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12-18: Forest Wisdom, Mother Trees and the Science of Community, 3/13/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Suzanne Simard
Forests have long occupied a fertile landscape in the human imagination. Places of mystery and magic - of wildness and wisdom - of vision and dream...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
263: Deep Listening: Whale Culture, Interspecies Communication, and Knowing Your Place, 9/20/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Shane Gero speaks at Bioneers 2023, Credit: Alex Akamine
Dr. Shane Gero, a visionary marine biologist, is angling to crack the code of sperm whale communication. His mind-bending research is transforming ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Below the Waterlines, Houston after Hurricane Harvey - Hour Long Special
From: KUHF
Series: Below the Waterlines, Houston after Hurricane Harvey
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Hurricane Harvey was a seminal moment in the history of Houston. Five years later, where do things stand? Houston Public Media examines efforts to ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Smoke Detectors
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Multiple smoke detectors going off, 2 people trying to shut them off. Late afternoon, 2pm. Warm, sunny day. St. Augustine, FL. Carrera Street apart...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:17
Red wing black birds
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Red wing black birds, at least 6-10 in the surrounding marshy area near an east tributary to the Tolomato River, St. Augustine, FL. 3pm. Sunny. Hig...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
Dolphins St. Augustine, FL 2018
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Dolphins at Porpoise Point, St. Augustine, FL. Early evening, 4:12 pm, sunny & windy. A pod of 3 dolphins with an occasional loner in the distance,...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 41:35
Freight Train
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Freight train off of US1, St. Augustine, FL. Recorded while driving in the car, window down, mic following along. Late afternoon. January 2017. EQ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:04
A Toad's Solo
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Landscape Ambience: a southern toad (buffo terrestris) singing solo over a chorus of toads and frogs that erupted after 3 weeks of rainfall. Northe...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:14
Heavy rain, wind, frogs & toads (Hurricane Irma)
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Field recording of Hurricane Irma just as it was hitting St. Augustine, FL.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 05:20
Sound Ecology: Raptors
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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What is a raptor? Naturalist Ken Burton offers up some details on these amazing birds, including addressing the concept of convergent evolution.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Ecology: Harbor Seals
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Remarkable facts about the ubiquitous resident of our coastal regions, the harbor seal.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Snowy Plovers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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On this segment of Sound Ecology, Ornithologist Mark Colwell features one of our dynamic coastal residents, the western snowy plover.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KFOI Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pistol shrimp or bacon frying?
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The inter-coastal waterway, St Augustine FL, the pier near Bridge of Lions, pistol shrimp and more, warm, 10 am, November 2016, hydrophone, no effe...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: :31
Insects..species unkown
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: insects (crickets? cicadas?) Evening, 7pm, warm, comfortable, windy. St Augustine, FL. *No effects, only EQ for wind noise.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: :38
Thunder Storm in St. Augustine
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
Caption: field recording
Thunder storm early evening hours. St Augustine, FL. Original clip with no effects, no alterations. Stereo mic/track. No Effects: No EQ.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 09:55
Footsteps #2 Winter NYC
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: Walking on packed snow, on a city sidewalk in January 2017. Cold: 19 degrees: Prospect Ave & Terrace PL: Brooklyn, NY. Early evening...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :48
A Salt Story: West Virginia Siblings Mine the Past to Build a Future (Gravy Ep. 22)
From: Southern Foodways Alliance
Series: Gravy Podcast
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While West Virginia may be known for resources like coal, the country once turned to this mountain state for a culinary staple: salt. In this episo...

Bought by WMMT, WMMT, KVLU, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WABE and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 23:22
  • Purchases: 6
99% Invisible #166- Viva La Arquitectura! (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
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How the art schools of Cuba were both the product and victim of a revolution.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 6
Large Wildfires Jumpstart Debate on Fire Management Techniques
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Photo by (cc) Flickr user Lotus R
A topic that we covered more than a year ago, but was just as relevant in 2013 is fire, more specifically wildfires. When we aired our show, The Bu...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #89- Bubble Houses
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Buildings of the future, once.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, WJCT, WNIJ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
  • Purchases: 6
99% Invisible #86-Reversal of Fortune
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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When Chicago was up the proverbial creek.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 3
Public Safety Building
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
Series: Green Audio Tour of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: Find the full-size tour map at: http://web.mit.edu/tyr/tours/Cambridge-Green-Audio-Tour/CambridgeGreenAudioTourMap-8.5x11.pdf
When a new Public Safety Building was built in Cambridge, being green was taken into consideration.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04