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Armada of the Dragoons
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Get in the truck, we're taking a night drive to the Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. Get ready for the weird times. New soundscapes b...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 27: He Left in a Storm, He'll Return in a Storm
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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There’s an old story on Cape Cod about a woman named Maria Hallett who fell in love with a pirate. According to legend, when he died at sea, she be...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 27:04
Episode 152: The Clearwater Monster
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:29
John Latsch: The Man and His River, a film by Mary Farrell and Fran Edstrom
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we’re talking about the film John Latsch: The Man and His River, produced by Mary Farrell and written by Frances Edstro...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 32:31
Concrete Jesus
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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An orphan child from Cincinnati loved the scriptures and lived a live of gold-mine adventure in the Almost-Old West before winding up in a bomber-p...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Benjamin Cohen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that food manufacturing brought into question a food’s purity? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgar...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sweet Smell of Victory—How Gardeners Are Drawing on History to Help During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From: H2O Radio
Series: The Dirt: Agriculture, Food, and Water
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With many people staying close to home during the coronavirus pandemic, gardening has become popular, specifically vegetable gardens. COVID-19 has...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 06:06
Progress for Who?
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise
Caption: Phillips Committee resident Richard Habersham, Credit: Paige Polk
In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 33:46
'80's Crack Crisis and Peat
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: What We Learned From the Crack Crisis in America. Topic 2: The Future is Peat

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KQRU FM LP, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 51:38
  • Purchases: 4
Mountain of the Stars
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are back in the scorching hot radio studio with an all-new episode of the radio show that Palm Springs Life magazine named the "Best Freaky Radi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
Manure-Covered Farmers and Other Acts of Powerline Protest
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Protest sign opposing the construction of the CC Powerline across farmland.
On March 5, 1978 in subzero temperatures, about 10,000 farmers marched across Pope County, Minn. in a staged funeral procession to mourn the death ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 2
The Chiefest Town (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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At the confluence of the James and Rivana Rivers in Virginia sits a Monacan site.

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, KXCV and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
The Chiefest Town (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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At the confluence of the James and Rivana Rivers in Virginia sits a Monacan site.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCT, WYAP, KRDP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
The Chiefest Town (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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At the confluence of the James and Rivana Rivers in Virginia sits a Monacan site.

Bought by KXCV, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Cycle of Life (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As more cities close down streets to traffic, new riders are hopping on bikes every day.

Bought by WCNY, KAZU Seaside, Calif., 'The Sea', WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 14
Cycle of Life (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As more cities close down streets to traffic, new riders are hopping on bikes every day.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WSGE, RadioFreePalmer, KRDP, WJCT and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Cycle of Life (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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As more cities close down streets to traffic, new riders are hopping on bikes every day.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WSGE, WNED Buffalo, KXCV, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 6
The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wizards & Critters
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please m...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dennis del Castillo & Mercedes Lu – Peruvian Environmental Issues
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit Dennis del Castillo and Mercedes Lu, two environmental activists from Peru. I met with them in Lima, Per...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Frederick Kaufman: Voices Inside Our Heads
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
When faced with something overwhelming, terrifying, or incomprehensible, the human mind can get pretty creative. This week on Sea Change Radio, we ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sing the Old Songs: Part 2 (episode 4)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
Caption: Growing Old, Credit: Growing Old Project
Picture what it would look like for Seattle's housing and hospital infrastructure to reflect Coast Salish culture. Consider the role that forced st...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 2
Bill Zacha – Developing an Artist Colony in the Village of Mendocino, California
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Bill Zacha, the leading force behind the creation of the Mendocino Art justify was a person with vision and moxie and one who made a dream come tru...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Diving with Purpose—How Veterans Are Healing Their Wounds by Helping the National Park Service
From: H2O Radio
Series: Journalism About Water
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When veterans retire from the military—whether voluntarily or from injury—it can be a difficult transition. Gone is the camaraderie that gave their...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KVNF


  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bringing Back the Tide, Stories of Marshes Restored
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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With a little help, carbon eating, coast protecting marshes are on the mend

Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WFHB, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5

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