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Climate Change Facts That Warrant Your Attention
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Environmental Voices
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melting caps, sea levels

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 09:43
Early Boarding schools
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: History of Leech Lake
Caption: Elaine Fleming
Early boarding Schools

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 09:50
Youth Broadcaster Album Reviews: Bright Eyes' I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
From: KXCI
Series: Bonus Tracks
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From The Future of Radio at KXCI in Tucson, DJ Electric Landfill Reviews The Classic Bright Eyes Album, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 03:48
S02 E11 - A Shooting in the Heartland
From: The Facing Project
Series: The Facing Project
Caption: 07-(37), Credit: Becker1999
It’s been one year since a gunman opened fire in Dayton’s Oregon District, killing nine people and injuring 27.

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Vital Emergency Response Programs
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Geologist Lori Dengler talks about NOAA's National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. This program provides and facilitates vital warning systems a...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Earthquake Weather?
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Earthquakes occur on faults and fault ruptures many miles beneath the surface. Dr. Lori Dengler says we needn't worry about storms and surface wat...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cow Tails and Cracks in the Earth
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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On this segment of Shaky Ground, Geologist Lori Dengler takes on tales of earthquakes swallowing up hapless critters.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Warning Centers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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How will we know a tsunami may be coming? Other than feeling the ground shake, we rely on tsunami warning centers to alert us about potential risk...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
The Unexpected
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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The next earthquake is likely to happen when you least expect it. Relatively infrequent events are hard to plan for. Geologist Lori Dengler advise...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Sneaker Waves
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Beautiful walks along the beach are possible any time of the year on the northcoast. Lori Dengler encourages us to be mindful of the unexpected "...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
When Is A Plate Not A Plate?
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Dr. Lori Dengler gives us a primer for the science of tectonics.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tara and Lulama
From: Littleglobe
Caption: AIDS Skeletons, Credit: Bob Smith
Youth Media Project intern Tara Trudell, a student at New Mexico Highlands University, interviews South African folk artists Lulama Sihlabeni, in a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:22
Curtis and Kathy
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Curtis Billie from N'MPower
N’MPower participant and Program Manager, Curtis Billie, interviews Kathy Wan Povi Sanchez, a potter from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, in a community ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:32
Radical Skeletons
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Charles McDew "We Are The People We Have Been Waiting For" - Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at Winona State University, Charles McDew, former chairman of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (from 19...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 1
Q & A With Will Steger and J. Drake Hamilton on Climate Change
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of, Culture Clique - we present the audience Q&A session with Will Steger and J. Drake Hamilton following their presentation at the...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
J. Drake Hamilton on Minnesota's Clean Energy Initiatives
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Previously on Culture Clique, we brought you Polar Explorer Will Steger's talk on his eye witness account to climate change during his expeditions....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 39:47
  • Purchases: 1
Polar Explorer Will Steger on Climate Change
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On Tuesday November 13th, in front of a packed audience, polar explorer Will Steger and Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton gave a presentation at WSU...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 24:39
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Erika Kooda presents an essay about starting her high school senior year
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda has recently begun her senior year at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she'll be checking in with essays reflecting on ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Earning College Credits while Still in High School
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Abdul Kadir Farah, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Abdul Kadir Farah, a Minneapolis Edison high school senior, is one of many Minneapolis high school students who collect college credit while still ...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Middle School to High School: a Big Jump
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Simorra Jones, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
As you step up from one level of school to the next, there is added responsibility, Simorra Jones, a Minneapolis Edison high school student tells u...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
Edison High School Helps Students get into College
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Sarah Griefnagen, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
If there is one thing that is on the minds of every high school student, it is getting into college. Sarah Griefnagen, a student at Minneapolis Edi...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
John Register on Hurdling Adversity & Disability: Mind Over Matter
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: John Register, Credit: johnregister.com
This week on Culture Clique, Olympian John Register speaks to us about the disabled community. While training for the 1996 Olympics, Register fell ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 31:46
  • Purchases: 1
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: via www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today we continue our conversation and lecture on Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs. In our interview we ask about what cities in the US are have t...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 31:29