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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
A light-hearted look at people and other entities imitations fo the banjo.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 04:37
The program begins with new bluegrass, then presents a contrast of songs: Jim Reams’ song about not being able to settle down and Flat and Scruggs’...
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Wind is of particular relevance to the ocean, as evidenced by the number of near and offshore wind turbine proposals currently projected and in mot...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 05:37
Our show opens with new bluegrass. We muse that few songs are focused on individuals set in one place. But we found a few. And what is the place? “...
Bought by WNTI-FM, WXXI, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Prairie Public, WAMU and more
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 01:58:03
- Purchases: 1
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
We continue to look for solutions to our most pressing future challenges: fresh water, food, energy, health, and security. In this episode of World...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 05:34
Ralph Stanley is a bluegrass icon. To honor him, Don Rigsby put out a tribute CD. We play a selection from the CD, and then play selections from pr...
Bought by WOUB, KKRN, KUCB, KRZA, KDRP Community Radio and more
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will provide multiple references to opinions and data relative to water rights, disputes, fi...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 06:49
In this episode, we look at one of the most pressing environmental issues;
fracking. There are so many ways to think about an issue like this; with...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 29:20
The crisis of water is an indisputable one, as evidenced by a public increasingly aware of the urgency of ocean and fresh water issues. In this epi...
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 05:26
Early on the show, listen to some funny bluegrass parodies. Then, on the Gem of Bluegrass, we consider old recordings before the “wall of sound” wa...
- Added: Apr 28, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 11
The image of 8 year old Martin Richard holding a handmade sign saying, "No more hurting people- Peace" pretty well broke my heart. To think that he...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 28:12
Bluegrass music represents a string band evolution plus 1940s innovations by Bill Monroe, who led a group called the Bluegrass Boys. Bill pitched...
- Added: Apr 20, 2013
- Length: 07:52
We open with new and recent bluegrass, including a modernistic piece featuring Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Our Gem of Bluegrass feature tells a...
Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, KDRP Community Radio, KUCB and more
- Added: Apr 20, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 12
Censorship never works for long. People power prevails, eventually. No
matter how much dictators, or religions, try to control the spread of
inform...
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 29:59
Older, Middle and Younger generation guests discuss Marijuana...then, now and in the future
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 29:00
The musical style of old time music and bluegrass come from Appalachia. The high singing, the accompaniments that are full of notes, are all a blue...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 06:41
Today’s program opens with new bluegrass. Then we introduce a running thread on today’s show: We’re declaring Spring. This sort of pronouncement ma...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 13
There are many organizations, conferences and commissions dedicated to ocean policy, research and education. Yet public perceptions of ocean issues...
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 05:11
Awareness is the first step to freedom. You won't leave a relationship,
confront an abuser or change a habit until you become aware of the problem....
- Added: Apr 11, 2013
- Length: 27:06
From: Philip Nusbaum
Bluegrass has a number of songs that reflect on working. The nature of the work has changed over the years. But even if it’s office work, it exacts...
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 05:22
We open the show with a current ‘grass selection, and then proceed to play three bluegrass songs that use the name John Deere Tractors symbolically...
Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, WTIP, KDRP Community Radio and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Advances in technology bring us new, visionary underwater devices to record and transmit observational data. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, ...
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 05:20
