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Great Lakes mayors break with Trump on climate change
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Mayor Paul Dyster, Credit: WBFO file photo
Mayors from the Great Lakes region are gathering this week in Montreal. And from that meeting comes a major announcement about climate change.

Bought by WBFO, WRVO Public Media, WMUK, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 8
More water drained from Lake Ontario to ease flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
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As flooding continues along Lake Ontario, a nearby dam has started letting more water out of the lake. But, as Great Lakes Today reporter Veronica ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: :50
  • Purchases: 3
Flooding along Lake Ontario and Montreal linked by dam
From: Great Lakes Today
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Due to heavy spring rains, Lake Ontario is overflowing its banks. Some New Yorkers want to lower the lake by releasing water from a dam downstream....

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: :45
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 7: The Craft of Chocolate
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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What is craft chocolate? The short answer is: It’s complicated. This episode might not give you all the answers, but you will most definitely learn...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 24:00
Trump 'priority list' includes big construction projects in Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The Peace Bridge connects Buffalo, New York to Fort Erie, Ontario in Canada, Credit: WBFO file photo
A leaked list of infrastructure priorities for the Trump administration includes some big projects for the Great Lakes region.

Bought by WMUK, WXXI Rochester, WKSU, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 5
Homeowners fear damage from new Lake Ontario regulations
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: In 1973 waves crashed over Zieres' family's breakwall and flooded their home., Credit: Provided
INTRO: There’s a simmering controversy on the northern border of the United States -- it’s all about water. For the first time in over fifty years,...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 5
U.S., Canada to change Lake Ontario water levels
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lake Ontario Shoreline, Credit: Joe deSousa, Flickr
Officials in the United States and Canada have approved a plan to allow the level of Lake Ontario to fluctuate more -- a change that has been oppos...

Bought by WSKG, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 5
Myanmar's Technology Leapfrog Into Mobile Money
From: Adam Bemma
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Myanmar’s democratic transition is leading to a tech transformation. Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi told Burmese youth to stop wasting time on mob...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:25
Worldwide Blues (Episode 1617)
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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This week's playlist consists of 13 Blues songs that came to us from outside the USA.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WJSU, and WSGE


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Welsh Eco-Tourism Model Excites Elkhorn City, KY
From: WMMT
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9-27-14 WMMT Mountain News & World Report Feature The After Coal: Wales and Appalachia Project visited Elkhorn City recently to talk about eco-tou...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 11:24
Storks & Junk Food
From: Susanne Bard
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Storks in Europe are forgoing migration to Africa because of the ready availability of human food from landfills.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 1611: Canadian Blues 2016
From: John Luttrell
Series: Full-Time Blues Radio
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Our second ever exploration of Blues from Canada.

Bought by KSRQ, WJSU, and WSGE


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO KEJAL VYAS
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Kejal Vyas is the regional correspondent in South America for The Wall Street Journal. He recently moved to Bogota, Colombia, after spending five y...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:05
2015 Men's World Squash Championship
From: Jennifer Cecil Moore
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*TIME SENSITIVE - Tournament runs Nov. 15-Nov. 22, 2015. For the first time, the U.S. is hosting the Men's World Squash Championship. Squash is ga...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Curing Violence Like an Infectious Disease
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: Dr. Gary Slutkin and Autry Philips, Credit: Bill Healy
American communities are still reeling from recent gun violence, including the June mass shooting at a church in Charleston, S.C., and the gang vio...

Bought by KRZA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2015
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 2
Alarm Call Mimics
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: A pied currawoong., Credit: Steve Igic
A tiny Australian bird sets off false alarms to fool predators.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Part Three: The Small But Mighty Rice Farm
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Chuck Earnest's rice fields near Steele, Mo., are a waterfowl sanctuary during the non-growing season., Credit: Kristofor Husted
For such a small region, this sprawling landscape of the Bootheel has some of the most productive farmland in the U.S. A solid water supply and nut...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:50
Coffee: Trouble Brewing?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s the second most-traded commodity in the world after oil but how much do you think about your cup of coffee? From coffee farmers in Colombia to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRIR, and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The weed that saved Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In 1857, economic hardship left farmers and other citizens bust. Looking for a way to earn money Minnesotans took to the forests to harvest ginseng...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
World Footprints Travel Report - December 18, 2014
From: World Footprints LLC
Series: World Footprints Travel Report - Daily
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Travel news from around the world in 3 minutes

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:00
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2014 Year in Review
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Protest at Levi Stadium before 49ers game against the "Washington NFL team", Credit: Laura Flynn
On this show we bring you an update on some of the stories we’ve covered this year. We’ll go to a protest to talk to advocates calling for an end t...

Bought by WRIR, WCSU-FM, and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3