bird Count, Credit: Dina Weinstein
The annual Christmas Bird Count involves birders all over the Americas as citizen scientists tracking population and environmental changes. Miami, ...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 02:55
Reclaiming the Holidays
From: Humankind
Caption: Annie Leonard - "The Story of Stuff'"
This special profiles people from different backgrounds who seek to get past the consumer frenzy of the December holidays, and to focus more on aut...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Nevada Public Radio, Prairie Public, WRIR, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 29
Responding to Disasters from Prediction to Recovery
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Engineers of the New Millennium
Caption: Inside Technology
'Responding to Disasters, from Prediction to Recovery' is a one-hour long program from IEEE Spectrum Radio and The National Science Foundation exam...

Bought by KISU, KREV-LP, KBGA 89.9 FM, WNYC, WSKG and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 12
Cheryl Rogowski: Farm-to-Plate Innovator
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
Caption: Cheryl Rogowski, Farmer and MacArthur "Genius"
Where does our food come from? Since we pay close attention to so many aspects of food in the holiday season, host Majora Carter visits Cheryl Rogo...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KVMR, KEDM, WZEN.org and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Nuestro Río
From: Jack Loeffler
Caption: San Juan River, Credit: Celestia Loeffler
Nuestro Río is a thirty-minute radio program that focuses on Hispano/Latino heritage in the American Southwest, especially the Colorado River and R...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WFHB, CI Dolphin Radio, WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Natural Magic: The Earth Hospitality Enterprise
From: Bioneers
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"Natural Magic" is a new one-hour special from Bioneers Radio that explores the time-tested processes, relationships and recipes that have allowed ...

Bought by WZEN.org, KQED, WNIJ, and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Swimming Upstream: A special one-hour documentary
From: Michigan Radio
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We think of the Great Lakes today as a great place to play on the beach, to swim, to go fishing. But those huge, beautiful lakes are changing. The ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1

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