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Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 26:08
As staggeringly complex as the environmental catastrophe is, by tackling one small space at a time, we might be able to bring back entire ecosystem...
- Added: Apr 16, 2024
- Length: 24:26
More ghostly encounters of a Third Kind with a woman named Sarah who seems to have something of a shine.
- Added: Oct 31, 2023
- Length: 25:23
In the last full episode of the season, we travel to the Greenland ice sheet and hear from a researcher who collects data at the face of tidewater ...
- Added: Jul 12, 2023
- Length: 23:22
We hear what makes tidewater glacier habitat an acoustic refuge, and why glaciers are important to other species in the ecosystem.
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 19:11
We hear from Judy Ramos in Lingít Aaní. She tells us about the history of glacier travel in the region, and about the Spirit of the Glacier.
- Added: Jun 26, 2023
- Length: 24:28
For Minnesotans, the common loon is more than our state bird. It's a symbol of the beauty of our home. For scientists, the loon's health is also an...
- Added: Jan 19, 2023
- Length: 20:38
Howie has been an avid cyclist most of his adult life, with mileage equivalent to a few laps around the planet. But more remarkable is that he has ...
- Added: Oct 18, 2022
- Length: 18:08
Josie's decades-long struggle with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is helped by the ongoing support of her husband, Joe, and their much-loved custom tandem...
- Added: Oct 06, 2022
- Length: 17:24
A passion for movement encounters serious constriction when a yoga instructor and lifelong athlete is diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome. When...
- Added: Sep 20, 2022
- Length: 22:11
This 2nd MBO episode features Diane, an amateur triathlete who’s also a Type 1 diabetic. Diane's completed three full Ironman triathlons, numerous ...
- Added: Aug 10, 2022
- Length: 18:04
Topic 1 - Harriet Tubman; Topic 2 - Global Warming; Topic 3 - Library Fines
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more
- Added: Feb 24, 2021
- Length: 51:42
- Purchases: 6
Tracey Wingold has worked as a counselor for well over a decade, and she had a sort of head start on the COVID-19 crisis.
- Added: Apr 07, 2020
- Length: 08:01
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 22:21
At a book group meeting, women went around the circle and introduced themselves. They found out that nearly everyone there had a son addicted to he...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 30:42
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 28:04
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 32:36
The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 29:58
After seeing ads for home DNA tests on TV, John decided to give it a try. Just spit into a cup—what did he have to lose… or gain?
- Added: Jul 22, 2019
- Length: 13:23
My first experience with Baltimore City Jail, I think I was 17 years of age, and it just seems like it’s been repeatedly ever since. I’ve been in a...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 18, 2019
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 1
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
An audio snapshot celebrating the unique diversity of tidepools along the pacific coast.
Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KRZA
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 3
We're taking a big looping road trip across the Mojave, from Area 51 to the Singing Sand Dunes of Kelso. With guest Jeremy Corbell on his new docum...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Nov 30, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Pat and Ted Davis have been married for more than fifty years. But since Ted started showing signs of depression and dementia, he has become so qui...
- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 10:52
- Added: Nov 03, 2018
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1