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Frontier Music
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: The Wind
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Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do. Featuring Gary Farmer, Rion Amilcar Scott, Jeff Grace and Kathryn Kali...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
Mascota virus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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El coronavirus ha cambiado nuestras vidas haciendo que muchos teletrabajen. A medida que los gatos invaden nuestros fondos de pantalla en el Zoom, ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Ranger's Life
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What does it mean to be a ranger? It means you are married to the mission, a soldier for your planetary home, armed with a moral compass and a Smok...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fur-onavirus
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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The coronavirus pandemic has many of us working from home. As cats invade our zoom backgrounds, many are wondering if their pets can get sick, too.

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
Mask
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Masks are not just for villains and superheroes! For centuries, we have depended on face masks for protection. From handkerchiefs to the N-95, how ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Whale Fall
From: Katz Laszlo
Caption: Screenshot from Nautilus Livestream, October 2019, Credit: Nautilus
In this piece we hear the process of musicians and scientists who collaborated to turn deep sea research into a song. Produced in Woods Hole, MA, ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2019
  • Length: 11:46
What Happens When You Wake a Sleeping Bear
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Problem with a bear in your neighborhood? This is the guy who gets the call.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Searching for Devil's Club in the Tongass National Forest
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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In the Fall, I harvest a Devil's Club stalk from the woods. It serves as a protection, a reminder to be mindful.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Fishing with Delton
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Born and raised in Compton. It was big to come out here and see something different.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Life Aboard
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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If the winds are right, I could be in the Bahamas in 10 days. It's nice to have the option.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.29_MexicanGalapagos
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Mexico protects it's most valuable waters.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
Nether
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I love my city, and I rep it to the death. But at the same time, I’m a white boy in a black neighborhood.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Disabilities no longer a barrier to Great Lakes' waters
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Julie Cataldo prepared to be lifted from her wheelchair into an accessible kayak on the Erie Canal., Credit: Veronica Volk
The Great Lakes region provides recreational opportunities all year – whether it’s hiking in the fall, ice fishing in the winter, or boating in the...

Bought by KSKA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Interlochen Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 7
Sounds of the Ocean
From: Generation Anthropocene
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When you imagine ocean sounds, maybe you hear the smooth arcing songs of the humpback whale, or the energetic, rhythmic clicks and snaps of dolphin...

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 23:15
  • Purchases: 2
Saving the Last Ocean
From: Generation Anthropocene
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We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 21:32
HumaNature: One Hour Special #4
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: stories of animal encounters. A scientist risks his reputation to pursue Bigfoot; pigeons save t...

Bought by Raven Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
HumaNature: One Hour Special #3
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man walks from Mexico to the tip of South America with his best friend, a donkey; a man crosse...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KUT, KSUT and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Never Bring a Sledgehammer to a Scalpel Fight
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Biocontrol feels like the pinnacle of human arrogance. We’re trying to play God, taking a delicately balanced ecosystem and stomping all over it w...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: One Hour Special #2
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man utters a curse that comes true, a summer stint at a dinosaur quarry challenges a woman’s s...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KSKA, KSUT and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Mystery At The Lake
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
Caption: Lake Oneida, Credit: National Environmental Education Foundation/Flickr
In the 1970s, a geochemist and a biologist banded together to solve a mystery at Lake Oneida in upstate New York. What they found is changing the w...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 14:03
  • Purchases: 1
Power Tools to The People!
From: Scott Schlegel
Caption: Repair Cafe bike fix., Credit: Scott Schlegel
A tool lending library builds confidence and community.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 15:28
Is Space the Place?
From: Distillations
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Trying to save humanity by mining asteroids.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: One Hour Special #1
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special evergreen edition of HumaNature formatted for air: a man in the wilderness searches a lake for a missing boater, a recovering alcoholic s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, KHNS, KSKA and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Rodney Learns to Fly
From: Ari Daniel
Caption: Mr. Hoots is a Eurasian eagle owl, and one of Rodney Stotts' favorite raptors., Credit: Ari Daniel
Rodney grew up selling dope and guns. But he's always loved caring for birds. The drugs landed him in jail. The birds helped set him free.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 1: Up A River, Without… A Pigeon?
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Charlie Thomas worked as a whitewater rafting guide in the 80’s. His boss became obsessed with selling photos of clients taken while they ran the r...

Bought by KUER, KRZA, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 3