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304-Close One
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Tracking a small asteroid as it makes a very close approach to planet Earth.

Bought by Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
303-CRASH
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Traveling to Mars is a risky business.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Art of Jon Swanson, Museum Curator
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Jon Swanson checking light levels for pieces in "X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out,"., Credit: Minnesota Marine Art Museum
On this episode of "Art Beat" we get to know Jon Swanson, curator for the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona. Jon has a passion for art. At age ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
278-Nope
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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This is the story of the big one that got away.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
276-Big 3
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Large potentially dangerous asteroids are still out there.

Bought by WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KENW, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Michael McCarthy discusses a deadly Chicago River shipwreck
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interview Michael McCarthy about his book, "Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the Shipwreck that Shook America."

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:41
Attempting The Northwest Passage: The Final Edit
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Taff Roberts, Matt Jensen Young and Rossco Booker answer questions about "Attempting the Northwest Passage" hosted by Paul Lundquist, Credit: Teri Tenseth Market
"Attempting the Northwest Passage" is a documentary about local Taff Roberts' 2014 attempted voyage of the vessel Catryn through the Northwest Pass...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 40:32
Dinner at the Patel Motel (Gravy Ep. 33)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
Caption: Vimal Patel cooks inside -- and outside -- a room in the Day's Inn he operates in North Charleston. , Credit: Photo by Wade Spees for the Post & Courier.
We stay at them around the South and across the United States: Day’s Inn. Best Western. Quality Inn. But there is a food world behind the scenes at...

Bought by KVLU and WABE


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 2
Mike Scholtz on "Lost Conquest: The Motion Picture Event of 1000 A.D."
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about the journey in creating, Lost Conquest. Lost Conquest examines the authenticity of the Kensington Runes...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 23:52
  • Purchases: 1
200-Comet Showers
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It is possible that showers of comets changed the course of life on Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, KKRN, and KENW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Buzludzha
From: LN Lurie
Series: Where in the World is LN?
Caption: Buzludzha's main chamber, Credit: LN Lurie
I visited (ahem...broke into) Buzludzha. An abandoned communist building in Bulgaria. I describe my adventure going through it- but my microphone p...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2015
  • Length: 08:09
Lawrence Goldstone and the early days of aviation
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Reader's Corner host Bob Kustra talks with Lawrence Goldstone, author of "Birdmen: The Wright Brothers, Glenn Curtiss, And The Battle To Control Th...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:16
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories Ocracoke The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 5 _mixdown
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Working waterman on Ocracoke., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is like a republic unto itself, much like Key West, the Conch Republic. On the Scotch Bonnet Republic islanders have...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2015
  • Length: 24:36
Island Stories The Scotch Bonnet Republic Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: J.B. Gaskill of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Ocracoke Island North Carolina is the Key West of the mid-Atlantic. It's far removed from the mainland and the Outer Banks, surrounded by water, on...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:02
Land of Oppotunity
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Janice Sage is hosting an essay contest with her Center Lovell Inn as the award.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:22
James J. Hill's Minnesota legacy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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James J. Hill is known as the “Empire Builder.” His vision for a Great Northern Railway in the 19th century helped put Minnesota on the map. Produc...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 2
The Source: Boom time at San Francisco’s Presidio
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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San Francisco is America’s second most densely populated area, after Manhattan. And with new construction all over town, it’s going to get even den...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
Birds on Life Support
From: Susanne Bard
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Hawaii’s birds face multiple threats, but one small thrush on the island of Kaua’i is a success story – so far.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
GPS Weather Jets
From: Susanne Bard
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GPS devices on commercial flights could predict hurricanes.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Saving Hawaiian Crows
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Hawaiian Crow, Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The Hawaiian crow is recovering from a devastating population crash, with help from us.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Remembering a Vanished Way of Life on Virginia's Barrier Islands
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The southern end of Hog Island was once home to the thriving community of Broadwater., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Many generations of people once lived and worked on Virginia's barrier islands — until erosion and hurricanes drove them back to the mainland.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:10
Arctic Pioneers
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Toolik Lake, in Alaska's Arctic wilderness., Credit: Copyright John C. Wingfield
Like the pioneers of the American West, the birds that are now settling the Arctic frontier in response to climate change aren’t necessarily the bi...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
The Back Lot, Bringing Film [ and more ] Back to Suriname
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Hennah , Credit: unknown
They [ Hennah Draaibaar & Eddy Wijngaarde ] met by chance when she, a reporter and foreign correspondent was looking for a film producer and found ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 19:10
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Slow Wine
From: Nancy Greenleese
Caption: Salvatore Angelica and Susanna Bianco of Gigi Bianco winery explain their various Slow Wines at a Rome tasting, Credit: Nancy Greenleese
The Slow Food movement has changed how we eat in the last quarter century. The Italian organization encourages us to dine on flavorful and health...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:04