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Caption: Shark fins drying in the sun cover the roof of a factory building in Hong Kong, Credit: AFP
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 04:57
Caption: Photo courtesty of ISSF, Credit: Andy Maluche
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss efforts being made my Interpol and other organizations to combat unreported fis...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:14
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Bobby speaks with, author and independent health researcher, Matt Stone about his contrarian views in regards to many fad diets and his new book, "...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 41:40
Caption: At Broad Channel -- dinner. , Credit: Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
The History Guys recover from their Thanksgiving feasts with a look back at the history of mealtime in America. From Victorian table manners to the...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and WTJU


  • Added: Nov 21, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Robert Saxton
In the first of a series of essays, Robert Saxton reflects on perspective and some of the unique characteristics of living in northern Minnesota. I...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Super trawler Abel Tasman, formerly the F/V Margiris, a recently renamed and reflagged 430 foot, 9,500 gross ton suction harvest and freezer ship owned by Seafish Tasmania in partnership with Seafish Tasmania Pelagic, a wholly owned subsidiary of a Dutch
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the surprisingly small number of corporate conglomerates that control the fishi...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to destroy the program that has enabled the recovery of six endangered species through a successf...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Tuna at market, Credit: Earth Times
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the relationship of fisherman and customer; market pressure and the necessity f...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
Caption: An Indonesian collecting plastic goods amidst a pile of rubbish.  Ciliwung River, Jakarta, Indonesia., Credit: Ardiles Rante
Today, one of the most startling manifestations of waste is the vast accumulation of petroleum-plastic thought to be no longer useful enough to eve...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:39
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews legendary food activist, author and humanitarian, Frances Moore Lappé. Ms. Lappé discusses ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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The Panel of Distinguished Experts takes a long, hard look at this legendarily nefarious pastry in an attempt to accurately evaluate its overall cu...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
  • Length: 17:27
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Michelle Obama’s plan to eliminate obesity includes partnering with major retailers like Walmart to bring affordable, healthy food to neighborhoods...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an ind...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Sweet Basil, Credit: Cinnamon Cooper/Flickr
Charlie examines basil. It’s not just for making pesto! From its origins to harvesting techniques, Charlie Nardozzi leaves no leaf unturned.

Bought by WMNR


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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How far will advertising people go to get a celebrity endorser for their products? How about all the way to God? Check out the new, always irreve...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 02:40
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SOME STUFF ABOUT TURKEYS: Yes, Thanksgiving is over -- but do you really know anything about what you ate? In this new humor show, the Tannen Week...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 02:31
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You haven't heard the full story of how Thanksgiving started in America until you've heard it from Aaron Brown. Did you know there weren't any Litt...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:27
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From Behind the Screens, on November 5, 2010: War News Radio talks to journalist Anna Badhken about her new book on living and eating with families...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
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At what point does gusto turn into glutony?

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Guido lives with three creatures who, as far as he can tell, think constantly, unabashedly, about the next meal...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:39
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What the Heck is the We Economy? And Why Do You Need a Future Shake to Wash it Down?

  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
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There's a dish of small tomatoes sitting in my refrigerator this afternoon. I think they are the last ones I'm going to get this year. I don't li...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
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He finally succumbed to the peer pressure of the pastoral society in rural Northern Minnesota. His recipe for Summer 2010.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 02:32
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He used to spend summer evenings shuttling back and forth between the deck where the grill was and the kitchen where everything else was.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 08:44
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A fair is so long so that you can get around to eat everything being offered. Eat your walleye on a stick, and then eat the stick because it's mad...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1