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Going to the Dogs
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Rioghan the Search Dog, Credit: Uploaded to Flickr by SARhounds
Distillations goes to the dogs with an episode on pets. Learn why they make us sneeze, how they can diagnose cancer, and how to protect them when g...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Mar 26, 2009
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 1
Children's Health
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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This episode focuses on the ways that we are exposing children to chemical agents, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 12:00
Charging Up
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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A look at batteries and transportation.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 12:00
A Young Birder's Field Guide
From: Gretta Cohn
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Luke Seitz is a 14-year-old birder with a lot on his mind- life lists, nemesis birds, and how to balance his secret passion with the confusing worl...

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Maine Coast, Oregon Sky
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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A journey to the edges of land and sea

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
How Place Shapes Us
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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From Hawaiia, a tropical canvas.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
Ghost Bikes
From: Mark Saldaña
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In Portland, OR, and across the United States, Ghost Bikes mark the sites of fatal bicycle-autombile collisions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 8
Backyard Ice Cream
From: Joshua McNichols
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Jennie Grant makes blackberry ice cream using only ingredients from her backyard

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 3
Lizard Tracks
From: ANITA PALLADINO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some interesting insights on product devlopment from an unusual source

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:32
CalEarth
From: Eric Molinsky
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Meet the house that beats an earthquake, stays cool without air conditioning, doesn't harm a single tree and costs less than a used car.

Bought by WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, American Voices, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Savannah's "Cog" offers bicyclists a new alternative
From: SCAD Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Savannah's new bike co-op opens to the public

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 04:30
Gone Mousin'
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food
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In Alaska, sometimes it isn't "Go Fish"; it's "Go Mouse"...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2007
  • Length: 02:59
The Plant Detective - episode 30 - Datura (for Halloween)
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Datura: Deadly source of important medicine

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Plant Detective - episode 29 - Cranberry
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Cranberry: Urinary tract infection remedy

Bought by KRZA and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Plant Detective - episode 28 - Mistletoe II
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Plant Detective
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Mistletoe and Cancer

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
small world/small wonders
From: Laurel Collins
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community responses to tamarisk beetle infestation

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 20:12
  • Purchases: 1
PB & J Saves the World
From: The Environment Report
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Peanut Butter and Jelly can save the world from global warming.

Bought by WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WFUV


  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
Harnessing the Power of Permaculture
From: The Environment Report
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Making the best use of the things in your own backyard.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:59
Canary Song Trials
From: Long Haul Productions
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American Singer Canaries battle it out for best-song-in-show in the Canary Song Trials in Livonia, Detroit.

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, WFUV, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 4
Groovy Energy-Saving Prototype Van
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated-Think sixties hippie culture meets Star Trek...

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Victoria Secretes
From: John Ryan
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A proper provincial capital poops in the ocean -- but for how long?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 06:16
Living Fossil Discovered in the Flesh
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The year 2006 was a heady one for the Laotian rock rat, a rodent thought to have gone extinct about 11 million years ago.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
The Gospel of Lido
From: Miranda Diboll
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The story of three outdoor swimming pools, known as 'lidos' in London.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 19:04
Great Pumpkins
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Pumpkin Growing Contest in Massachusetts

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KOOP


  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
salamander - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story behind the word "salamander"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:45

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