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Is hydrogen fuel a climate solution? That depends on how you produce it. Dr. Emre Gençer of the MIT Energy Initiative joins MIT's TILclimate podcas...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 13:44
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Renowned biologist and author Dr. Sandra Steingraber talks about her efforts to push back against the expansion of natural gas pipelines and relate...

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Deborah Byers, Partner and Americas Industry Leader at EY, and Ken Medlock, the Senior Director of the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 17, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Climate Change Factor in the November Elections? Maybe If We Laugh About It.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Juleigh Mayfield
Intersex advocate Juleigh Mayfield was forced to transition to female in her forties.

  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 06:12
Caption: Vesta, Credit: NASA
Since larger space rocks are rare, it was surprising when my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller found a half mile diameter asteroid travel...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KGLP, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
Unlocking the Secrets of Honey Bees: Smithsonian Associate Thomas D. Seeley Reveals 20 Mysteries and Their Crucial Role in Biodiversity 🐝📚🔍 Get rea...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2024
  • Length: 21:43
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For the past three and a half decades, zebra and quagga mussels have fundamentally altered the ecology and hijacked the food web of the Great Lakes...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 15:15
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The U.S. Constitution refers to treaties with other sovereign nations as “the supreme law of the land.” But what happens when promises have been ma...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:01
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In 2013, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The dangers of oil trains are part of the controversy around Enb...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 18:56
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There’s no safe way to move crude oil across an entire continent. So what risks are we willing to take? And who bears the brunt of that risk? Over ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 19:13
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A deadly fungal infection is pushing some bat species to the brink of extinction. As scientists scramble to track the spread of white nose syndrome...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:35
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Rails are secretive marsh birds, and they’re on the decline. But a researcher playing their recorded calls over a loudspeaker could help bring them...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 09:13
Caption: 1906 Damage to a home in San Francisco, Credit: Grove Karl Gilbert USGS
Dave teams up with scientists from the United States Geological Survey for part one of a two part in depth look at the massive earthquake that stru...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Two poets from Yale share their 20-year saga of faith and hope, struggle and joy while fighting an incurable blood cancer.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
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Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blam...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 16:27
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According to an Anishinaabe prophecy, manoomin – wild rice – is what brought the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples to the Great Lakes.But starti...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:40
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Because of its abundant open space, Detroit, Michigan has a thriving ring-necked pheasant population. The birds have endeared themselves to many by...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 10:54
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America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead cont...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:03
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Harmful algal blooms are a growing concern in the Great Lakes. The toxins they produce can close beaches and even poison drinking water. What’s fue...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:45
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There’s this elusive bird found throughout the Great Lakes region. If you know where to look, you can often spot it where fields and wetlands meet....

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 07:46
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Flying squirrels glow pink under a blacklight. How many other mammals do this? What causes them to glow? The hardest question of all might never be...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 17:50
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States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion d...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 14:14
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Alison Világ pays attention for a living. She counts migrating ducks at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, near Paradise, Michigan. It's key to gett...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 13:27
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Rock hunting holds a special place in Joyce Fetrow’s heart. Years ago, she battled alcoholism that drove her to some dark places. Now, Joyce dedica...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 11:56