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Catching Cosmic Rays
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Out There: The Science of Exploring the Universe
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In December 2012, a two-ton instrument built to detect cosmic rays ascended into the Antarctic sky, carried by a balloon the size of a football fie...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 14:00
Food Sleuth Radio Benny McLean Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Benny McLean has been working in the Florida citrus industry ever since he was 10 years old. Today he is production manager for Uncle Matt’s Organ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Eric Lee-Mader Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Humans depend heavily on invertebrate animals -- those without a backbone—including earthworms and beneficial insects. In fact, one third of the ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
The Write Question - Josh Slotnick - 224
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Josh Slotnick talks about farming and his poetry collection, FarmHome. He also reads several poems.

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Peter McBride ~ photographing the most endangered river in America
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with National Geographic Photographer Peter McBride

  • Added: Feb 15, 2014
  • Length: 15:23
Food Sleuth Radio Doug Gurian-Sherman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that herbicide-resistant weeds have reached epidemic proportions, infesting 61 million acres and growing....

  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
An Interview with Scott Elliott
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Scott Elliott talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about his novel 'Temple Grove,' which includes environmental, mythological...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Food Sleuth Radio Urvashi Rangan Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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When Consumer Reports tested 300 raw chicken breasts from supermarkets nationwide they discovered that more than half of the samples contained bact...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Klaas Martens Interview, Part II
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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When Klaas Martens transitioned to organic farming, his neighbors at the local coffee shop bet how long it would be before he went broke. But Marte...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio Klaas Martens Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Can organic farming feed the world? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with New York State...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Waiting, Still Waiting - The Legacy of Fracking
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Brett Corsentino is a fourth-generation dairy farmer in southern Colorado. He discusses the impact that area fracking has had on his farm. He state...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:35
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
Sharing is Good
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Beth Buczynski
Consumption and consumerism – they are the cornerstones of American society. Many feel that that model is about to change. We either continue on th...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
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
WorldCanvass: The Social Impact of Sustainability (part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:53
Jim Hightower - Trans-Pacific Partnership - Corporate Coup d'etat
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Jim Hightower, political commentator and author of If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates; Thieves in High Places: Th...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Weisman
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
An Interview with Doug Peacock
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program filmmaker and naturalist Doug Peacock talks about his latest book, 'In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: A Renegade Naturalist Cons...

Bought by WCWP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
An Interview with Christopher White
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Christopher White talks about and reads from his book 'The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers.'

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCWP, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ancient water in Earth's crust may help scientists understand life here & possibly on other planets
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar of the University of Toronto was recently named by Canadian Geographic as someone making a significant difference in Ca...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 18:09
Above the Waves
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Photo by Lisa Wilkerson
Above the Waves, the third publication from photographer Lisa Wilkerson and British poet and author Jeremy Reed, is a continuation of their sensual...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 26:24
One World Everybody Eats
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Denise Cerreta
As founder of One World Everybody Eats, Denise Cerreta is determined to change the way restaurants do business and to bring delicious, healthful fo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 20:58
  • Purchases: 1
Dream of Wild Health saves seeds traditionally cultivated by Native American communities
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Diane Wilson is executive director of Dream of Wild Health, a St. Paul nonprofit working to collect and save seeds once cultivated by Indian commun...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 1
Two Guys On Your Head: Nature Vs. Nurture
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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To what degree are we born a blank slate, and how much are we a result of our influence by our environment? Consensus: Nature or nurture is the wr...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:20

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