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Moonstruck
From: KALW
Caption: The path retraced by the Chandrayaan-3 Rover on Aug. 27, 2023 as viewed by the Navigation Camera onboard the rover., Credit: Image from the ‘X’ account of @isro (Indian Space Research Organisation)
India became the first nation in the world to pull off a soft landing on the moon's south pole.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Sound Ecology: 'Akiapōlā'au
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The 'Akiapōlā'au is one of Hawaii's rare and endangered birds, living exclusively on the Big Island.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
The Big Ponder #34: Sounds of Nature
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Tosca Terán creates soundscapes using fungi. In this immersive piece, Tosca takes listeners on a soundwalk, pausing periodically to interview other...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 25:59
  • Purchases: 1
631: Solace Of Nature / 632: Going Underground, 10/23/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Solace Of Nature" - Wherever you live — city or country, East coast, West coast, or in between — we share common, contemplative experien...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
629: Mysteries Of Migration / 630: What Sparks Creativity?, 10/16/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'Mysteries of Migration' - Millions of animals migrate every year to a destination they've never seen. How do they do it — and what can w...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Dispatch 352 - The incorrigible vice
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chewie wears his mask. Be like Chewie., Credit: Sandip Roy
…the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. — From ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
"Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19"
From: Shirley Jahad
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We bring you stories of "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19." Each story crosses a line ... from before pandemic ... to after. The stories e...

Bought by Valley Public Radio, KCSB-FM, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
  • Purchases: 11
Polio Pioneers
From: Elaine Vitone
Caption: What was life like before childhood vaccines?, Credit: Illustration by Frank Harris
In this episode, hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, “polio pioneers,” schoolkids from the clinical trial...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Jack Parsons & the Babalon Working
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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JPL founder Jack Parsons and his fellow magician L. Ron Hubbard opened up a stargate to Hell in the Mojave Desert. Nothing has ever been quite the ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Imagine Reality
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ravan Shakes Kailasa, Credit: Photo by Sandip Roy
The chief minister of the Indian state of Tripura reads as fact the great epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Which is like thinking that Ja...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Freedom of the Spirit (goodbye Stephen Hawking)
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The Indian Science Minister tried to capitalize on Stephen Hawking’s death, but to what end?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
  • 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
Sound Ecology: Marsh Wren
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Warblers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the springtime arrival of orange-crowned and wilson's warblers in northwestern California. For air during ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Allen's Hummingbird
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the amazing migration of Allen's Hummingbirds along the pacific flyway. Best aired late winter through spring and su...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Cetaceans
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the wide variety of whales, porpoises and dolphins that inhabit the waters along northern California and southern Or...

Bought by KLCC, WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Klamath Conifers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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A discussion of the unparalleled conifer biodiversity in the Klamath mountain region. Taking the long view through geologic time, this segment of ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: American Dipper
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard about the American Dipper, highlighting some behavioral and physiological aspects of this ubiquitous songbird along rivers and st...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
Trauma Glossolalia: Synesthesia and Sound
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Sound and Violence - Work by NYU Students
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Award-winning composer Jenny Olivia Johnson explores synesthesia, where sound is perceived as color or touch. Her feature is a work of sound art as...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:09
How to be a Plastivist
From: Ali Lightfoot
Caption: Sampled water from the north pacific garbage patch, Credit: Dale Selvam
Billions of pounds of plastic can now be found on about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. In this radio documentary, KVNF's Ali Lightfoot...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 010
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
The best of what's new in Electronica, Deep House, Indie Dance/Nu Disco, Drum & Bass, House, Tech House, and Techno. Plus, Mongo Speaks!

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ring Them and Fling Them
From: Gerald Zahavi
Caption: Gordon Howard in conversation with a Blue Jay, Credit: Gerald Zahavi
A profile of two master bird banders (and their trainees) who converge every May on the Crown Point State Historic site along the shores of Lake Ch...

Bought by WRPI and WRPI


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 26:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Resurgence of Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Digital music is the furthest we’ve come from running needles through intricate grooves, but record orders keep coming in.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1