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Landscapes of Longevity (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A resident of Loma Linda, CA, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRDP, KPVL, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Landscapes of Longevity
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WCNY, WEZU, KKRN, KUNV, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 7
Green Fashion Designers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
Black folks in nature
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, leads a group on a white water adventure, Credit: Outdoor Afro
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...

Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
The Greenhouse Project: Bringing San Francisco’s forgotten flower farm back to life
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In 2002, Juan Carlos Cancino, was riding his bike around town and found an entire city block of dilapidated greenhouses, near a hill in the Portola...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:44
Colliding galaxies, choosing a telescope, Perseid meteor showers, and more...from Astrobob
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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One of WTIP's favorite Roadhouse guests, Bob King (aka Astrobob), joined Dick Swanson to catch up on what's new in the sky and how best to see it.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 1
Mushi, Ticks, and Walking Sticks (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And more...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Snipe Hunt
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: A Wilson's snipe mid flight, Credit: NPS / Neal Herbert
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.

Bought by KALW, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
The School that Had No Water: Water Security in South Africa
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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What would you do if you were headmistress of a school with no water--none for drinking, none for cleaning, none for flushing, none? Here is the st...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 19:41
Wilderness Adventures Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 47: Ocean Clark – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Ocean Clark (right), Credit: Adrien de Martini
Bobby and Martini podcast from Union, NJ, at the studio of New York City-based artist, Ocean Clark, whose original paintings and prints of pop cult...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 30:25
In-vessel Digesters
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: Pathways to Sustainability
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In-vessel digester technology converts food scraps and other organics into rich compost quickly and efficiently, with the possibility of revitalizi...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:31
Food Sleuth Radio Brenda Davis Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The food we eat can be a powerful tool for extending life, reversing diabetes, healing our planet and creating a more compassionate society. Join ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
R.D. Offutt Potato Empire
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Honor the Earth Environmental Features
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This is an investigative report into the environmental effects of R.D. Offutt, a potato growing company based in Park Rapids, Minnesota. R.D. Offu...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 30:03
East Coast Volcanoes (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, tectonic plates were shifting and volcanoes erupted along the Eastern Coast of the United States. But discoverie...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Delightful new book assembles stories from the Boundary Waters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Boundary Waters lover Barry Johnson has put together a book of essays about his favorite place, the "BWCA Reader." Several dozen stories from diffe...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
Pedal Power (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Bicycling is on the rise in cities, and it's no longer limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic ...

Bought by WJCT, WMNR, KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Pedal Power (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Bicycling in cities is on the rise, and it's no longer limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Nora Hubbard - "Beauties of the World"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Nora Hubbard is a sixth grader at North Shore Community School near Duluth. She started her literary career early when she had a book published at ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
Food Sleuth Radio Philip Ackerman-Leist Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What’s a “foodshed” and how can we strengthen our local and regional economies with and through food and farming? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and R...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Horse Companions
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.

Bought by KGUA and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 2
You Too May Be a Naturalist
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Deborah Edelman, Adina Merenlender, co-authors, with Greg de Nevers of "The California Naturalist Handbook."

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
The Honeybees Are Alright
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For years, a mysterious “colony collapse disorder” has been killing honeybees across the nation. This year, commercial beekeepers have reported los...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2
Rainbows on Demand
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Spotting a rainbow requires a bit of luck—you know, being in the right place at the right time. But not if you make them yourself. For over two wee...

Bought by WCNY and WVTF


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2

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