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Spring Birds Arrive in the Eastern Forest
From: BirdNote
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May in an Eastern hardwood forest, and the chorus of spring birdsong is nearing its peak. The Carolina Wren, a year-round resident, has been singin...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
Craig Santos Perez and the Last Safe Habitat
From: BirdNote
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Poet Craig Santos Perez grew up on the island of Guam, and later moved to Hawai‘i where his children were born. Both are places that once flourishe...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
Return of the Native with Bill Shanabruch Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Bill Shanabruch, Credit: Charles McGuigan
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 24:26
Protecting Earth
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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It's Earth Day on The Children's Hour, and we meet Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM) who explains how National Parks and National Wildernes...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
04152024: Protecting Earth , 4/15/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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It's Earth Day on The Children's Hour, and we meet Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM) who explains how National Parks and National Wildernes...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
Backyard Wildlife
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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What's wild about your backyard? This time on The Children's Hour we explore creating a wild backyard, and what to do with injured wild animals we ...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTNA, KRSC, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 13
Michelle Loosli, Senior Manager for Climate Education at the American Public Health Association’s Center for Climate, Health and Equity.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that climate change is an imminent threat to human health, yet most schools do not provide education about climate change and its heal...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rod Graham: The Case For Legacy Preference in College Admissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
Legacy students, applicants whose families attended the school, comprised 36 percent of Harvard’s class of 2022. Notably, 77% of students admitted ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
04082024: Backyard Wildlife, 4/8/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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What's wild about your backyard? This time on The Children's Hour we explore creating a wild backyard, and what to do with injured wild animals we ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
The Spark Weekly 3.31.24: David Gambacorta, Barbara Laker and Bryan Wade
From: WITF
Series: The Spark Weekly
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Coming up on this week's episode of The Spark Weekly. Two Philadelphia Inquirer reporters that have investigated forever chemicals of PFAs that go...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 46:24
Querencia: A Place We Call Home
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about the concept of querencia: the feeling of “home” in a place, and with our communities. Using poetry,...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KSTK, RadioFreePalmer, KECG and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
BirdNoir: The Wild Tom Turkey
From: BirdNote
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In this episode of BirdNoir, the private eye gets a call from H. Jon Benjamin about unusual Wild Turkey behavior. A male turkey (known as a “tom”) ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WFHB, and KBIA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Birding 101: Finding Birds Any Time of Day
From: BirdNote
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Morning is a great time for birding – that’s the peak of singing and foraging activity for many species. But it’s not the only time to experience b...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Beak Meets Seed
From: BirdNote
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Birds like finches, chickadees and this Northern Cardinal love sunflower seeds, but each species uses a different strategy to extract the meat. Whe...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Unlikely Places to Go Birding
From: BirdNote
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Birding is often best in the least likely places. At sewage treatment plants, watch for ducks and gulls - and raptors keeping watch over them all. ...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Claire Wahmanholm: You Can Always Hear the Highway
From: BirdNote
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Poet Claire Wahmanholm's work focuses on nature and the environment. As she was walking around a nature preserve north of Chicago, Claire was liste...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Cactus Wren Nest Orientation
From: BirdNote
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Cactus Wrens, which may nest several times between March and September, carefully orient their nests in tune with the season. These bulky twig stru...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Great Tinamou, Eerie Voice in the Jungle
From: BirdNote
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The eerie sound of the Great Tinamou can be heard in the lowland jungle throughout much of Central and South America. Secretive — and almost imposs...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hawai‘i as a Model for Conservation
From: BirdNote
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With invasive species and climate change, Hawai‘i has experienced so much loss and extinction since Western colonists arrived. But Sam ‘Ohu Gon, th...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Cliff Swallows Build a Nest
From: BirdNote
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When Cliff Swallows arrive on the breeding grounds in North America, the dirty work begins. The swallows scoop up mud in their beaks and carefully ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Creating Bird Habitat at Home
From: BirdNote
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One of the biggest threats to birds is the decline in biodiversity due to habitat loss — and the traditional, manicured lawn isn’t helping. Growing...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Secret to Singing Like a Cardinal
From: BirdNote
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Northern Cardinals have vocal abilities that surpass even the most accomplished human singers. When cardinals sing, they sweep their voices from th...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Recognizing a Stranded Loon
From: BirdNote
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Loons are built for life in the water – so much so that their legs don’t work well on land. During migration, loons sometimes mistake wet pavement ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Aplomado Falcon - Species Recovery in the Works
From: BirdNote
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Aplomado Falcons were once widespread residents of the American Southwest, but by the 1950s, they'd disappeared entirely from the region. Loss of h...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Lee Ann Roripaugh: String of Beads
From: BirdNote
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When writer Lee Ann Roripaugh visited the annual staging grounds of Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska, she was in awe of the birds. During their spring m...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1

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