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An Environmental And Worker Disaster
From: Dick Meister
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We're paying too little attention to he workers who were seriously injured or killed in the explosion that spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mex...

  • Added: May 14, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
Fourteen Thousand Pounds of Dogfish
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Phenology Show
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Last march, Armas Yuhala trapped tons of the “rough fish” in the Mississippi near Cohasset. He sold them to fish markets in New York City.

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 10:43
The Last Dairy Farm
From: Logan Hasson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A short portrait of Billy Latta, a North Carolina dairy farmer.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 10:57
The Future of Farming in Vermont -- with slideshow!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Lovejoy Brook Farm, Credit: Jenny Attiyeh
Lydia Ratcliff is a survivor. She's farmed her 90 acre plot of land in Andover Vermont for 43 years, and though she's now come down with chronic ob...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2009
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 2
Hot Summer, Broken Air Conditioner
From: Rene Gutel
Caption: Russ Wichterman, an air conditioner service technician in Gilbert, Arizona on the rounds., Credit: Rene Gutel
It's 115 degrees and your air conditioner is busted. Who do you call?

Bought by KVMR and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Electronics Recycler
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Vicky Ponce, Mexico, Credit: Magdalena Gonzalez Othon
Ingrid Lobet profiles a woman who joined a group of unemployed middle-aged women to open an electronics recycling plant in northern Mexico.

Bought by 'The Sea', WABE, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNIJ, HCC Radio The Dragon and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 10
Springboard Forward and B-Cycle
From: Smart City Radio
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Alex Bogusky tells us how European style bike-sharing can drastically reduce the traffic in American cities. And we'll find out about an innovativ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WFSU, WBEZ, WLRN, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 17, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 5
Miner
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Fidele Musafiri, DR Congo, Credit: Thomas Rippe
Gregory Warner profiles a freelance miner in the lawless eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bought by WRPI, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 6
Iceberg Wrangler
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Whyman Richards, Canada, Credit: Aaron Beswick
Janna Graham profiles a lifelong fisherman from northern Newfoundland who gathers ice from passing icebergs for a novelty bottled water company.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRPI, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and KUOW


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 5
Lobster Diver
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Romulo Greham, Honduras, Credit: Tomás Donoso
Claudine LoMonaco profiles a Miskito Indian from Honduras who nearly died as a result of his work diving for lobsters for the US market.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, PRX Remix, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 4
Metal Worker
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Pedro Córdoba Valdivieso, Peru, Credit: Jon Miller
Jon Miller profiles a worker in a giant smelter in the Peruvian Andes who is suffering from an incurable lung disease.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 2
Mine Sweeper
From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Caption: Valdet Dule, 31, Kosovo, Credit: Dana Wilson
Sandy Tolan profiles a man from Kosovo who spends his days clearing landmines from the Kosovo-Albanian border.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2009
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 5
Successful City Secrets and The Truth About Green Jobs
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City: we're getting a global perspective on the secrets of successful cities. We'll talk to designer Christopher Choa about su...

Bought by WFSU, WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 4
Growing the Green Collar Economy
From: A World of Possibilities
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A one hour interview with Majora Carter and Van Jones.

Bought by WRPI and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Last Fish Story
From: Gretta Cohn
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Dan Scofield's been a fishmonger in Portland, Maine for ten years. But these days, there just aren't enough fish to go around.

Bought by The Nature Podcast and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 2
Dumped Tires Land on Doorsteps
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: The finished product
Re-purposing dumped tires combats poverty, vacant lots, and environmental degredation

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
Bridges over troubled waters (4:50 edit)
From: John Ryan
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Winner, 2007 PRNDI award for Best News Series

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
Venture Capital with a Conscience
From: Lorne Matalon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Venture Capital company restricts investment to help Environment

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 05:45
Major-league mariners
From: John Ryan
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A midnight run on a giant oil tanker

  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:39
Crossing Admiralty Inlet
From: John Ryan
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The rough seas -- real and virtual -- of Puget Sound

  • Added: Apr 06, 2007
  • Length: 06:08
Bridges over troubled waters
From: John Ryan
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Journey deep beneath the sea, and back in time, in the Tacoma Narrows

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Timber! The Aftermath of the Washington Logging Collapse
From: Jessica Roberts
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What happens after an industry collapses?

  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 18:14
Socially Responsible Restaurants
From: Beyond Organic Radio
Series: Beyond Organic Insight
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Being 'green' is more than serving organic food, according to restaurateur Larry Bain

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Feb 26, 2006
  • Length: 01:24
  • Purchases: 1
Entrepreneur
From: Jesse Dukes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Adam Johns never wanted to be a worm digger, but he does what's necessary to make ends meet.

Bought by KLCC, RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2005
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 12