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Railroads & Fire

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

The Irony of an Electric Car Named "Tesla" (And what a small town in Colorado had to do with it.)

From: H2O Radio
Series: Energy & Infrastructure

Thomas Edison became a household name for inventing the first practical incandescent light bulb. But because of what happened in a small town in Co...

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

Spectrum 08/07/2018

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW

In this week's show : we hear from the first 'test tube baby' 40 years later, find hot and bothered Germans (who also sit too much), long live the...

Bought by KVSC

Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it's an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mis...

The Flattened Ocean

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Age old discoveries and scientific advances have long dispelled the belief that the earth is flat. Recent technological advances have moved recorde...

Don't Lose Your Cool: Katie Herzog on A/C

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Who doesn't enjoy that refreshing feeling when you walk in from 90 degree heat to the cool blast of an air-conditioned room? Last month extreme hea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio

Trash Talk: The Persistence of Waste

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Caption: Buckhorn Mesa landfill., Credit: courtesy of Flickr user Alan Levine.

During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WTJU

Lighting the World Took a Toll on New Bedford Harbor

From: WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
Series: Living Lab on The Point

Caption: More than thirty years after being added to the EPA's National Priorities List of toxic cleanup sites, much of New Bedford Harbor remains off-limits for fishing., Credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

New Bedford’s role in both whaling and electrical manufacturing took a toll that city’s Harbor. The history of pollution is recorded in the mud at...

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

Friday Night Lights

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

Contributor Meg Cramer tells the story of the first electrically lit town in America -- Wabash, Indiana.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis

That Lawless Stream: A History of the Mississippi River

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: The city of New Orleans (detail), c1885, Credit: Library of Congress

The Mississippi River is central to the American landscape and imagination. And for centuries, it has served as a battlefield in which our most com...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KUOW and more