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How We Fight Back: Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Zack Exley and Becky Bond
All over the world people who care about the environment are watching the US President-Elect sketch out a blueprint for disaster. To head the EPA h...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gavin Newsom
How does Gavin Newsom maintain his optimism in the face of all the destructive policies the president-elect might enact? That’s part of what we tal...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 1
Shower Power: Doniece Sandoval
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doniece Sandoval
Do you live in a city? Well, if you don’t, you may soon. It is predicted that by 2050, more than 70 percent of us human beings will be living in ci...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
A House Built on Sand
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There’s a very robust debate going on right now as to exactly how much sea level rise we’re in for, and the Cliffs Notes version is that it’s betwe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
Eula Hall Fights for Mud Creek Medicine
From: WMMT
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Eula Hall from Mud Creek in Floyd County, KY is nationally recognized for a lifetime fighting for the rights of mountain people, especially for acc...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:58
Flint Water Activists Mona Hanna-Attisha and Lee-Anne Walters on the Meaning of Courage
From: PEN America
Series: The Freedom to Write
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Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Lee-Anne Walters, two leading voices in exposing the Flint water crisis, received the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Free...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:53
Companies Corroding Communities
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neela Banerjee
According to the Supreme Court, corporations are people. The absurdity of this statement notwithstanding, it is clear that, like people, corporatio...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Keep Warm and Cut Costs: How$martKY
From: WMMT
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Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:49
Tim Dickinson: Sunshine State In The Dark
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim Dickinson
Think about the sunniest states in the U.S. Florida, the place that calls itself "the sunshine state" is sure to come to mind. Indeed, the solar i...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Salt Water Wilderness: Summer Brennan & Doug Woodring
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Summer Brennan
What does the word wilderness evoke in your mind? A vast field, a dense forest, a body of water? If you’re an attorney, it may simply be a legal te...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
After the Floods
From: Michael May
Caption: David Connor in front of FEMA trailer., Credit: Daniel May
It was three years ago that Katrina made landfall in the southeastern corner of Louisiana. Within a day, New Orleans was filling with water. But sm...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2014
  • Length: 08:26
Blowing the Whistle on a Poisoned Marsh
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Felix Smith, Credit: Kerry Klein
Kesterson Wildlife Refuge had a little known problem back in 1982: selenium contamination was leading to birth defects and death in fish and birds....

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 1
Blowing the Whistle, Paying the Price
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A deformed baby duck found at Kesterson NWR, Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
The internet has put whistleblowers in the public eye, and the government’s crosshairs. The world’s biggest institutions are running scared and cra...

Bought by WNJR and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 5: Dropping Like Flies
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Every year for the past few years, tens of thousand of flytraps have gone missing – from the wild, from gardens, from nurseries. And, really, nobod...

Bought by KALH, 90.5 WESA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 21:00
  • Purchases: 3
Kim Ferraro: Hoosier Environmental Council
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In today’s EcoReport feature, Kim Ferraro, Water and Agricultural Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council, talks about the ag-gag or ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
January 23, 2014
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In today’s EcoReport feature, Kim Ferraro, Water and Agricultural Policy Director for the Hoosier Environmental Council, talks about the ag-gag or ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:41
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #88- The Broadcast Clock
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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What makes public radio tick.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 6
Upstream
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Atlantic salmon numbers are dropping all over the world. In the US, they can only be found in seven rivers. All of them are in Maine.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:54
The Honeybees Are Alright
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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For years, a mysterious “colony collapse disorder” has been killing honeybees across the nation. This year, commercial beekeepers have reported los...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2