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It’s not surprising that many of the medicines we use today are derived from plants. The surprising part is how similar the molecular components of...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 35:36
When a Harvard professor accidentally let Gypsy Moths loose in the 1860s, he didn't release he was unleashing a scourge that would plague New Engla...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:30
- Purchases: 1
There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:27
Technology advances at breakneck speed, so why hasn’t the electric grid changed in 60 years? This week’s episode explores things, that for one rea...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:28
Tyler Armstrong is 12-years-old. He loves video games, laser tag, and he wants to become the youngest person to summit Mount Everest. In this episo...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 58:29
Ever since becoming a reporter, Sam has heard stories about a secret hunting reserve in New Hampshire, stocked with elk and 200-pound wild boar. I...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:28
How do you define wilderness? Why are humans drawn to summits? Will the cold-hardy kiwi save a struggling local economy, or will it destroy a nativ...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 56:29
The myths and legend surrounding AMC's oldest trail crew, the TFC, aka Trail F*cking Crew.
- Added: Aug 18, 2016
- Length: 25:00
For alpinist Ben Clark, scaling the world’s toughest mountains was a source of pride and peace; for his parents it was a source of constant worry. ...
- Added: Aug 15, 2016
- Length: 18:44
Something very different is going on up in Boothbay, Maine. It was an experiment which – if it works – could represent a fundamental shift in the w...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 22:15
A group of 19th century pioneers lay claim to one of the world’s most inhospitable mountains and turn it into a premiere tourist destination.
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 19:41
The “Save the Whales” movement of the 1970’s was instrumental in putting a stop to commercial whaling. But even as humpbacks and other whale popula...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 27:48
Biocontrol feels like the pinnacle of human arrogance. We’re trying to play God, taking a delicately balanced ecosystem and stomping all over it w...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 29:35
- Purchases: 1
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...
- Added: Jun 10, 2016
- Length: 27:59
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 04:02
- Purchases: 1
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
A marine mammal mystery told in bite-size chunks.
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 19, 2015
- Length: 29:58
Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...
- Added: Mar 18, 2015
- Length: 04:52
CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.
- Added: Feb 27, 2015
- Length: 59:07
Here's the first episode in our “Summer Dispatches” series, in which reporter Megan Molteni braves the scarred landscape of Colorado Springs after...
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 13:57
One of the world's elite concert violinists talks about improvising with Hauschka, who plays a piano doctored with duct tape and ping-pong balls. ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 31, 2012
- Length: 11:07
- Purchases: 1
An ancient pastime explored in the lives, lore and literature of anglers.
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 12
The story of a hike to interview Backcountry Ranger George Durkee about his life in the middle of a national park.
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon, The Nature Podcast, and WILL
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 3
A Rooster becomes an anti-development icon in northern Michigan
- Added: Jun 27, 2006
- Length: 04:05
