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Folktale of Snowfall
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
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As they say in many a folk world, winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. In this episode of Folktales, Julia Meek tracks this...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, WFIU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 10
Episode #450 - Cool Yule: R&B Christmas, Pt. 2
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" presents part 2 of our 2 part vintage Christmas Rhythm & Blues extravaganza that Matt The Cat is calling "Cool Yule." Dig on...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WHRV, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., Royalton Community Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Episode #449 - Hey! Santa Claus: R&B Christmas, Pt. 1
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The "Juke In The Back" begins a 2 part Holiday Music Extravaganza with a tribute to Santa Claus. This week, we find the "man in red" doing the boog...

Bought by KPOV, WVAS, KTOO, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Ep. 16: Winter Special
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Jumondeh Tweh, host of Season 2 of the MinneCulture podcast, Credit: Nancy Rosenbaum
It wouldn’t be a Minnesota podcast if we didn’t take you outside. It’s cold outside, baby, with rabid Minnesota Wild fans and anglers who won’t let...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 17:23
Jenny Larsson: Searching For Arctic Winter
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Dancer choreographer Jenny Larsson enlivens our understanding of how the Far North's deep cold is essential to the balance of the Earth's biosphere...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 11:00
Tongue Terror
From: Robert Prince
Series: Dark Winter Nights: True Stories from Alaska
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Stories of children getting their tongues stuck to metal things in winter.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
Episode 34: The Law Of Gravity
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Bruce Smith was on a routine helicopter flight in the remote Wind River Mountains. But what goes up must come down…one way or another.

Bought by WDBM, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 18:26
  • Purchases: 3
Clouds with a Silver Lining: Seeding Storms to Boost the Colorado River
From: H2O Radio
Series: Sounds From a Warming Planet
Caption: H2O Radio—Journalism About Water
People in seven western states and Mexico rely on the Colorado River for their water supplies. As the climate warms, the mighty river's flows are e...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 2
At the Fishhouses (The Holiday Episode)
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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At the end of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads the poem "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite is chos...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 2
38th Annual Eelpout Festival in Walker, MN
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: A Beast of a Pout! , Credit: North Country Guide Service
Some call it poor man’s lobster, others just call it ugly. At any rate, it’s usually a catch that leaves fishermen talking. The burbot, commonly...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 09:27
February Arts and Culture Events in KAXE Listening Area
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Ely Snow Sculpture, Credit: mrsbirchscabin.blogspot
Each First Friday, we check in with Katie Marshall of the MacRostie Arts Center in Grand Rapids, MN, Molly Olson from the Ely Folk School,and Katie...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 23:34
Area Voices: Neilson Spearhead Center & the Snow Sparkles and Winter Wonders Event
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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A conversation about the Neilson Spearhead Center and the one day, winter event Snow Sparkles and Winter Wonders.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
Twenty Ways to Think About Snow
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: View of Welch Mountain from Dickey Mountain in Thornton, NH. , Credit: Sean Hurley
We really only have one word for snow. Yes, meteorologists might talk of stellar dendrites or graupels or aggregates – but when it snows, in Engli...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
What's icy, metal and two miles long? A Great Lakes ice boom
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015, Credit: NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY PHOTO / Ice boom installation 2015
As ice forms on Lake Erie, it creates problems for the huge power plants downstream. To keep electricity flowing to millions of residents in the No...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Winter Life on a Great Lakes Island
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Delaware Avenue., Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Put-In-Bay, on an island in Lake Erie, is a summer destination for vacationers and tourists. But when winter comes and ferry service to the mainlan...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
Degrees in Decorating: Students Deck the Halls While at School
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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College students manage to get into the holiday spirit through extravagant decorations in their dorms.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:35
Pray For Snow! Show
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
Caption: Camel's Hump as seen from from the Single Chair at Mad River Glen ski area, Vermont - 1/21/2016, Credit: Brian Aust
A jazzgrass summoning of Ol' Man Winter's most beautiful possession for those places where it belongs.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:34
Award Winning Drama for Christmas - The Kindness Of Time
From: Rosie Boulton
Caption: The Kindness of Time
Winner of 2016 BBC Best Online Drama. An inspirational one hour play for Advent and Christmas about waiting for love to appear in midwinter. "Th...

Bought by WUTC, KVSC, Interlochen Public Radio, KTXK, KRPS and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Breaking Barriers: How the Disabled Community Plays Hockey
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Dan McCoy skating for Team USA, Credit: USA Hockey
Disabled people from all around the world find fun, competitive action, and an escape within the game of sled hockey.

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 05:10
SAD Or Just Sad?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Depression On The Color Wheel, Credit: Stephanie Mooney 2016
Recent studies show that Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, may not be a real disorder after all.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
Episode 12: Avalanche on Pikes Peak
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
Caption: Pikes Peak
Most people think of Pikes Peak as a tourist destination – the Fourteener with a highway and a donut shop on top. But for many local mountaineers, ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:02
Dogs + Skis = Skijoring
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Cross-country skiing and dog sled racing are among Minnesota's more popular winter sports. But what if you combined the two? KFAI’s Ryan Dawes repo...

Bought by KUOW and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 2
What Needs Heat and Grows in the Winter in Central New York?
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Emily Burrichter surveys rows of red and green lettuce under one of Main Street Farms' high tunnels in Homer, New York., Credit: © 2015 Dan Mantooth
Where does our food come from? Who grows it? Main Street Farms might be your answer if you shop local.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
Why Birds' Feet Don't Freeze
From: BirdNote
Caption: Northern Flicker, Credit: Mike Hamilton
Have you ever watched ducks walking around in freezing temperatures and wondered why their feet don't freeze? And how do birds, including this Nort...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:45
Winter-Nature's Cold Storage
From: BirdNote
Caption: Common Raven, Credit: Richard Wesley
For birds and other animals with good natural insulation, winter provides a striking benefit as they scavenge. Bacteria function very slowly or not...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:45