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Caption: The Onondaga Nation is located at Nedrow, New York.  © 2015 Laura Molina
The Onondaga Nation started a program to save their language and their culture. Right know, many native American languages are endangered due to th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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A new study suggests baby marmosets’ calls change as they grow up, overturning more than 50 years of conventional wisdom about primate vocalizations.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Disco the talking parakeet., Credit: Courtesy of Judy Bolton
A newly discovered brain structure in parrots hints at new mechanisms in brain evolution.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ricture Alphabet of Birds, 1874, Credit: Public Domain, via flickr
The letter “R” is one of the hardest sounds we learn to pronounce; now scientists think they’ve identified what makes it so tricky.

Bought by KENW and WLPR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Off the coast of Virginia, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, lies a shrinking island called Tangier. Here, an unlikely adventurer docked his sai...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 4
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When children are adopted internationally, the first language they hear as babies may not be entirely lost.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Bay Area’s cultural diversity is translated in so many different ways; you can hear it in how many languages are spoken here. For parents want...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
Caption: A piece of artwork depicting the Cherokee character "ma.", Credit: Cherokee Heritage Center
The Cherokee Heritage Center is using art to help pass on the Cherokee language.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3