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Poisonous Legacies
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Uranium mining in Niger: a filthy, toxic business. Fifty years after the end of America’s war on Vietnam, traces of US chemical weapons linger. And...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:38
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 23
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Long debunked -- the mythology of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Out of the mushroom clouds, nuclearism's dark expanding circle. And, the world’s latest n...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:21
Little Boy & Fat Man
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Bravo Shot
Commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: a nuclear scientist remembers. A historian paints a different picture. And, the Pacific...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:23
How the Story of Vincent Chin Still Inspires Calls for Asian American Justice
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We revisit a 2021 interview with filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña about her documentary, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” and then speak with her and activist...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Necessary Truth
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, Credit: University of Michigan
While everyone wants to move on from COVID-19, but professor of epidemiology at Michigan University Bhramar Mukherjee says that the future depends ...

  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
What does it take to be a cop in Oakland?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The 168th class of the Oakland Police Academy, Credit: Kyung Jin Lee
After years of struggle, the Oakland Police Department is finally getting some positive news. Crime rates are down in all major categories, includi...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
Episode 007
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to!
Brand new Dub, Deep House, Dubstep, Electronica, Tech House, and Trance. Plus, Mongo Speaks.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
Plan B and Beyond: Local Struggles for Reproductive Freedom
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s not just about Roe v Wade and the Supreme Court. Local institutions can create restrictions that prevent women from exercising reproductive h...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Dead Zones
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A renowned marine biologist is studying a silent killer in oceans and bays. Allison Quantz has the story.

Bought by KENW


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Afghanistan's Other War
From: Vermont Public
Caption: An Afghanistan National Police trainee., Credit: Steve Zind
A half-hour documentary that examines the challenging counter-insurgency mission of the National Guard and how the Guard is training the Afghan Pol...

Bought by WLPR , WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Mexico 2010: Riding Out the Storm
From: KUNM
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A half-hour radio documentary that explores different dimensions of the Mexican crisis largely uncovered in US media.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:57
Nice White Lady
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Hillary Swank as the "nice white lady" of Freedom Writers.
In their comedy skit "Nice White Lady," the ever edgy Mad TV pokes fun at movies like Stand and Deliver, Freedom Writers, and Dangerous Minds, in w...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Gospel Truth: The Sam Cooke Story
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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This is award-winning musical documentary is about the life of Sam Cooke- from his days in Gospel music to his triumph in R&B to his untimely demise.

Bought by Prairie Public, WJAB, WSGE, Marfa Public Radio, WNCU and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:49:20
  • Purchases: 8
Wildlife CSI
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by WABE, Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rethinking Air Conditioning
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Why your central AC unit sucks way more juice than it should

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Disappearing Plants
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by WABE, KZYX, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
How to Eat a Low-Carbon Diet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is local food necessarily low-carbon?

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KVNF, KGOU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 4
Who Will Revive the Electric Car?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is the much-maligned electric car poised for a comeback?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 2
Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Bike to Work!
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
How Do You Move an Aquarium?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's moving day for a shark, penguins, and millions of scientific specimens

  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2