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173: Mushroom Lightning
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 2
Is Spring Overrated?
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: What's to Love About...?
Caption: Writer/performer Sharon Glassman, Credit: Katie Weisberger
Its roots are natural, sure. But isn't spring a bit...overpromise-y? Sharon Glassman makes the case for a name change. Or maybe just a change of he...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Woods
From: Sam Dunnington
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My high school used to drop groups of kids off in the woods in order to teach them survival skills. There was no adult supervision.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
Seeing the Marfa Lights, rough audio
From: Katie Ball
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some "happy" tourists wait for the Mysterious Marfa Lights, just outside of Marfa, Texas. (This is rough, unedited audio with a lot of wind noise. ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 07:14
Cicadas. Love 'em...hate 'em...eat 'em?
From: Veronique LaCapra
Caption: These cicadas were collected at night, shortly after they emerged, while their bodies were still soft and white. They were then frozen for storage. , Credit: Art Chimes
Billions of periodical cicadas have emerged over the past few weeks in more than a dozen states across the Southeast and Midwest. In part one of t...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
Trap happy
From: Will Dewees
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Brian Blauser figures out a way to get rid of the raccoons raiding his bird feeders.

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:42
21. France Was Years Ahead
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
Recycle Rhythms-Coke Can
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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A rhythmic riff on recycling

Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Packing Material
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Recycled packing material

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
A Brief Moment in a Beautiful Place
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Two friends recount their story of traveling in Laos and one spectacularly bad idea, building a bamboo raft.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2008
  • Length: 24:24
New Planet for Old
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Science has discovered a new planet. Can we go there?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 01:27
Bees in Danger!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Are cell phones killing bees?

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 02:28
Flying squirrels + treadmills = Science!
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Alaskan squirrels can fly, but can they run?

  • Added: Apr 18, 2007
  • Length: 02:08
Victoria Secretes
From: John Ryan
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A proper provincial capital poops in the ocean -- but for how long?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2007
  • Length: 06:16
Big Perks for Tiny Houses?
From: The Environment Report
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Reporter Rebecca Williams takes a peek into some itsy bitsy homes

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBEZ, and WILL


  • Added: Mar 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 4
Clifford & Kidd - Preggers
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Clifford & Kidd
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Home Depot Hijinks

Bought by KZYX and WUSM


  • Added: Jan 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Birdathon
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two teams as they compete in the Southwest Michigan Birdathon

Bought by WWNO, KVSC, KUT, KGNU Community Radio, KGOU and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Straw Bale Homes
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Series: BioSphere
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Straw bale homes stand up to the test

  • Added: Nov 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:12
Every Day, on My Way to Work, Somebody Tries to Kill Me
From: Sarah Kobos
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Trade your car for a bicycle, and you learn a thing or two about people.

Bought by KZSC and BSR Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2004
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
Finally: A Cure For Nervous Sheep
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists find way to soothe anxious sheep. But how do you know when sheep are nervous?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
Dead of Summer and other poems.
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: NYC, Credit: M. Van Halteren
2" audio poem about summer, part of group of four. available separately.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and WMBR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 4
Orphan Opossums
From: Worth Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Even killing a varmint has consequences.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2004
  • Length: 05:33
Naked Barbies and Deflated Basketballs: A look inside the world of collectors
From: paul overton
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A day in the life of collectors.

Bought by KVMR, WUNC, KUOW, and WZBC


  • Added: Apr 13, 2004
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
Polly's Boa
From: Jackson Braider
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who knew the riverbanks of Boston catered to such diverse wildlife?

Bought by PRX to iTunes


  • Added: Mar 04, 2004
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Summer Camp
From: Geo Beach
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You might hike across a continent, find a forgotten friend, and discover summer camp could last forever. Geo Beach goes storytelling around the ca...

Bought by KPIK-LP and prpdstation


  • Added: Sep 09, 2003
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2