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Season 1, Episode 17 - 'Ecological Reality' feat Dr. Julian Caldecott
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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How changing our hearts and minds will change how we approach our relationship with the planet.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
In recent years, scientists have begun testing geoengineering technologies to slow down or even stop global warming. But, is geoengineering safe? A...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 21
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Rwandan genocide museum, Credit: David Kattenburg
Bacteria in your gut tweak your brain. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. The hundred-day genocide in Rwanda -- recalling the mayhem on its 29th an...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:49
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 18
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Nothing woolly-headed or Utopian about it: A universal, guaranteed basic income. A hundred years later, memories of war that do not fade. And, one ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:14
Sound Ecology: Arcata Marsh
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the city of Arcata's Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary that also functions as an innovative wastewater treatment facility.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Martens and Fishers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights two small mammalian predators of the Pacific Northwest: the marten and the fisher.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Aleutian Geese
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology focuses on the recovery of the once-endangered Aleutian Geese that winter in northern California.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Manzanitas
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the spectacular diversity and adaptability of manzanitas

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Eelgrass
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the importance of eelgrass to ecosystem health.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Phenology
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard exploring seasonal changes and timing of wildlife events, a field called phenology.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sound Ecology: Cetaceans
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the wide variety of whales, porpoises and dolphins that inhabit the waters along northern California and southern Or...

Bought by KLCC, WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Coho Salmon
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting Coho Salmon - their spawning habitat and behavior and their specialized adaptation for long-term survival.

Bought by KZYX, WNED Buffalo, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Ideas Books: Gavin Francis, Adventures in Human Being
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
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An in-depth conversation with author Gavin Francis about his book, the human body and his life as a doctor. A beautiful conversation about celebrat...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 24:05
  • Purchases: 1
True nature of time remains elusive
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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As the old year ends and a new year begins, the passage of time is on our minds. We check the time on cell phones, computer monitors, watches and w...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Into Eternity
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Into Eternity director Michael Madsen
The nation of Finland is building an underground cave, to hold thousands of tones of nuclear waste, for at least 100 thousand years. We hear excer...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
32: 52 Hz (Extended cut)
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
Caption: Pinball the Humpback whale, Credit: Craig Shank
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2