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In the spring of 2013 four people went on a trek to the North Pole with a message.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, KMXT, KSJD, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Livia Firth, yes, Mrs Colin Firth, Eco Age
Livia Firth, Eco Age, speaking to KGNU's Claudia Cragg in person @INYTLuxury held recently in Singapore says that girls or young women should wear ...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:10
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:53
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gues...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 33:04
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A discussion of the economic, social, and political consequences of environmental degradation on populations and governmental systems. Special gue...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 26:18
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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
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When your appetite is for nature and for unusual sounds then you have to go on the odd adventure...

Bought by KRPS and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Three quick angles of life in the cattle business.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Caption:  Maricruz Jaramillo (standing) and Samoa Asigau wait for their ride back to the Charles Darwin Research Station after an early morning of catching birds in an agricultural area on Santa Cruz Island., Credit: Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
What motivates young people to become scientists? Meet Maricruz Jaramillo and Samoa Asigau, two young women scientists from opposite sides of the P...

Bought by KMUN, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 14
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Fresh water as a resource is under constant threat by over-consumption, toxins, pollutants and waste from industrial and agricultural production. I...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
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As Ethiopia continues construction on the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Egyptian officials are worried about their water supply. Does Eth...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
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Atlantic Memory is a concept which includes every aspect of maritime culture in order to inspire greater public understanding of maritime endeavors...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
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Over the past 20 years the bee population of the UK has declined by 50%, but the interest in urban beekeeping has been steadily growing. We speak t...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 26:36
Caption: Man throwing cast net , Credit: Mangrove Action Project | MarinePhotobank.org
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Many roads will be asphaled in the near future, Credit: Anton Foek
Dr van Dijck is a scientist from the University of Amsterdam researching the impact on the Impact of the IIRSA Road Infrastructure Programme on Ama...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2013
  • Length: 30:17
Caption: Road through the rainforest, Credit: Anton Foek
Recently dr Pitou van Dijck, associate professor at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands made an overland trip through the Guianas to Man...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 32:10
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There is no single fix to deal with the many challenges facing the world ocean. The ocean community has identified various strategies such as mitig...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: At a ranch near Mpala, Margaret Kinnaird takes notes about a camel sick with trypanosomiasis as a herder looks on., Credit: Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo
Camels are known for their ability to travel long distances across the desert without water. But they’re also becoming an increasingly important s...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:41
Caption: Reyna Lopez Calderon, 52, suffers from chronic asthma in Wilmington, California. She lives in a neighborhood with a high concentration of oil refineries, the 110 and 710 freeways, and the busiest seaport in the nation., Credit:  (Photo: D. Merina)
Excerpt of FSRN's special half-hour program: Climate Change: Rising Tides, Rising Voices. Ahead of the next round of climate talks in Doha, Qatar, ...

  • Added: May 10, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
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In this month’s show, we examine three issues that build on the relationship between environmental stresses and conflict. First, we examine the imp...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
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We continue to look for solutions to our most pressing future challenges: fresh water, food, energy, health, and security. In this episode of World...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
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Geographer Reece Jones discusses his recent book “Border Walls,” examining the history of how and why societies have chosen to literally wall thems...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:48
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We revisit our conversation with biological anthropologist James Holland Jones, who explains how diseases typically spread from animal to human pop...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 27:52