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Biology professors Carl & Jane Bock and “Coronado’s Trail,” a debut mystery
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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After decades of field work in southern Arizona, these two retired Univ of Colorado professors have authored the first in their Arizona Borderlands...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
The man who turned off Niagara Falls
From: Great Lakes Today
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In 1969, the Army Corps of Engineers shut off the American side of Niagara Falls to study erosion. We interview the man who led that team.

Bought by KUSU, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
American side of Niagara Falls to go silent
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park.
New York State plans to shut off the American Falls, a major attraction for tourists who flock to Niagara Falls. It's part of a project to replace...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 7
New book tells story of one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Great Lakes historian and author Michael Schumacher spoke with WTIP's Dave TerSteeg recently about his latest book, "Torn in Two, " which recounts ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 25:22
  • Purchases: 1
Spirit of Standing Rock
From: Jennifer Robin
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Documentary of the water protectors standing with the Standing Rock Sioux in protest of the North Dakota Access Pipeline in Cannon Ball, ND mid-Sep...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Geology expert John Green visits Cook County
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Prof. John Green is a retired geology professor from UMD whose specialty is the geology of the Arrowhead region. He stopped in to chat with WTIP's ...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 13:15
Nick Estes on Indigenous Liberation
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Nick Estas discusses the historical and legal context of the Missouri River and the Dakota Access Pipeline. This discussion was recorded in 2016, d...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 20:23
Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
Shipwreck discovered off the coast of Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the recently-discovered Royal Albert., Credit: Jim Kennard
On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 4
Our National Parks: Indigenous Voices
From: Vermont Public
Series: Our National Parks
Caption: Parks such as Washita Battlefield National Historic Site and Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site have been established and interpreted to tell the difficult stories of atrocities against indigenous people. , Credit: NPS Archives
Though the national parks have famously been called “America’s best idea”, this sentiment is not universally accepted. Native Americans were dispos...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: The Great Lakes with Ellen
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week, The Rough Draft Diaries takes a visit of the National Museum of the Great Lakes, a museum that spans hundreds of years on the Great Lake...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 06:24
Food Sleuth Radio, Garrett Broad Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that J. Edgar Hoover expressed concerns over the Black Panthers’ empowering community food programs? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mary Gibbs: First woman park commissioner in the nation
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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We talk with Connie Cox from Itasca State Park about Mary Gibbs, the first woman park commissioner in the nation.

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 15:22
  • Purchases: 3
Tuna became the 'go to' fish because it was cheap and plentiful. we look at the pitch for tuna.
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Joanna Solotaroff looks at the emotional connection with tuna, created by marketting. .

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Allegheny Front Earth Day Special
From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment
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A 29-minute special including interviews, sound-rich features and historical clips about the history of Earth Day.

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Origin of the name Greenpeace.
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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We hear who really came up with the name Greenpeace and why.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:09
Climatologist/meteorologist Mark Seeley recaps 2015 weather
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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2015 was a pretty unusual year for weather. Dr. Mark Seeley, extension climatologist, meteorologist, and professor, and regular guest on Minnesota ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2016
  • Length: 19:48
The 21st Century Maritime Museum
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Maritime Museum on the Hong Kong waterfront.
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Unspun Looks at the Sixth Great Extinction with Paul Ehrlich, Biologist, Environmentalist and Author
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
Unspun peers into the future at the Sixth Great Extinction with Paul Ehrlich. Paul R. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor of Population Studies and the ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 1
A Salt Story: West Virginia Siblings Mine the Past to Build a Future (Gravy Ep. 22)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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While West Virginia may be known for resources like coal, the country once turned to this mountain state for a culinary staple: salt. In this episo...

Bought by WMMT, WMMT, KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 23:22
  • Purchases: 6
Working Water (Part One)
From: Barbara Bernstein
Series: Rivers That Were
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Part One of Rivers That Were, Working Water, compares two environmental crises. On the Colorado River Basin, it’s the ongoing effort to restore the...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 55:53
Antonia Juhasz on BP and the Gulf, 5 years After Deepwater Horizon
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Making Contact's Andrew Stelzer speaks with author, analyst, and oil industry expert Antonia Juhasz. She's been following BP since even before the ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 16:04
  • Purchases: 1
Stanford considering the fate of century-old dam threatening endangered trout
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Searsville Dam, Credit: Wikimedia commons user Gazebo
The Searsville Dam is causing big trouble on the peninsula. The 122-year-old, 65-foot-tall dam is closed to the public, hidden away on 1,200 acres ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
Trash Talk: The Persistence of Waste
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Buckhorn Mesa landfill., Credit: courtesy of Flickr user Alan Levine.
During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 39:39
  • Purchases: 2
On Top of the World
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Bradley Boyd and reporter Ashley Creek head to the top of an old hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, which made provisions for a future that never came. ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 3

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