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Oppenheimer’s omission and other secrets of the Atomic Age
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Paul Pino of Carrizozo, New Mexico., Credit: Nate Hegyi
From NHPR's Outside/In comes two stories that shed light on unseen consequences of America's nuclear ambitions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Vermont Public, and Valley Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 4
Orientation and Impact of Wind Energy
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Environmental Voices
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Impact and Orientation

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 06:33
Fossil Fuels: Pros and Cons
From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
Series: Environmental Voices
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Pros & Cons of Fossil Fuels

  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 10:58
2023-04-28 Lights, Camera, Inaction: Where is Climate’s Starring Role?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

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


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
230428: Lights, Camera, Inaction: Where is Climate’s Starring Role?, 4/28/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Hollywood has been slow to include climate in its stories. Executives fear it won’t sell – that it’s too overwhelming or depressing. Apple TV+ has ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:56
Earl Swift: Watching Waters Rise
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 2: Environmental Writers
Caption: Author Earl Swift
Interview with Earl Swift, author of Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:53
2021-12-31 Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Naomi Oreskes: The Schneider Award
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Each year, Climate One gives an award to a natural or social scientist for excellence in science communication. This year’s recipient of the Stephe...

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, WLPR , KGUA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Edith Widder, BELOW THE EDGE OF DARKNESS & Sy Montgomery, TAMED & UNTAMED
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with deep sea explorer Edith Widder about Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir Of Exploring Light And Life In The Deep Sea. Then, we revis...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:39
AMOS 21.243: Science Says You Should Read to Your Baby, 12/7/2021
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Science Says You Should Read to Your Baby

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
Constant Wonder - Candid Creatures, Supernavigators
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: How camera traps reveal the mysteries of nature; Topic 2: Why do we get lost so often?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Arch Vibrations
From: KZMU Moab Community Radio
Series: Science Moab
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Arches are always vibrating. The unique size and shape of each arch produces a unique wave frequency that it vibrates at. We talk with Jeff Moore...

Bought by KDXI - Radio St George


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 18:22
  • Purchases: 1
Global Pandemic, Climate Change, Virtual Tourism: Twenty Twenty novel predictions in 1995
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Twenty Twenty Book cover
In 1995, the late author Nigel Watts published his highly acclaimed fictional book, Twenty Twenty, that foretold the events the world is experienci...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 35:59
479-Comet Catalina
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comet C/2018 M1 (Catalina) is eternal in the sense that it will likely wander the vast space between the stars in our Milky Way Galaxy until the e...

Bought by KGLP, KENW, WLPR , KKRN, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
AMOS 18.171: Waking Up and Feeling Sleepy, 8/27/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Waking Up and Feeling Sleepy

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Bystander Effect: Alan Berkowitz #221 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Are we all “bystanders” when it comes to responding rationally to the serious environmental crises faced by our civilization? How is our behavior s...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
AMOS 18.059: Can Lightning Strike You in the Shower, 3/22/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Can Lightning Strike You in the Shower

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
AMOS 18.056: Life from (Space) Dust, 3/19/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Life from (Space) Dust

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Dr. Devra Davis - Health Risks of Cell Phone Radiation - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two-part interview with Dr. Devra Davis and Theodora Scarato, MSW. Dr. Davis is the author of Disconnect: The Trut...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KRZA, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2018
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
AMOS 18.028: Older Means Wiser for Elephants, 2/7/2018
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Older Means Wiser for Elephants

  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Animals, Our Equals? Sy Montogmery: TAMED AND UNTAMED & Elizabeth Tova Bailey, THE SOUND OF A WILD SNAIL EATING
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Celebrated author Sy Montgomery talks with us about the essays she and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas have written and collected in a wonderful new book...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 01:34:38
Diamond Planets and Super Earths (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Newly discovered worlds hold wonders beyond our wildest imagination - Exploring the history of science onstage - Discovering new technologies by st...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Diamond Planets and Super Earths (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Newly discovered worlds hold wonders beyond our wildest imagination - Exploring the history of science onstage - Discovering new technologies by st...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WCWP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 12
Interview w/ enviornmentalist JAMES "Gus" SPETH about his memoir "Angels By the River"
From: Out of Bounds
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Speth focuses on his memoir 'Angels By the River:Reflections on Race, Environment, Politics and Living on the Front Lines of Change.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Dr. Helen Caldicott - Crisis Without End - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott, author of Crisis Without End: The Medical and Ecological Consequences ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
It's A Jungle Out There (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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The disappearing Amazon has lost 20% of its forest cover - Studying the toothy beasts of the Rio Negro - A Guyanan songbird's journey to NYC - How ...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1