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Toxic Turf with Amy Griffin
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Are artificial turf fields causing cancer in young athletes?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:14
Brothers On Three with Abe Streep
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week’s guest is Abe Streep, author of Brothers On Three, a chronicle of the Arlee Warriors boys basketball team’s amazing run of state champio...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 26:21
  • Purchases: 2
Brothers On Three with Abe Streep
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week’s guest is Abe Streep, author of Brothers On Three, a chronicle of the Arlee Warriors boys basketball team’s amazing run of state champio...

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


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 26:21
  • Purchases: 3
Toronto Business Journal: Why we need a Canada Football Act
From: Ray Samuels
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Why we need a Canada Football Act - Christopher Foulds interviewed by Dr. Sam Dubé

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:06:20
2021-05-16 The Athlete as Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do sports help us cultivate virtues such as loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or do they promote feelings like rivalry, tribalism, and obsess...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
210326: Weird Winters, 3/26/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Warmer, shorter winters may sound like an impact of climate change that would inspire more joy than despair. But rising temperatures and decreasing...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
2021-03-26 Weird Winters
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Warmer, shorter winters may sound like an impact of climate change that would inspire more joy than despair. But rising temperatures and decreasing...

Bought by WCNY, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
A Year Of Reckoning And Loss In The World Of Sports
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: TTBOOK Favorites of the Week for PRX Remix
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There's never been a year in sports quite like 2020. Sportswriter Kurt Streeter spoke to "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" executive producer Steve Pa...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
CBC S1 E8: Student Athletes
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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What's it like when a pandemic crushes your dream of playing a Division One sport?

  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 13:18
531: The Personal Politics Of Sports / 532: Artificial Creativity, 11/7/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Personal Politics Of Sports" - Silent protest on the football field. Basketball on the reservation. This hour: When sports get polit...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:59
Dr. Hassan Tetteh: It Took Perseverance to Keep Going
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Dr. Hassan Tetteh, Credit: Shefik
Perseverance - Dr. Hassan Tetteh is a board-certified surgeon specializing in thoracic surgery, critical care, heart and lung transplantation, rese...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 02:05
Trout Unlimited Chapter 642: Trout in Classrooms, Women's Retreats & Fly-tying Events
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Trout Unlimited Chapter 642 promotes a variety of ways including their Trout in the Classroom initiative, fly-tying events and even a women’s retre...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 12:29
190906: How Pro Sports Can Be a Player in Climate, 9/6/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Americans spend $56 billion attending sporting events each year — but at what cost to the climate? From stadiums packed with energetic fans to food...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-09-06 How Pro Sports Can Be a Player in Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Americans spend $56 billion attending sporting events each year — but at what cost to the climate? From stadiums packed with energetic fans to foo...

Bought by WJCT, KTSW 89.9, MPR News Stations, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
The VA is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Mike Monthervil (left) uses an adaptive controller to play video games as his VA recreational therapist Jamie Kaplan watches., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront
Some VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KPBS


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 3
Wounded Warrior Stories
From: Sonya Dunn
Series: MilitaryHomeLife - Talk Radio
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MHL Talk Radio Host Sonya Dunn highlights and shares some amazing stories of wounded warrior athletes from the 2018 DoD Warrior Games.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:03
The Athlete as Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are sports a way to cultivate virtues like loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or to indulge feelings of rivalry, tribalism, and obsession?

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
2018-07-15 New Wheels in Town
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Electric scooters, skateboards and bicycles are popping up all over in cities all over the country. Ride-hailing companies are also moving to two w...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
NFL, Free Speech and a New Thing called a 'Book'
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Take a knee, and try to understand the politics of sports...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:20:18
Job Talk Episode 47
From: Paul Russell
Caption: http://jobtalkradio.org, Credit: Job Talk LLC
Dave reconnects with an old friend. Doug relives his wrestling days. Believe it or not it's all about athletic training. Gretchen Schlabach, certif...

  • Added: May 06, 2018
  • Length: 16:13
2017-12-10 Concussions, Cigarettes, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What do football, tobacco and oil have in common? A common narrative of deceit. When tobacco companies faced public scrutiny about the link between...

Bought by WORT, KWIT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and NPR Now


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
Taking a knee during the national anthem, is it an appropriate form of protest?
From: WFHB
Series: Voices in the Street
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents neighbors how they feel about the NFL protests.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 04:44
The historical context you should know about Colin Kaepernick
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, Credit: Screenshot from Al Jazeera English. http://bit.ly/2fhPLnd
For many people, this is a time to reflect on what it means to live in the United States. The election season revealed a divided nation, and many f...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 1
2017-07-23 Chain Reaction: Why Two Wheels Are Better Than Four
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Climate Ride co-founder Caeli Quinn and Climate One host Greg Dalton, Credit: Kip Pierson
One of the simplest things that individuals can do to fight climate disruption is as easy as riding a bike. Urban planners and people working on cl...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KWIT, KHSU and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Healing in the Era of Mass Shootings (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Assessing the legacy of the Virginia Tech shooting, 10 years on -- Profiling mass shooters -- How slow-motion video biases juries -- Understanding ...

Bought by WLPR , WMFE, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3