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Sycamore Waiver signed
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Petey loves Platanus wrightii and daydreams of streets lined in huge unruly sycamores. He’s a dreamer. Of course sycamores in the wild are magnifi...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:53
90 Second Naturalist - March 2017 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WRIR, KCBX, and KMUN


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 34:30
  • Purchases: 4
Planetary Radio Live: Near Earth Objects—The Killer Asteroid Threat
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Comet 67P compared to Los Angeles
Leaders of the quest to find, understand and protect ourselves from the asteroids and comets called Near Earth Objects gathered with host Mat Kapla...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KRZA, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 6
90 Second Naturalist - February 2017 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KMUN, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Syrup-titious
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Whether he likes it or not, Sam has become the go-to source for all of our questions, from showing him photos of weird bugs we want him to identify...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 21:41
AMOS 17.010: Why You Can't Knock Down a Clown, 1/13/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why You Can't Knock Down a Clown

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.001: The Origin Story of Earth's Oldest Rock, 1/2/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
The Origin Story of Earth's Oldest Rock

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 17.003: Why Do We Love Junk Food?, 1/4/2017
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Why Do We Love Junk Food?

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
90 Second Naturalist - January 2017 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR, KMUN, and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 3
90 Second Naturalist - December 2016 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR, KMUN, KCBX, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 4
Dating The Earth
From: KUNM
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The Children's Hour crew discovers how scientists know the age of the earth

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 36:13
Gus' Wild Side: He is the walrus
From: WTIP
Series: Gus' Wild Side: Stories from Minnesota and Beyond
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In this edition of Gus' Wild Side, we learn about the marbled murrelet....and also hear about Gus and his wife's encounter with a biologist who see...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
90 Second Naturalist - November 2016 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KMUN, WRIR, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 33:00
  • Purchases: 3
Eat The Invaders: Lionfish
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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This is Eat The Invaders - our occasional segment where we take a bite out of invasive species populations. On the menu today, one of the scariest,...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 16:07
  • Purchases: 1
Lanius Ludovicianus
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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The Loggerhead Shrike is common, but still a fun sighting when your are out in the field.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 04:55
Cattails And Cranes
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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This show could also be called Typha latifolia and Grus canadensis, which has a nice scientific ring to it.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 05:13
2016 IgNobel prizes awarded
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The IgNobels are awarded every year at Harvard University for research that first makes people laugh, then makes them think. WTIP's Mike Reeves cha...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 13:54
90 Second Naturalist - October 2016 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by KMUN, KCBX, and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ig Nobel 2016 -- Groks Science Show 2016-09-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
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Ittai Eres and Unjin Lee discuss past winners of the Ig Nobel prizes, and build up hype for this year's awards!

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 34:42
  • Purchases: 1
Is Time Travel Possible?
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Well is it? This is the very subject Rob MacClanahan explores on his pilot broadcast of THE TIME TRAVELER on 95.1FM KFOK Georgetown...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:18
Spinoffs! Sharing NASA Technology
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Spinoff 2016 Book, Credit: NASA
In its nearly five decades, NASA has created or improved thousands of technologies, processes and innovations. Dan Lockney is in charge of making ...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KMUD, KWMR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 9
Geranium Richardsonii
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Petey talks about box turtles and geraniums.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
Terrie Williams, author of "The Odyssey of KP2"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews marine biologist Terrie Williams about her book about an endangered monk seal.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Finding Center
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Teeba Alkhudairi, hooping in Dubai desert
Horse whisperers, Muslim astronomers, hula hoopers find their spiritual and physical centers.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 27:10
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - September 2016 Modules
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life.

Bought by WRIR, KMUN, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 32:59
  • Purchases: 4

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