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Earth Day Two Ways
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Jess hosts a conversation between climate scientist Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel and environmentalist and actor Eric Balfour about climate solutions and the...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
2024-01-01: Skunks, 1/1/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We learn all about skunks with world renown mephitologist, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. Mixed with great music sure to captivate kids of all ages.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Skunks
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We learn all about skunks with world renown mephitologist, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. Mixed with great music sure to captivate kids of all ages.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRSC and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
01-14: Hanging On: Treetop Truths for Disruptive Times, 7/24/2019
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Nalini Nadkarni
“Queen of the forest canopy” Nalini Nadkarni is riding a new current of innovative scientists uncovering previously unexplored wonders in the fores...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 28:31
Medical Mushroom Maximized with Mark Gocke MD Functional Medicine/ Internal Medicine
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Medical Mushroom Maximized with Mark Gocke MD Functional Medicine/ Internal Medicine. We talk Mycelium Networks, Lions Mane, Cordyceps, Maitake, an...

Bought by WCNY and WRIR


  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
469-Flying Couch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My birthday present from outer space was the opportunity to use the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Az to discover a tiny ...

Bought by KENW, KRWG, WTIP, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
397-Spotting Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Meteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of t...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
390-One in 100,000
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Additional observations over the years have eliminated the possibility that Apophis will strike the Earth as it streaks by closer than the communic...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KRWG, WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
378-Moon Express
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Moon is a destination for human explorers.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WVTF, KKRN, WTIP, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Sea Level Rise and the Future of Megacities
From: Coastridge Productions
Series: Planet Watch
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Dr. Gary Griggs, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences talks abo...

Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
288-Coming Out Of Monsoon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Watching the night sky for you.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
What Would You Do? (Hour long version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In this hour we talk about ethics and we explore the world's oceans for zooplankton and follow a roving tick robot. (And more...)

Bought by WCNY, WFAE, KPVL, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5
What Would You Do? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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If you swipe a stranger’s car and nobody sees, what do you do? In this week's show we talk about ethics (and more...).

Bought by WJCT, WNMU-FM, KKRN, KVSC, WKCC and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Dragons of Inaction Feature
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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Today, about half of all Americans believe in human-caused climate change, and yet, few Americans modify their behaviors in any serious ways. Allis...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN, WEZU and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
Dragons of Inaction (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are the "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WSKG, KMUD, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Dragons of Inaction (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Earth Day Specials
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This Earth Day, we’re taking the planet’s pulse—and our own. What are our "dragons of inaction" that keep us from changing our behaviors, even if w...

Bought by WXDU, KVSC, WKCC, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
02-09: True Biotechnologies: Nature’s Best Climate Change Solutions, 4/15/2015
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Janine Benyus, Credit: Tim Porter
Some of the best minds on the planet are busy cataloguing possible solutions to the crisis of climate chaos. Scientists, entrepreneurs, and educato...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
Black folks in nature
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, leads a group on a white water adventure, Credit: Outdoor Afro
There's a mountain of statistics that suggest black Americans don’t go out in nature as much as people of other ethnicities, but one Bay Area organ...

Bought by KSKA and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 2
Wilderness Adventures Through the Eyes of a Child
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: Elliot after his trek to the top, Credit: Shana Weber
Take a journey with a parent and child as they explore the wilderness in search of their favorite mountain mammal, the American pika.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
East Coast Volcanoes (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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Hundreds of millions of years ago, tectonic plates were shifting and volcanoes erupted along the Eastern Coast of the United States. But discoverie...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Rainbows on Demand
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Spotting a rainbow requires a bit of luck—you know, being in the right place at the right time. But not if you make them yourself. For over two wee...

Bought by WCNY and WVTF


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
Technology's Promise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor William E. Halal
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: What's Beagle 2 doing now?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: Beagle 2, Credit: Nasa
Colin Pillinger, the man who lost a spacecraft, tells us whether he still holds out hope of finding Beagle 2; Lester Brown discusses food bubbles; ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 39:03
  • Purchases: 1