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Racial Hate
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Is it in your community?

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 07:53
Dirty Plastic Bags
From: Conrad Wilson
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Reusable plastic bags aren't as green as you think

Bought by WABE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUOW, KDNK, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 5
Looking Back to Look Forward: Energy and the Environment
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how energy and the environment are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' att...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
Shark Fin Sales Change Kill Estimate
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Just about everybody's seen Jaws, the hit movie about a monster shark that snacks on captains and coeds. But have you ever wondered how many sharks...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Alabama Alabama
From: Anton Foek
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One {....} of a captain. Kathy Broughton grew up in Birmingham Alabama but soon learned fishing from

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Aug 01, 2008
  • Length: 11:10
  • Purchases: 1
AlabamaToo
From: Anton Foek
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Two women from New York City and California resettle in Alabama.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2008
  • Length: 09:46
Better Alternative Fuels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right?

  • Added: Jul 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees ...
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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How air pollution is affecting the fragrane from flowers, making it harder for bees to find and pollinate them.

Bought by KENW, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
Bees Tell Elephants "No Loitering"
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: the bees!

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 1
Going Solar Where the Sun Don't Shine
From: Rebecca Sheir
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The pros and cons of solar power in the Land of the 'Missing' Sun.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
Of Pirates and Scientists
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But pirates le...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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
Dirty Snow
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember the warning "don't eat yellow snow"? Maybe not if you grew up in Hawaii or Florida - but, it's bad. It turns out that dirty snow is bad, ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 13, 2007
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 1
Animals of Australia take a Hold
From: Ray Gard
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A Behind the scenes look at the Australian animals associated with the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:55
Venture Capital with a Conscience
From: Lorne Matalon
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Venture Capital company restricts investment to help Environment

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:45
Lemmings from Heaven
From: Rebecca Sheir
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UnDisney-fying a tiny critter of huge -- and heavenly -- importance.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 2
Palouse Earthworm Rediscovered
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Who could guess that a shovel of dirt would reveal a long-lost treasure?

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
CL 2006 Sarah Susanka "Not so big strategies for community,home and life"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Architect Sarah Susanko has some inovative ideas about home design.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
Active Voice Radio 1-25-07: Joseph Romm- Hell and High Water: Global Warming the Solutions and the Politics
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Romm is a former Asst. Secretary at the Department of Energy and director of the Center for Energy and Climate

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jan 25, 2007
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 1
Clifford & Kidd - Preggers
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
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Home Depot Hijinks

Bought by KZYX and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change Threatens Siberian Permafrost
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Siberian permafrost - a sub-Arctic peat bog about the size of France and Germany - is chock full of carbon that's trapped in its frozen soils. ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: Taming the Salt Monster
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The great swathes of the Western Australian wheatbelt were created a century ago when 1000 acres of bush were burned a day and the land became the ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 6
Active Voice Radio: J. Timothy Hunt/Dr. Owens Wiwa- The Politics of Bones
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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PART ONE- Dr. Owens Wiwa documented Petroleum Based injuries and deaths among the local population...and now lives in exile in Canada.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:54
  • Purchases: 1
Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
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What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
Our Window
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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A magical view from a window includes the dark side of nature.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:56

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