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S5 EP2: Encounter on Aisle 9
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Emergency medicine and helicopter flight physician Mike Abernethy recounts an unexpected run-in at his local Walmart that made him feel as if he’d ...

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 46:55
Throwing Shade
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Farmer/researcher team finds some crops do better and use less water when grown in solar arrays.

Bought by KVNF, WFHB, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Greening a Rural Charging Desert: The Intertribal Electric Highway
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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A new EV charging network fills a big gap in the nation's charging map and brings electric vehicles, jobs, and healing to reservations.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFHB


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Emily Miller Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that industrial agriculture is economically flawed, and survives by externalizing its costs to taxpayers, while spending billions of d...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Covid in the Country
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is being rural a pre-existing vulnerability in this crisis? Equipped with a mask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders reports (from a responsible dis...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Cactus Water Filter
From: Susanne Bard
Caption: Cross-section of a prickly pear cactus, Credit: Susanne Bard
The drought-defying interior of the prickly pear cactus holds a secret to purifying water.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KENW, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
To Overbuild or Underbuild? A Rural Policy Conundrum
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
Caption: Made with Canva.com
Episode 91: Lisa Gonzalez and I, Christopher Mitchell, are back in studio for a short conversation about the implications of a municipal network or...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 13:15
Horror in the Hills
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With Halloween on the way, it’s scary movie season. That means isolated cabins, psychopathic hillbillies, and evil in the woods. One scholar believ...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and WLPR


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 3
Horror in the Hills (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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For decades, the rural South seen in books was a safe place of innocence and nostalgia. But in the last 15 years or so, movies have flipped that im...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Horror in the Hills (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For decades, the rural South seen in books was a safe place of innocence and nostalgia. But in the last 15 years or so, movies have flipped that im...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Who Needs Health Insurance? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...

Bought by WJCT, WCSU-FM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Who Needs Health Insurance?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Our healthcare system is in a state of transition, with both doctors and patients anxious about where we’re heading. Many doctors are exploring new...

Bought by WCNY, KVNF, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
To Eat a Pig, Pt. 2
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Sean Kelley shouldering his slaughtered pig Dinner., Credit: Charlene Dy
In the previous episode, we met Sean Kelley, a writer who set out to raise a couple of pigs for the purpose of butchering them himself. He was so a...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2014
  • Length: 15:30
  • Purchases: 2
IBRT Season 1, Episode 10; 'Dome Dog: Prophesy of Doom'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
There's Nothing Wilder
From: Prairie Public
Series: Essays from the Veeder Ranch
Caption: Jessie Veeder (Scofield)
A heartwarming essay of a young girl's visit to the ranch, with reflections on the human relationship with horses. It's perhaps my favorite of Jess...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Heavy Weather (Part II)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Heavy Weather (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2