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240322: Climate Migration: Should I Stay or Should I Go?, 3/22/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The places that most people call home are coming under increasing threat from climate change. From rising seas and more frequent floods to stronger...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
2024-03-22 Climate Migration: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The places that most people call home are coming under increasing threat from climate change. From rising seas and more frequent floods to stronger...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
How a group of volunteers helped create the Border Route Trail
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: 1971 Rovers on Rose Lake Overlook
Minnesota is known for its 10,000 lakes and maybe more specifically, for its canoe culture through the pristine lakes of the Boundary Waters. Over ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 06:00
BD - Reflections on a life of service in the National Parks: a conversation with Jim Richardson
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
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Dave sits down with one of his favorite people, Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Jim Richardson on the eve of his retirement from the N...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Sprouting a Seed That Survived the Roman Siege
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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When Romans put down a Judean rebellion in 73 AD, they also extinguished the Judean date palm. Two thousand years later, an unlikely pair of scient...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
BD - Lassen Park one year after the Dixie Fire and beyond
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Dave look at the fire damage east of the Park Road
Dave is joined by Producer Matt Fidler as Blue Dot returns to Lassen Volcanic National Park one year after the massive Dixie Fire. Along the way th...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Summer Shorts: Adventure Stories
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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We've mined our archives for breathtaking adventure stores.

Bought by WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
No More Joshua Trees: Climate Change in the Desert with Ecologist James Cornett - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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The Joshua tree is an icon and ecological keystone of the California deserts. However, climate disruption with hotter, drier summers and more frequ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
AMOS 22.021: Travelers' Diarrhea Has a Type, 1/31/2022
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Travelers' Diarrhea Has a Type

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
How did Bhutan become carbon negative?
From: Possibly
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These days, it’s popular for countries to make pledges about when they’ll be carbon neutral. But there’s one country that’s already there. Actually...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Pando Aspen Grove, Utah
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from Earth's largest living being: the Pando Aspen Grove near Fish Lake, Utah.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Doug Chadwick
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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We revisit Sarah Aronson's interview with Doug Chadwick from 2017. Wildlife biologist and author Doug Chadwick engages in a lively discussion aroun...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
543: Plants As People / 544: Wintering In The Wild, 12/19/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Plants As People" - Take a walk. Notice the plants and trees around you? What if you thought of them as people? HOUR TWO: "Wintering I...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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
599-Path to Mars
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The human thirst for knowledge about our mysterious next door neighbor is about to receive more than a sip from robotic emissaries launched in 2020...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WLPR , WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Does speeding waste gas?
From: Possibly
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The answer lies in drag: every time you double the speed you travel in a car, the energy you use quadruples. That’s because you’re fighting against...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
Should you use your car's AC or roll down the windows?
From: Possibly
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It depends. When you’re driving slowly around town, it’s better to keep your windows down. But on the highway, it’s better to turn on the AC.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
What Creates More Greenhouse Emissions - Flying Or Driving?
From: Possibly
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In general, if you're traveling alone, driving creates two times the emissions of flying in a plane. Driving with just two people in the car makes ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Is It Possible To Convert Your Gas Car Into An Electric Car?
From: Possibly
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Technically yes. There are some car hobbyists who have done this, but there's no streamlined approach to converting your car. The process would be ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
439: Wintering In The Wild / 440: Get Happy, 12/21/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Wintering In The Wild" - Think it's cold now? Bundle up for a hour with walruses and reindeer shamans. HOUR TWO: "Get Happy" - Can sci...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Blue Dot: Lassen Volcanic National Park and the UC Natural Reserve System
From: North State Public Radio
Series: Blue Dot
Caption: Lassen Peak
Lassen Volcanic National Park is the latest addition to the University of California Natural Reserve System. The 41 units of the UCNRS represent vi...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Thoughts on Antarctica
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Ernest Shakelton British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, Credit: Public Domain Review
Antarctica, terra nullius--nobody's land, has long been a place apart, once explored only by intrepid and resourceful individuals willing to risk f...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 05:16
490-Mini Moons
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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There are likely to be hundreds smaller than softball sized and perhaps several dozen football to beachball sized, natural Earth mini moons, which ...

Bought by KGLP, KENW, WLPR , WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
489-Martian Water
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Exciting new research indicates that there could be a lake of liquid water beneath the south Martian polar cap. Further research will be required t...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , WLPR , KUPR low power FM, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
488-20 Years
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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It has been 20 years since the world woke up to the news that a half mile diameter asteroid, 1997 XF11, discovered by Space Watch on Kitt Peak, had...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , WTIP, KRWG, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7