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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WLPR , KRZA, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
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Host Bob Kustra talks with biologist Frans de Waal about his bestseller, "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?"

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A research team at the U of MN has developed a sponge that can absorb mercury from a polluted water source in seconds. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg talked ...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 12:04
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A team at the University of Minnesota has invented a new technology to produce renewable car tires from trees and grasses. Lead researcher Prof. P...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 10:38
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On this episode of Art Beat, we bring you our coverage of Frozen River Film Festival, 2017. Bill Wolverton is the main subject of the film, "Love o...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:42
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Mike Klein is an artist working in drawing, sculpture, and community murals. When he's not creating art, he's an assistant professor in the Departm...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:41
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Brian Kateman, the co-founder and president of The Reducetarian Foundation, joins JL to talk about the movement to improve human health, protect th...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Lakes are often portrayed as calm and serene environments, but Dave Sanford knows better. The Canadian photographer uses his pictures to reveal a m...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:13
  • Purchases: 5
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The National Ice Core Laboratory near Denver is a really cool place. It's the repository for miles of ice that contains information about the plane...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 17:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: giant sequoias, Credit: courtesy Wendy Baxter
The iconic giant sequoias are under stress from years of drought and climate change. Wendy Baxter, of the Dawson Lab at the University of Californi...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 19:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Bob King, creator of the Duluth News-Tribune's Astro Bob blog, has written a great new book about how to find planets, constellations, satellites, ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Tim Giago Talks about the Hopi Youth that ran 1,000 Miles to Standing Rock in Support of the Water Protectors

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:17
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Amy & Dave Freeman spent the last year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to call attention to the value of wilderness in the face...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 19:03
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- Becoming a wild turkey mother - Ninja moves of the airborne turkey - Rare turkey types become farmers' favourite

Bought by WGCU, WHFR, WJCT, KTOO, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 17
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We've all heard the Earth is running out of water... but how is that measured? Is there a better way to gauge water scarcity? Dr. Kate Brauman thin...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 19:12
  • Purchases: 1
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The basic idea of the circular economy is that in production, nothing should be wasted, and everything at the end of its life should be made into s...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 14:00
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charity: water provides clean water to communities in developing countries. Scott launched charity: water in 2006 after raising $15,000 from his fr...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 32:00
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One third of the world population does not have access to reliable electricity. D.light sells solar lighting and power to consumers in developing c...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:00
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Ever hear of forest bathing? It's an idea that comes from Japan, of literally immersing yourself in nature to improve your mental and physical heal...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Katz about his book, "The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster."

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 30:56
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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
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Three young friends who met at Northland College, Andy Butter, Evan Flom, and Allissa Stutte, are running around Lake Superior this summer--that's ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 20:04
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WSKG, KEDT, and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 3