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Buck Benson of WTIP chatted recently with Dr. Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, about an...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 21:52
- Purchases: 1
On today's show we track the evolution of smog from symbol of industrial progress to public-health catastrophe.
- Added: Oct 09, 2012
- Length: 14:19
People used to think alarm calls made by birds just meant "danger, danger!" But it turns out, birds are more specific than that. They can even aler...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 08:10
- Purchases: 1
A Crash Course in Camping - By Noel Clark: In 2007 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources researched why people in Minnesota were spending l...
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 01:34
We bring you some of our favorite segments from past Distillations episodes this week: animal communication in the Sonoran Desert and the toll of a...
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 13:33
From: Deborah Van Fleet
While much of Iowa is now dealing with drought, last summer Hamburg, IA residents held up to 17 feet of floodwater at bay. Eight feet of dirt was ...
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 03:54
Ramps, the first edible sign of spring, are popping up throughout the woods of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. But this wild cousin of garlic and o...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 03:25
Rolf came to Kenya in 1973 in search of "Real Africa" and he found it. Few people know that Rolf is now a proud Kenyan citizen. I interviewed him a...
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 13:28
A Home for the Wild, by Mark Sheely: While lion and tiger cubs are cute and cuddly, they grow up and pack on five hundred pounds, or more. Yet some...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 15, 2012
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Sneezing, itchy eyes, runny nose? We all know what that means: allergies. On this show we look at pet dander, a common cause. Then we talk to a res...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 14:22
Two Bay Area bands, Rupa and the April Fishes and Shake Your Peace, prepare to kick off a 10-day, 200-mile bike tour.
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 07:44
Report Drunk Drivers, On Sale Now
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 05:50
Love it or hate it, plastic is hard to avoid. In this episode we take a look at plastic made from corn and find out just how biodegradable it reall...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 12:04
American Idol Architect
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: 08:44
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...
Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 08:15
- Purchases: 3
Silly MIT nerds that love talking about and music of anything relating to the environment!
- Added: Nov 22, 2011
- Length: 29:16
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, Distillations produced a four-part series called Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how s...
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 12:39
- Added: Aug 26, 2011
- Length: 07:41
We continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 15:18
We continue the four-part series: Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has shaped the city, the suburb, the farm, and the wild. ...
- Added: Jun 25, 2011
- Length: 14:36
Garden and Lifestyle Expert P. Allen Smith reads his own true boyhood story about a goat, a chicken, and being trapped in a lady's dressing room ti...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KUAF Public Radio
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 15, 2011
- Length: 18:13
- Purchases: 1
This spring marks the first time in three years that fishermen have been able to land Sacramento River Chinook since salmon populations crashed in ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2011
- Length: 07:13
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, today we begin the four-part series Our Chemical Landscape. These shows look at how science has sh...
- Added: May 27, 2011
- Length: 14:35
Old man winter seems to have the last say on the arrival of spring.
- Added: May 03, 2011
- Length: 01:34
