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The climate is in crisis, and the next generation is committed to and has been successful in raising awareness, demanding political action, seeking...
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 05:31
In 1986 the BBC released a comprehensive survey of Britain. Burned onto two LaserDiscs, the early computer encyclopedia was a technological marvel.
- Added: Dec 28, 2019
- Length: 33:04
Books on conveyor belts, book vacuums and books in the mail. This episode of “Borrowed” will take you behind the scenes to see how books travel aro...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 16:48
- Purchases: 1
Kairi Hollon tried to go to the library when he was a teenager in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but he kept getting kicked out. Years later, he came back ...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 22:09
- Purchases: 1
From “the most expensive pigeon roost in the world” to one of the world’s most unique libraries, Brooklyn’s Central Library has many stories to tel...
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- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 23:01
- Purchases: 1
We start this episode at Dead Horse Bay, where we ask what trash can tell us about structures of power, and end the episode in 1960s Bed-Stuy, wher...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 20:50
- Purchases: 1
We're talking trash at the library today. Specifically, the story of a 3,000-ton garbage barge that made a scene in Brooklyn in the 1980s… and, we ...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 21:06
- Purchases: 1
Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 27:37
- Purchases: 1
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reflects on the coming of winter and the collection of the last of the harvest to sustain us-...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 1
There has never been a better time to become a citizen scientist: curious individuals interested in collecting data to build toward solutions, expa...
- Added: Oct 16, 2019
- Length: 04:49
One in three American adolescents is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional, or verbal abuse from a dating partner. To 20-year-old Kyleah Smith, d...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 12, 2019
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...
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- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 20:01
- Purchases: 1
Immigration is a pressing topic in our political landscape right now, with concerns about ICE raids and immigration bans. In this episode, we liste...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 21:11
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.” So goes the quote from librarian Jo Godwin. From Dr. Seuss to kosher books to ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:17
Legislators in Maine and across the country debate now bills to limit Reproductive Rights. Their limited or completely absent knowledge of the dep...
- Added: May 25, 2019
- Length: 07:09
This week marks the 500th episode of World Ocean Radio! For more than 10 years, World Ocean Radio has been engaging in dialogue about ocean issues,...
- Added: Mar 19, 2019
- Length: 05:17
An audio postcard featuring the northern harrier. Formerly called a marsh hawk, naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history about this easily id...
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
This segment of Sound Ecology celebrates the white-tailed kite. Naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history and behavior of this "angel hawk".
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
A recent report from the Yale Program on Climate Change, measuring public awareness and political views on issues related to climate, shows that op...
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 05:19
The word 'indigenous' is used a lot these days, especially in terms of territorial rights to land and of invasive species of flora and fauna. In th...
- Added: Mar 05, 2019
- Length: 04:30
Estuaries are ecologically rich and important components of our coastal ecosystems. Fish biologist Katherine Osborn wrote this segment of Sound Eco...
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 2
Direct democracy. What are the pros and cons?
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 25:55
The state and local offices that have a big impact on your life.
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 21:52
How do candidates do it? What are the rules? What are the tropes?
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 29:06
- Purchases: 2
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Series: Highland Park 2018 Youth Stories
Do you remember what your dream job was? Austin elementary school students explore what it's like to see your dreams change.
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 04:19
