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Food Sleuth Radio, Gail Hansen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that farmers’ increasing use of antibiotics to prevent and treat animal diseases and increase growth efficiency contributes to antimic...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
radioBANG Episode 1509-1513
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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A compilation of each daily episode of radioBANG this week.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
radioBang Episode 1513
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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Investing in conservation is not only good for the planet, but is a strong economic opportunity as well.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 1
radioBang Episode 1512
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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India's Corporate Social Responsibility requirements are making a huge difference in that country.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 1
radioBang Episode 1511
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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Don't have time to travel to enjoy the outdoors? Don't worry, Mother Nature may be coming to you.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 1
radioBang Episode 1510
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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All hail the Halophyte Plant, creating biofuel from the deepest oceans and the driest deserts.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
radioBang Episode 1509
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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An Argentinian car mechanic may have just changed the birth process for millions of babies worldwide.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Save the Vaquitas!
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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High schooler William Whittenbury attacks the dire situation of the endangered porpoise - the vaquitas. William hopes to change the fate of the vaq...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:03
Interchange - A Measure of Choice: Vaccine Opposition and Public Health
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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"A Measure of Choice" explores the reasons that some parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children. The so-called “anti-vax” movement has be...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:44
Bringing Up Babies
From: Josh Clement
Series: All Things Natural With Ed Kanze
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I've raised baby possums, raccoons, skunks, robins, starlings, and great-horned owls. Which are the most cuddly and fun to be around? The answer ma...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Shorter days can trigger Seasonal Affective Disorder--a psychiatrist explains
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression triggered by shorter days and reduced light. Loyola University Medical Center psychiatrist talk...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 12:56
  • Purchases: 1
Fukushima, 3 Years Later
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: Fukushima Survivor, Kenichi Hasegawa, Credit: Greenpeace
March 11 marks three years since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. It might be more accurate to say it marks three years since the start of this ongo...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Language Seen, Not Heard
From: Hold That Thought
Series: On Language
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What can American Sign Language reveal about how humans learn any language, whether spoken or seen?

Bought by KVNF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 10:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Film MIDWAY, The Truth about Birds & Plastic
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
Caption: An albatross shot on Midway island during production., Credit: Kris Krüg
Set on the island of Midway in the north Pacific, it’s about birds and plastics and oceans; not a good combination. B.C. based cinematographer Jan ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
Mental Health Intervention & You
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Caption: Cynthia Alston, Psychiatric Clinical Specialist & Nurse Practioner
Cynthia Alston, Psychiatric Clinical Specialist & Nurse Practioner in Mental Health & Psychiatry speaks about the abusive medication for Mental Dis...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
Fishing in Fossil Lake -- Groks Science Show 2013-07-17
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Lance Grande discusses his new book, "The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time."

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 20:48
  • Purchases: 1
203: Year in Review
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will outline five of the major ocean events for the year 2012.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
Food Sleuth Radio, Jill Kriesky Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Advertisements promoting natural gas drilling promise jobs and energy independence from foreign oil. But what are the unintended consequences of na...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
I've Got Rhythm—Does Cancer?
From: With Good Reason
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About 12 percent of women develop breast cancer. But years of studies have shown that for female flight attendants, nurses, factory workers, and ot...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Teen Health Van goes mobile to reach underserved youth
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Teen Health Van is a one-stop mobile shop that travels to every nook and cranny of the Bay Area’s underserved neighborhoods.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create The World We Want
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Magic Bullets: Big Ideas and Big Projects (4 Part Series)
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Memorabilia from the now defunct AutoWorld in Flint
Changing Gears reporters will tackle a subject that’s long been a part of the Midwest mind frame: magic bullets. By magic bullets, we mean the big...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 15:59
  • Purchases: 1
From the National Press Club: Elon Musk
From: National Press Club
Caption: Elon Musk, Credit: NPC
The CEO of SpaceX describes the goals of his company, which is NASA's most important customer.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
Tears in the Eyes: Rainbow in the Heart
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 11
Caption: Dr. Jane Goodall of the Jane Goodall Institute, Credit: (c) Jennifer Esperanza
The visionary primatologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall revolutionized primatology and helped us realize how close our kinship is with the...

Bought by KQUA and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Earth's Deadly Enemy: Biological Warfare
From: Hameed Mourani
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Earth Day Project by 8th Grade Science students Hameed Mourani and Joseph Ricciardella.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 16:44