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Lyrebirds Shift the Earth
From: BirdNote
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Beavers are well known as ecosystem engineers in North America. In Australia, lyrebirds play a big role in shaping their environment when they use ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
House Wren - Little Brown Dynamo
From: BirdNote
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House Wrens dart from perch to perch and sing almost nonstop. They’re one of the most thoroughly studied songbird species. House Wrens nest in cavi...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Mockingbirds Mimic Frogs
From: BirdNote
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The avian world is full of mimicry artists, but Northern Mockingbirds take it to a new level. Not only can they imitate other birds, they can mimic...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
High Island, Texas
From: BirdNote
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Each spring, millions of songbirds migrate north from the tropics to nest in North America. It takes 15 hours on average to cross the roughly 500 m...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry Month: Susan Nguyen
From: BirdNote
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For National Poetry Month, we’re sharing contemporary writers’ work about birds. Poet Susan Nguyen got a hummingbird feeder from her neighbor in 20...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
A Hawk That Hunts in Packs
From: BirdNote
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Most raptors are solitary birds, but Harris’s Hawks of the southwestern U.S. live and hunt in groups of two to six. After spotting a prey animal, t...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Two Wings and a Tail
From: BirdNote
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The Wilson's Snipe lives in marshes and muddy areas, where it probes for worms and other squirmy delights. But when spring comes, it takes to the a...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
An April Fool’s Birdsong Quiz
From: BirdNote
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In this April Fool’s Day quiz from BirdNote, we play the sounds of three birds — only one of which is real. See if you can tell which one, and let ...

Bought by Prairie Public and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Season 1, Episode 23 - 'Rainforest Trust' feat James Deutsch
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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A bottom up solution for saving rainforests worldwide.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 2
Ride your bike across Minnesota...the long way
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Producer Alison Young stops at a road sign, Credit: Alison Young
For years, there were only two in the nation, but in 2011, Minnesota got its first with US Bicycle Route-43, the 600-mile Mississippi River Trail f...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 05:21
This Week in Water for March 17, 2024
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Benefits of Noisy Neighborhoods. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 6
Forever chemicals with Dr. David Bond
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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The sad story of, and everything you need to now about, PFAS.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 1
790-Vivian’s Debut
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth and Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M
My new Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Vivian Carjaval was scheduled for three 13h long winter nights for her first solo observing run on our Schmidt ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
What solitude does to you in the wilderness and in prison
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a winter caretaker at Yellowstone, a runner-up from the television show, Alone, and a man who spent almost 30 ye...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
The Catch: Of Cod and Country
From: Rob Sachs
Caption: The Catch Logo, Credit: Foreign Policy
On this episode of The Catch hear how one of the Arctic’s most valuable fisheries—cod—is being impacted by the politics of Russia’s war in Ukraine ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM, KJZZ, KECG and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
2024-03-15 Talk Isn’t Cheap: The Power of Conversation
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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As heat waves, storms, droughts and wildfires continue to worsen, talking can seem like a seriously insufficient climate solution. It’s fair to ask...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KALW and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 12
240315: Talk Isn’t Cheap: The Power of Conversation, 3/15/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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As heat waves, storms, droughts and wildfires continue to worsen, talking can seem like a seriously insufficient climate solution. It’s fair to ask...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:55
The Spark Weekly 3.17.24: Artificial Beaver Dams with Professor Matt Wilson and Jazz Pianist Connor Rohrer
From: WITF
Series: The Spark Weekly
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On this week's edition of The Spark Weekly, Scott Lamar speaks with Professor Matt Wilson about Susquehanna University's Freshwater Research Insti...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 46:25
Laurie Leshin on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Laurie Leshin shares stories about space exploration and her commitment to diversifying STEM fields. She is a distinguished geochemist and space sc...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 30:17
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, Co-founder and CEO of Tree-Range Farm, and founder of Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, discusses key features of “regenerative” agriculture and describes unique features of his poultry operation, indigenous insights and prac
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that regenerative agriculture includes indigenous practices of land stewardship? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian,...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Freediver Welcomes All to a World of Wonder
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Raised in landlocked Soweto, South Africa, this Black woman's first ocean dive felt like coming home. She wants all to feel welcome beneath the waves.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
The Diet-Climate Connection
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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Ideal for broadcast around Earth Day: What was the carbon footprint of your dinner last night? Listeners to this sound-rich inquiry will learn that...

Bought by WUWM, WHYY, WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
Living Planet 03/15/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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A deep dive into mining in Brazil. The Latin American country is the second largest exporter of iron ore in the world. The resource makes up a sub...

Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
03252024: Querencia: A Place We Call Home, 3/25/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children’s Hour we learn about the concept of querencia: the feeling of “home” in a place, and with our communities. Using poetry,...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
CP - The Art of Gardens + Sculpture: Frederik Meijer Sculpture Gardens Grand Rapids, MI
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Cultivating Place
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The combining of sculpture and gardens dates back centuries if not millennia, and there are few public gardens I know of that do not incorporate sc...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00

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