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A Wilderness Too Tame?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
When was the last time you were really in the wilderness? Or, maybe you’re like the millions of Americans who’ve never even been in the wild before...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: David Lochbaum, Credit: Union of Concerned Scientists
The nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 should provide the United States with lessons learned, however, the carefully nurtured tale that technology w...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Gleick on the California Drought
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Peter Gleick
2013 was the driest year on record in California, and the state’s snowpack is at 12% of what it should be. Considering that this state alone houses...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:50
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio Claire Hope Cummings Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Should we be engineering seeds and patenting genes? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview wit...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Computer Talk Radio (54 minutes) for June 22nd-28th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 22nd, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the guy behind the microphone (and glasses), st...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
Computer Talk Radio (59 minutes) for June 22nd-28th, 2013
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (59 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting June 22nd, 2013. Benjamin Rockwell, the guy behind the microphone (and glasses), st...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
The Worst Steamboat Money Can Buy…
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Ed Ayers talks with historian Walter Johnson about the rise of steamboats in the 19th Century, and how the cotton economy fueled an ever more ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
A BATHROOM STORY
From: Cassie Wagler
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A look inside the issue of gender neutral bathrooms -- through online maps, art museums, and one person's struggle to find a decent place to pee.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:09
1992 Invasion of the Body Scanner
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Surveillance in America—needed or nightmare?

Bought by KREV-LP, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 3
Matt Wasson: A Mountain Hugger on the Myth of “Clean Coal”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Wasson
Do you cringe when you hear the term “clean coal?” Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio feels that this term is not only an oxymoron it’s offens...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Computer Talk Radio (September 29th to October 5th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting September 29, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the expert on nerdy things, opens with the l...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
What About Iran?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Security experts have concluded that attacks on Iran will serve neither US nor Israeli goals. That’s also the position of Greg Thielmann of the Arm...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
Computer Talk Radio (September 22nd-28th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
Caption: Computer Talk Radio, Credit: Computer Talk Radio
Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting September 22, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the slightly older than last week nerd (his ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Democracy Online
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Using the web to foster more open and accessible government.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Computer Talk Radio (July 28th-August 3rd, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting July 28th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the nerd host, opens with news items of comput...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
In the Shadow of the Smokestacks (Part II): Richmond, CA
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Roger Kim
Recently on Sea Change Radio, we discussed the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California, and the social movement that’s pushing back against one of...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
In the Shadow of the Smokestacks (Part I): Richmond, California
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Greg Karras
Richmond, California is one of the many communities in America where economic and environmental injustice intersect. A waterfront city in the San F...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Computer Talk Radio (April 7th-13th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting April 7th, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, the Top Nerd of the show, opened with news on ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Recycle that Trashy Attitude
From: Civic Commons
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Northeast Ohio is considering building a new gasification plant. don't call it trash burning.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:38
99% Invisible #42- Recognizably Anonymous (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A group accidentally created what ad execs dream of: a unique brand identity that rapidly achieved world-wide appeal and renknown. Except this gr...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WTJU and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
Tom Vanderbilt on Transit & Traffic
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Vanderbilt
Has this ever happened to you: you’re sitting in your car, engine idling, watching the cars in front of you and behind you move only inches at a ti...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Walmart: Green or Greed? Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Stacy Mitchell
Walmart. What does the name of the world’s largest retailer evoke for you? Do you think of its reputation as a poor employer and its anti-union tac...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
153: Climate Talks in Durban
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Environmental activists with flags on their backs bury their heads in the sand on Durban's beachfront, highlighting nations that are failing to effectively prevent climate change. , Credit: Mike Hutchings/Reuters) From TakePart.com: Ocean Gets No Respect From Durban
Climate change was in the news again recently, with reports from Durban, South Africa where another U.N. Summit took place. In this episode of Worl...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17