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12-18: Forest Wisdom, Mother Trees and the Science of Community, 3/13/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Suzanne Simard
Forests have long occupied a fertile landscape in the human imagination. Places of mystery and magic - of wildness and wisdom - of vision and dream...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Relativity
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Is melanin a genetic marker for superiority?

Bought by KCHW, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 31
04-18: Radical Transparency: Mapping the Planet from the Ground to the Cloud, 3/6/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Rebecca Moore
New, democratized access to powerful analytical and mapping tools is transforming our understanding of the natural world – and with it, our ability...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Sound Ecology: Native Bees
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting native bees -- including nuances of their behavior, life history and ecological importance.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:28
07-18: Plastic Planet: Stopping Big Oil, Big Plastic, and Big Misdirection, 10/4/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Anna Cummins
After World War II, the U.S. government worked with industry to create a single-use, disposable consumer culture as a way to ensure ongoing market ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
263: Deep Listening: Whale Culture, Interspecies Communication, and Knowing Your Place, 9/20/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Shane Gero speaks at Bioneers 2023, Credit: Alex Akamine
Dr. Shane Gero, a visionary marine biologist, is angling to crack the code of sperm whale communication. His mind-bending research is transforming ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
episode 6: glacier thread
From: Theresa Soley
Series: Ice and Fire
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In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 23:22
2023-03-10 Stop, Listen, What’s that Sound?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Every place we inhabit has its own tapestry of sound, whether you’re hiking through the woods or sitting in a cafe with a friend. And not only are ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
20230310: Stop, Listen, What’s that Sound? , 3/10/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Every place we inhabit has its own tapestry of sound, whether you’re hiking through the woods or sitting in a cafe with a friend. And not only are ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
Episode 2: Into the Field
From: David Levin
Series: Deep Soundings: Stories from the Ocean Floor
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In this episode, go into the field with a team of scientists working to map the coastal seafloor in detail—and learn how their technologies could r...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:11
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
Sound Ecology: Apapane
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Whales
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

Bought by KECG, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, WUTC and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Below the Waterlines, Houston after Hurricane Harvey - Hour Long Special
From: KUHF
Series: Below the Waterlines, Houston after Hurricane Harvey
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Hurricane Harvey was a seminal moment in the history of Houston. Five years later, where do things stand? Houston Public Media examines efforts to ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
20220926: Whales, 9/26/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour, we learn about the largest animal on earth, that still can be found swimming in our oceans today: whales.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Lemurs
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

Bought by KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20220801: Lemurs, 8/1/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Learn all about lemurs with Faye Goodwin from the Duke Lemur Center. Mixed with great music!

  • Added: Jul 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
20220530: Tigers & Snow Leopards, 5/30/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children's Hour we learn about two of the most endangered big wild cats: tigers and snow leopards through conversations with a car...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Time to 1.5 | 6 | Extreme Home Makeover: Threshold Edition
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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A lot of the changes needed to keep global heating below 1.5 degrees have to occur at a huge, international level. But nearly a fifth of carbon emi...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:24:16
  • Purchases: 1
Time to 1.5 | 4 | The Stakes
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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This is Threshold Season 4: “Time to 1.5.” In this episode, we look at what climate chaos could do to our ability to meet our basic needs and live ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 54:40
  • Purchases: 1
Time to 1.5 | 3 | Coalbrookdale
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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In this episode, we explore the mass acceleration of nearly every process on earth that began in Britain in the 1700s during the Industrial Revolut...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 48:25
  • Purchases: 1
20220110: Earthquakes & Volcanoes, 1/10/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This time on The Children’s Hour, we’re learning all about earthquakes and volcanoes with Dr. Mousumi Roy, a University of New Mexico professor of ...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
EE 21-19: Cooking For Science--Inside The Fly Food Kitchen, 5/7/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Most of us, when we encounter a fruit fly, are focused on keeping it out of our food. But what if it was your job to feed fruit flies?

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
2020 Election Polling: The Science & Psychology of Polls in a Partisan Age
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Andrew Smith UNH Survey Center
How much trust can independent-minded voters place in polling this 2020 election season? It seems not a day goes by without multiple new poll res...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 18:30
  • Purchases: 1
Future of Learning: The Evolving Classroom
From: After the Fact
Series: The Future of Learning
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Teachers and experts discuss the evolving classroom and how teachers are trying to prepare students to be flexible, motivated, and lifelong learner...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 21:28