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It’s that time of year when everyone’s cooking, baking, and eating much more than usual. But it seems to be getting more complex each year, as we ...

Bought by KENW and WABE


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrew Moore
As fruits go, the pawpaw is about as unique, historically important, yet mysteriously undervalued as it gets.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 2
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Nature has its own array of "jewel tones" - whether colors, smells or sounds. In this edition of Sunny's Back Yard, we are reminded that jewel tone...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:32
Caption: Extraction of rose scents,, Credit: A. Cheziere/Université Jean Monnet
When it comes to their scent, not all roses are created equal. Now researchers have identified the gene responsible for how fragrant a flower will ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A meta-analysis of organic farming profits indicates the practice makes economic sense.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The secret behind a beetle’s ability to shoot rapid pulses of high temperature toxins.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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New research reveals that careless bird feeding can harm native species.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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How does a teacher turn children’s lives around against all odds? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The skin of a newly discovered frog species transitions from spiny to smooth in a matter of minutes depending on its background.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tom Buchanan on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
We chat with contractor and home remodeler Tom Buchanan about his love of Victorian homes and how he started Hammerhouse Construction while Making ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 25:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Simple things you can do in your kitchen with herbs

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 10:56
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What are the keys to feeding the world sustainably? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview wi...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Sketch of the design for the park, Credit: West Seattle Blog
A tour around a newly undergrounded reservoir with Mark Brands, the landscape architect who designed the park to be built above it.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
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San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
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Can eleven billion people live sustainably on Earth, in the face of climate change? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Stephanie Westlund
Stephanie Westlund holds a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies. For the past 5-years she has been researching the lives of war veterans. Specifically...

Bought by KVNF and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Larger-than-life Serbian sculptor Zoran Mojisilov creates work from the most primal of elements: rocks, wood scraps and steel he hauls to his North...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: Agriculture experts from Acta Non Verba on the job, Credit: Kelly Carlisle
I’m walking across an old baseball diamond at Tassafaronga Park in Oakland with four very qualified agriculture experts. We’re approaching a new ve...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Monarchs in flight., Credit: Sonia Altizer
Scientists have identified the genetic underpinnings of monarch butterfly migration.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Peter Ladner
Our reliance on industrial agriculture has resulted in a food supply riddled with hidden environmental, economic and health care costs and beset by...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
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San Franciscans love to garden, but a backyard is hard to come by if you live in an apartment. And the 36 city-operated community gardens have wait...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:25
Caption: (A) Overview of a nest. Individual brood cells are separated by thin walls of soil material. (B) The nest is closed by a vestibular cell filled with dead ants. (C) Contents of a vestibular cell. (D) Female bone-house wasp. , Credit: Merten Ehmig (A, B), Michael Staab (C, D).
Bone house wasps place dead ants in their nests to ward off predators and parasites.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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With so many herbal products and supplements on the market, it’s easy to be confused and overwhelmed. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered D...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Fresh produce can be hard to access and pricey for families facing economic hardships. But during World War II, school, home, community and workpla...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1