PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment

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Dangers of the River Road
From: Bruce Hucko
Caption: PRX default Piece image
traveling highway 128 outside Moab, Utah

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Using Wildfire As A Classroom
From: KSUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students from 5 states visit Southwest Colorado to learn about the origins of wildfires

Bought by KRFC


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cafe Rebeldia
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Zapatista co-op sells organic coffee on the growing global "solidarity market."

Bought by KZSC, PRX, KUER, WCOM, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2005
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 11
UN-Environment
From: Steve Herman
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The United Nations today released a landmark report on the state of the world's ecosystems

Bought by KGOU and WYSO


  • Added: Mar 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
80 Meters
From: Jennifer Dunn
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Development tensions and forced relocation in rural southwestern China

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 25, 2005
  • Length: 12:34
  • Purchases: 2
1989 Joanne Kyger - Springtime Adonis Poem
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
1975 Gregory Corso - The Mad Yak
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Beat great Gregory Corso reads in 1975

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 2
Lapsarian Hummingbirds
From: Dale Short
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A poetic tribute to the arrival of the hummingbird

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


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
How Long Do You Keep a Polluting Heap?
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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What to do when you're the biggest polluter you know.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KTNA


  • Added: Feb 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
Just Another Fish Story
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A small town in rural Maine recalls the impact of a beached whale on their community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, HowSound, PRX Remix, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 21
Electricity: Paying the Price
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Many people don't think about where their electricity comes from but some, like Floyd Simpson, know all too well!

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WYSO, and Morehead State Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2005
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 3
Every Day, on My Way to Work, Somebody Tries to Kill Me
From: Sarah Kobos
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Trade your car for a bicycle, and you learn a thing or two about people.

Bought by KZSC and BSR Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2004
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
Ask the Librarian: Who's got better eyesight -- the jumping spider or the hawk?
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Ask the Librarian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolbook claims jumping spiders have better eyesight than hawks: is that true?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
Among the Navajo - A Journey into the In Between
From: Egon Koch
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The Native American tribe is caught between their traditions and modern life.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KSUT, and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2004
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 3
Finally: A Cure For Nervous Sheep
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists find way to soothe anxious sheep. But how do you know when sheep are nervous?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
H20
From: Melonie Magruder
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Futuristic Thriller with Environmental overtones, which pays homage to Radio Drama of the 30's and 40's

Bought by KGOU, KZYX, and WZBC


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 53:20
  • Purchases: 3
Dead of Summer and other poems.
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: NYC, Credit: M. Van Halteren
2" audio poem about summer, part of group of four. available separately.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and WMBR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 4
The last wild place
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wildlife cinemaphotographer Steve Kroschel tells us how his career began, his move to Alaska and about the wild creatures that share his home and l...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 19:34
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
Housing for South Africa's poor
From: David Barasoain
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How to house South Africa's poor.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2004
  • Length: 05:21
Naked Barbies and Deflated Basketballs: A look inside the world of collectors
From: paul overton
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A day in the life of collectors.

Bought by KVMR, WUNC, KUOW, and WZBC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
Polly's Boa
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who knew the riverbanks of Boston catered to such diverse wildlife?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Heard: At Once - Portland Headligght
From: Rob Rosenthal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio composition featuring the foghorn of Portland Headlight.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WMPG, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2003
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 4
Heard: At Once - Bell Buoys
From: Rob Rosenthal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio composition featuring bell buoys recorded while kayaking in Portland Harbor.

Bought by WMPG, Third Coast International Audio Festival, and WZBC


  • Added: Dec 30, 2003
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
:60: Peepers
From: Rob Rosenthal
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Time-Elapsed Peepers

Bought by PRX Remix and WMPG


  • Added: Dec 30, 2003
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2

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