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Caption: The House, Credit: Catherine Rose McGuigan
Kimberly had talked about her house as if it was a person, her best friend as she put it. Stephanie saw her house as a metaphor for her life, falli...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 24:53
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From artificial beaches maintained by natural ocean currents, to projects that make extra room for rivers flowing through cities, the Dutch know ho...

  • Added: May 14, 2019
  • Length: 18:14
Caption: Jones Mountain cabin
It started with the red wolves at Alligator River, took me out to the Blue Ridge Mountains, then down to a tribal gathering of the Chickahominy in ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 26:43
Caption: Ida Valley, Credit: Charles McGuigan
It all started with the red wolves who now live, for the most part, in eastern North Carolina at Alligator River. These wolves had once numbered in...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 24:33
Caption: Katrina Powell, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Just as the red wolves were dispossessed of their homes so too were the people who had inhabited the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for many gene...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 25:06
Caption: Red wolf howling.
Kim Wheeler is the Wolf Lady. She knows more about red wolves than just about anybody in the world. And the more I learn about these remarkable ani...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2018
  • Length: 24:51
Caption: Red wolf howling.
Red wolves used to roam free across most of the eastern United States, from Maine to Florida, from Missouri to Texas, one of the top dogs in the fo...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2018
  • Length: 24:08
Caption: Limahuli Garden and Preserve is set in a verdant tropical valley on the north shore of the Hawaiian Island of Kaua`i, Credit: Courtesy National Tropical Botanical Garden
Explore Limahuli Garden and Preserve on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where scientists believe the legacy of ancient Hawaiian farmers can show the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Nicolette Hahn Niman
Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Gottfried
When David Gottfried come up an idea for green environmental building 20-years ago, he ran into a number of hurdles. The building industry had been...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dragonfly wearing a "telemetry backpack"
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mallory McDuff
Churches are taking diverse actions to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading C...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1
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In this week's show, our storytellers are all lost in the woods, and it takes more than a map to find their way back. Stories by Trey Moore, Russel...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cheese & Culture
Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheese-maker throughout world history and by und...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: New Society Press jacket cover
Sylvia Bernstein, president and founder of The Aquaponic Source, provides a step-by-step guide to raising vegetables and fish together.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 17:15
Caption: Duckbill dinosaur footprints and other Cretaceous-era fossils that were recovered in local coal mines are preserved in the Prehistoric Museum in Price, Utah., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Stairs hydroelectric dam in Big Cottonwood Canyon, one of the oldest sources of electricity for Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
Caption: Ross Chambless stands outside a substation near his home in Salt Lake City., Credit: Ross Chambless
Do you know where your electricity comes from?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 06:12
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It was John Cage who suggested that music was always in the air, and John Luther Adams has been tapping that sound for over 30 years. His evocative...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by WGDR and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 57:34
  • Purchases: 13
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Corn ethanol is causing corn prices to go up. That will affect food bills.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Corn ethanol could mean more water pollution from farm fields.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:48