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Nuclear Plowshares
From: Gabriel Spitzer
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What if the government wanted to blow up thermonuclear bombs near your house -- and forgot to tell you about it.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPFA, and KSUT


  • Added: Jun 25, 2006
  • Length: 14:33
  • Purchases: 4
Valdivia: Stories of Survival
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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MIT Freshmen travel to Valdivia, Chile, and report on three stories of survival they have found there: ecological survival, cultural survival, and ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 23:26
Surviving a Tsunami: The story of Valdivians in 1960
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A college freshman travels to Chile and interviews survivors of the 1960 tsunami/earthquake.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Runaway Lake
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The residents of Newcastle, Maine are still reeling from the disappearance of Sherman Lake.

Bought by The Night Air, Third Coast International Audio Festival, The Nature Podcast, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 4
A Piece of Paradise
From: Sean Kelly
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A documentary about communal land and life in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 12, 2006
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 2
Andean Harvest
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Peruvian farming community weighs the risks of entering the market.

Bought by WBEZ and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
Lightning Proof Telephone
From: Erik Magnus
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Lightning never strikes twice...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2006
  • Length: 08:31
RN Documentary: The Walker
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A documentary about walking; its benefits and cultural history.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Black Mesa: Coal against Water
From: Philippe Boucher
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Hopi and Navajo fight to protect their aquifer

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KRCC-FM, and KSUT


  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Noah's Raft: saving Madagascar's wildlife without the Ark
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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On-location documentary style report about Madagascar, its unique wildlife and efforts to conserve it.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTNA, and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Eating Close to Home
From: Atlantic Public Media
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Bill McKibben decides to eat only food grown locally. In the winter. In Vermont.

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, KISU, KUT, KVNF and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2006
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 10
Ten Threats to the Great Lakes Documentary
From: The Environment Report
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Documentary summing up the findings of the Ten Threats series

Bought by WCBE, WNIJ, Internet Partnership Radio, WCMU Michigan, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Jan 23, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Silt Happens
From: Amy Marsh
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Energy Development on Colorado's Western Slope

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 18:16
  • Purchases: 1
Hart Island
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem about New York City's Potters Field

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:11
RN Documentary: Sólheimar, a place in the sun
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The story of Sólheimar,a village in Iceland where mentally disabled persons live together with people without a handicap.

Bought by WFUV, KFAI Minneapolis, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Nov 08, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Lapse in Perception
From: Darren Copeland
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Examining perceptual complexity in everyday life

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2005
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Hunter
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Join an urban Jew on a journey into the Food Matrix.

Bought by WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 15:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Eyes of God
From: Laura Spero
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A personal essay on finding rythm and rhyme in the chaos of New York City.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2005
  • Length: 18:56
Worlds of Difference: A Home in the World
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An exploration of the changing relationship between culture and place, with stories from Ireland, Chile and the Middle East.

Bought by KTNA, Yellowstone Public Radio, WKSU, KUHB, WPSU and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
RN Documentary: Zeeland '53
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Living With Water
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Recreation of the disastrous 1953 flood in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland during which more than 1800 lives were lost.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 2
Volunteer Trail Crew
From: Steve Sergeant
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A day on a wilderness trail maintenance crew.

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: A Boat-trip through Borneo
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An on-location report about Orang Utans and the various threats to the peat bog forests of Kalimantan in Borneo.

Bought by KUER and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Entrepreneur
From: Jesse Dukes
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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
The Gerson Legacy, Three Generations: Medical Evidence v.s. Persecution
From: Edward May
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Three generations of Gerson's have been persecuted by the medical and pharmaceutical industries, yet they continue to educate the public about the ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:10:44

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