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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
Episode 122: Professor Quaalude
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:12
Prescription for Integrity
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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They've tried us all different kids of ways, but they know that we are strictly professional.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Business of Elvers
From: Matt Frassica
Caption: Dustin Young holds glass eels worth $2,500 per pound, Credit: Matt Frassica
Why is a tiny fish worth thousands per pound?

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 09:27
Science Drops!
From: Colette Kinsella
Series: Science Drops!
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A series of 90-second quirky science pieces. Fun, fact-filled, entertaining, and educational.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 45:11
Episode 68: All the Time in the World
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one except researchers and law enforcement is able to see, because it’s one of very ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 31:13
Green Home Reno
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Veteran forest campaigner Richard Brooks shows how easy it is to go green when renovating.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
What is Dilbit?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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What exactly is in pipelines? (Dilbit plus)

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 02:04
What is a FAD or Fish Aggregating Device?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Ocean campaigner Charlie Latimer tells us what a Fish Aggregating Device is and why using them to catch fish is ruining the oceans.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Palos Verdes Peacocks
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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The wild peacocks of Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California have inhabited the area for over 100 years and now number more than 1,000. For a...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
Using the Power of Music To Rewire The Brain
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After a year of neurologic music therapy with music therapist Tracy Bowdish, Jim Bob Rodriguez has regained some of the speech he lost after suffering a stroke., Credit: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Three years after a stroke robbed him of speech, a Virginia man is regaining his ability to sing and speak, thanks to revolutionary music therapy.

Bought by Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 4
Oceans of Noise
From: Nathan Tobey
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Human noise is profoundly affecting the lives of whales.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Snipe Hunt
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: A Wilson's snipe mid flight, Credit: NPS / Neal Herbert
A mysterious sound sends us on a snipe hunt in Yellowstone National Park.

Bought by KALW, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 3
Social Guide to Babbling
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Hear about how babies develop their babbling. It's not through imitation but something more... social. It's also very similar to a strategy songbir...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2014
  • Length: 15:25
  • Purchases: 1
Pilot Episode - "Any Given Command"
From: Clapping Monkey Productions
Series: Warren Krane
Caption: Warren Krane
Commander Warren Krane and the crew of the Peregrine arrive at Hermitage Station in a remote region of space to attend an Officer's Ball where the ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 21:58
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by MPR News Stations, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and The Story


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #78- No Armed Bandit
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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When you're in the zone, it's play to play, not play to win.

Bought by XRAY.fm and KMUZ


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 2
A Musical Brain Tease
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Caption: Honey Bee on Winter Aconite, Credit: Tie Guy II/ flickr
Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat. They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Clever Apes: Reimagining Robots
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Heinrich Jaeger demonstrates the jamming effect, which led to a soft robot., Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
What if the next generation of robots looks less like a humanoid, and more like a slug?

Bought by WTJU, KFAI Minneapolis, KUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 5
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Never Ending Chase
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Following one day in the life of Maine's Black Bear Monitoring Team, which braves bear dens in order to count the number of new-born cubs.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KUOW, WMPG, and KUT


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 4
Blinded By the Light (Pollution)
From: Emily Berman
Caption: The earth at night is still bright!, Credit: International Dark Sky Association
Turns out, light pollution could be even worse for us than previously thought.

Bought by KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
Jazz from Enceladus
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
what's hot on Saturn's tiny moon

Bought by PRX to iTunes and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
Werner the Wormer
From: Zachary Barr
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2,000 people in Maine make their living digging for bloodworms. Meet Werner Rhode, worm digger.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, The Nature Podcast, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 3