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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
Lemurs
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Tigers & Snow Leopards
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about two of the most endangered big wild cats: tigers and snow leopards through conversations with a car...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KDLG, KSTK and more


  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
20220530: Tigers & Snow Leopards, 5/30/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about two of the most endangered big wild cats: tigers and snow leopards through conversations with a car...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
20220110: Earthquakes & Volcanoes, 1/10/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we’re learning all about earthquakes and volcanoes with Dr. Mousumi Roy, a University of New Mexico professor of ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Citizen Science & Porcupines
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Kids are the scientists studying porcupines in the Southwest United States, as part of a citizen science project. Learn about citizen science oppor...

Bought by WCNY, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
Pi Day With Einstein
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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The Children's Hour celebrates Pi Day with Albert Einstein and learn about the number Pi.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WCNY and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Resilience & Adaptation In Climate Change
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Kids presenting adaptation ideas at a CAVU - Climate Advocacy Vocas Unidas event , Credit: CAVU
How can we learn to be resilient and adapt to a changing climate? Plus we meet a child prodigy who has talents far exceeding expectations.

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, KMXT, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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Learn the science of earthquakes and volcanoes

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Wonder of Sound
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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Explore the wonder of sound on The Children's Hour

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 5
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
Demolition Truck
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Demolition Truck hauling wood, glass, concrete, etc. into a large metal trash container. 10:30am, sunny, breezy, 65 degrees. Recorded less than 50 ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
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
Morning Birds: 'Marco...Polo'
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
Caption: 'Marco...Polo', Credit: wikimedia commons
May, early morning, 6:00am, warm, birds call and response, reminded me of playing 'Marco...Polo' in the pool as a child... No effects, only EQ. St....

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:55
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
Food Poisoning
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: This Won't Hurt A Bit
Caption: The medical podcast for your cortex and your funny bone, Credit: Foolyboo Inc
Every year, 1 in 6 people get food poisoning. But, what is food poisoning? What should you do if you get food poisoning? What causes it and how do ...

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 31:38
  • Purchases: 1
Why Darwin Matters
From: Rick Coste
Series: Evolution Talk
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Over the last 150 years there is one subject which has caused much debate. That subject of course is evolution by natural selection. But what does ...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 15:38