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How does Rhode Island’s new community choice aggregation program work?
From: Possibly
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If you live in Rhode Island, there’s a decent chance you got some version of this letter, too. That’s because last year, seven towns in Rhode Islan...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 2
Can I trust the solar panel companies that knock on my door?
From: Possibly
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Recently, I’ve had a lot of people knocking on my door, trying to sell me solar panels. It happened just last week! I wanted to find out if they ar...

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
How do you recycle oyster shells?
From: Possibly
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One of the great parts about living in the Ocean State is getting to eat fresh shellfish. But what happens to the shells after we slurp down those ...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Why are we still worried about lead?
From: Possibly
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Lead paint and leaded gasoline haven’t been used in American homes or cars for nearly 30 years. But, researchers say that these sources of lead are...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
06-16: Cultural Mindshift: Full Spectrum Sustainability and Resilience, 1/10/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: David Orr, Credit: Tim Porter
Climate is the trip wire for every other foundational ecological and biological system – as well as the basis for human civilization. As we face th...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
2024-01-01: Skunks, 1/1/2024
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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We learn all about skunks with world renown mephitologist, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. Mixed with great music sure to captivate kids of all ages.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Skunks
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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We learn all about skunks with world renown mephitologist, Dr. Jerry Dragoo. Mixed with great music sure to captivate kids of all ages.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, KECG, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KRSC and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
779-What If An Asteroid is About To Impact Earth?
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Concept of Asteroid Pulversation, Credit: Lubin 2021
A description of a research project whose goal to explore if it would be possible, on short notice, to pulverize a small asteroid so that it woul...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
859: Out Of The Anxiety Box / 860: Plants As People , 12/30/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Out Of The Anxiety Box" - It's 7 a.m. You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:59
778-Two Comets
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Two Comets in Southern Skies , Credit: Jose J. Chambo (Cometografia)
Matching his wife’s discovery of two comets on the same observing run seven years previously my Catalina Sky Survey team caption Carson Fuls discov...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., WTIP, KKRN, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 24, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
857: Cultivating Wonder / 858: The World Is A Laboratory, 12/23/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Cultivating Wonder" - Maybe there’s something missing in your life you can’t quite explain. It might be that you need to re-discover you...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Will the Future Be Abundant?
From: Open to Debate
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Today, humanity is thriving, but there are fears the good times will not last. Will tomorrow be better than today? Those arguing “yes” say people h...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-12-22 Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead aut...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
231222: Ben Santer: 2023 Schneider Award Winner, 12/22/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Ben Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead aut...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
231215: This Year in Climate: 2023, 12/15/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It’s been a year of weather extremes – again. But there’s also been cause for renewed hope about our climate future. On the heels of this year’s i...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
This Week in Water for December 17, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Was This Year’s COP Half Full or Half Empty? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 7
Marine Biomimetics, part three
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In part three of this 3-part series, we continue to explore the recent publication related to marine biomimetics and the deep sea, identifying the ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned that the plastics industry plans to triple production in the next 40 years, reaching 3 trillion pounds of...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Highest Stakes
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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With the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Jess catches up with lawyer and climate negotiator Hafij Khan about the ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
This Week in Water for December 10, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Phase Down? Or Phase Out? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2023
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 8
Marine Biomimetics, part two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In these three episodes of World Ocean Radio we are exploring a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marine Biomim...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:07
255: Designing for a Regenerative Future: What’s Love Got to Do with It?, 12/13/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Jason F. McLennan, Credit: Alex Akamine Photography
What would it feel like to live in a world where our built environment was as elegant as nature's designs? What if our living and working spaces nu...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
This Week in Water for December 3, 2023
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The War in Israel Comes for U.S. Water Systems. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KMXT, KGNU Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 7
775-3 Close Ones
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Earth,Moon, and Asteroid, Credit: NASA and Texas A&M
During a six hour period three small space rocks passed through the Earth-Moon system. At discovery 2023 TO4 was in Pegasus, 2023 TD7 was in Aries...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WTIP, Raven Radio, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Look around you: at this very moment, chances are that within a one-foot radius of your body, there’s something plastic. The ubiquity of plastic co...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00

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