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Spawning coasters
From: WTIP
Series: North Woods Phenology
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In the streams and on the shoals, the Coaster Brook Trout are busy. WTIP’s Jay Andersen talks with naturalist Chel Anderson about spawning coasters.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
196-Dark, Bright, and Beautiful
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Time spent under the natural night sky is one of the great joys of being human.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
195-Flat Earth Society Reincarnation
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Flat Earth Society is being replaced by Climate Change Deniers.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
90 Second Naturalist - November 2015
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

Bought by KMUN, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 31:30
  • Purchases: 3
Study: A Few Miles Can Have A Drastic Effect On Life Expectancy
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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According to a report by the Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, people in the northern part of...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Sickened By Smells, Retired Farmer Looks To Challenge Indiana’s Right To Farm Law
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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As large, confined feeding operations, known as a CAFOs, have become increasingly common in farming states, so have heated battles over their effec...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 03:13
The Next Chapter - Program 97
From: Allen Hundley
Series: The Next Chapter
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Another near miss by a large asteroid catches scientists by surprise. Billionaire Nick Hanauer and Union executive David Roth offer a plan to stre...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:53
  • Purchases: 1
Behaving Against Our Interests: Paul Ehrlich #110
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Today it could be argued that human beings daily act against our own self-interests. How? Biologist Paul Ehrlich and fellow scientists tell us we a...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KRZA, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
A Conversation With Andy Weir of "The Martian"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Matt Damon as "The Martian", Credit: 20th Century Fox
It was the #1 New York Times bestseller, and as this week’s Planetary Radio premiered it was once again the most popular movie in the USA. “The Ma...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Raymond Hurd, Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Raymond Hurd, Regional Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servi...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRZA, and WJCU


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
School Nurses Get Equipped To Reverse Overdoses
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
Caption: Katie Serio, director of treatment and prevention at the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County, N.Y., trains a group of school nurses to use the overdose antidote naloxone at Dansville High School., Credit: Michelle Faust
At the start of the year, some school districts are considering whether, they will stock a medication that can reverse an overdose. Since 2001, ove...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:14
Skeptic Check: Check the Skeptics
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Check the Skeptics, Credit: Seth Shostak
A scientist tells us that more than half of all published scientific studies are wrong, but that science still remains the best tool we have for le...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KRPS, WRGY, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WRIR and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Buds on the Tracks: Prehistoric Plants Thrive in D.C.'s Subway
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Unbeknownst to most commuters, ferns grow at the Van Ness-UDC Metro station in Washington, D.C.., Credit: Andy Baldwin
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
Water Consciousness in a Global Crisis
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Fresh water shortages are making headlines everywhere. Issues large and small are adding up to a global water crisis which threatens all of us, ric...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
This Week in Water for October 25, 2015
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Is Something in Your Beach Bag Killing Coral Reefs? That and other stories on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 25, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Inka Milewski
From: David Kattenburg
Caption: Inka Milewski, at home in Miramichi, NB, Credit: David Kattenburg
Profile of New Brunswick, Canada researcher and environmental health advocate Inka Milewski

  • Added: Oct 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
Health Coverage Remains Out Of Reach For Many Low-Income Immigrants
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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The uninsured rate in the US has dropped sharply down to 12 percent since the Affordable Care Act went into effect. But one group has been left out...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:16
Missouri Integrates Mental and Physical Health Care, Saving Money, Improving Health
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Side Effects News
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Missouri pioneered a system for integrating physical and mental health care to help the mentally ill stave off chronic disease. Recent data showed ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 03:29
194-Star Wanderer
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Comets have blazed a path to the stars for humans to follow.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
193-Survivor
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid survives a close approach to planet Earth.

Bought by KRSC, KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Quotable Feynman -- Groks Science Show 2015-10-21
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Michelle Feynman discusses stories and memories of her father, Richard Feynman.

Bought by KRZA, KPIP-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 19:38
  • Purchases: 3
19: Fighting the Cause of Cancer, Dr Sandra Steingraber & Karuna Jaggar
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Credit: Laura Kozlowski
The causes of cancer seem to be everywhere. From makeup products, to the clothes we wear, and the furniture we buy. And even if it has a pink ribbo...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Future Tripping
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Hal Niedzviecki
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Next Chapter - Program 96
From: Allen Hundley
Series: The Next Chapter
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Prophecy, probability and models of reality. The Middle East descends into anarchy as tensions build in the South China Sea. Canada's strengths a...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 57:53
Martin J. Blaser, M.D., author of "Missing Microbes"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Blaser, a microbiologist and physician, discusses how the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues.

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:30

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