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The Compromise of the California State Parks
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The history and current status of the California State Park System is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious in a conversation with Frank Graha...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
154: The Challenge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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As we enter into the new year, our thoughts turn to the strengths and weaknesses of the existing proposals and plans for future actions on behalf o...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:35
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #24- The Two Fates of the Old East Portico (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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When the District recovered the old Capitol columns, it forgot about the other fragments that had also once held up the country's icon of democracy.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
World on the Edge – A Discussion with Author Lester Brown
From: Daphne Wysham
Series: Earthbeat
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The world is facing a potentially devastating 'Food Bubble,' that according to pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 56:59
Sea Rise
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Rising sea levels, Credit: marineinsight.com
The oceans are slowly rising due to ice melt and the warming of the waters. And at least one east coast city has hired a Dutch firm to evaluate op...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
How The Connected Community Paves The Way To Sustainability; An Earthway Perspective
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: James Reidy
Today on Culture Clique we visit with James Reidy, Associate Profesor in Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation at Winona State University...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 42:33
  • Purchases: 1
Selling Carbon Credits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't pollute, you can sell your clean-air credit to those who do.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:08
Keeper of the Mountains - an evening with Larry Gibson
From: Christopher Weller
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Chris Weller, host of Fret Knot Radio Hour, spends an evening with Larry Gibson in his cabin on Kayford Mountain in the heart of coal country. Gibs...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 32:46
Connecting a City through Greenways
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City, we'll learn how green space can connect a community, even in one of the most industrialized states in America. And we'll ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, WBEZ, and WFSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
McCain on the Free Market and the Environment
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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McCain says that market forces will solve our energy issues

Bought by WYSO and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 2
#44 National Ocean Protection Act
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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A Short Essay by Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory

  • Added: Aug 30, 2008
  • Length: 04:22
One Bad Leader Can Destroy our Planet
From: The humble Farmer
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A commentary on kings

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Shift of Land part 9...Water
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the ninth progr...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Shift of Land part 7...A National Perspective
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the sixth progr...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Shift of Land part 6...Current State of Things
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the sixth progr...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
#6 The United States and the Law of the Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Short essay by Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
Light Rail in Cheviot Hills (Los Angeles, California)
From: David Kates
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David Kates surveys West Los Angeles residents about whether a light rail line should be routed through a wealthy neighborhood.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Gore Nomination for Nobel Prize Poetic Justice
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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Nobel Committee did much better than the Supreme Court re: Al Gore

  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
Recognizing the Value Ourselves
From: Jefferey Sweeton
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A Southern, middle-aged farmer and a teenaged girl in Ohio paint a kaleidoscopic portrait of "the details" that "make us different, but the emotion...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 15:03
Commentary: Uranium Mining Returns to the United States.
From: KRCC-FM
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Colorado resident objects to the resurgence of uranium mining in her county.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jul 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Hurricane Hell
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Natural Disasters and Government Largesses

  • Added: Oct 13, 2004
  • Length: 02:45