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Healthy Medicine #36: Radiation Hormesis
From: Steven Ayres
Series: Healthy Medicine
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Dr. Zieve talks with Jay Gutierrez about the use of natural, low-dose earth radiation in healing.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 48:02
Healthy Medicine #40: The Stress Response
From: Steven Ayres
Series: Healthy Medicine
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Dr. Zieve talks with international consultant and nutritionist Larry Wilson MD about understanding and rebalancing the stress response using hair a...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 48:08
Can Anyone Do This?
From: Paul Messing
Series: Thoughts from an Animal Communicator
Caption: Brain chart
Animal communicator David Louis explains how, in theory, anyone can communicate with another being.

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
The Sound and the Sea
From: Paolo Pietropaolo
Caption: The Salish Sea, Credit: Stefan Freelan
In Nov 2009, the United States Board of Geographic Names voted to endorse the name Salish Sea as an official geographic name for the inland waters ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, WRNC-LP, KUOW, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 20:40
  • Purchases: 4
Green Design
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentary that argues that to be environmentally friendly we want products designed so that the high value materials can be removed - reserving re...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:48
Wind Power
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Energy from the wind is renewable and pollutes very little, yet the wind supplies only a small percent of the United States electricity. Why?

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:51
Thomas Midgley: Inventor of Freon & Leaded Gas
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Two of the greatest environmental threats of the twentieth century - leaded gas and freon - were the work of a single man named Thomas Midgley. His...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
Hydrogen as Fuel
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
." The key obstacle to these cars, and their achilles heel, is getting the hydrogen to the car.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:40
A Little Flushed Up
From: WHJE
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Our world's not so small porcelain problem

Bought by YouthCast and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
Peter Annin on The Great Lakes; Interview by Judy Mintel
From: Judy Mintel
Caption: The Great Lakes: Lake Michigan at dawn, Credit: Photo by Judy Mintel
Peter Annin, journalist and author, discusses the Great Lakes, the history of the Chicago Diversion and how that reversal of the Chicago River affe...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 09:44
Radioactive Waste and the Hanford Site
From: Audrey Quinn
Caption: The Hanford Site Fast Flux Test Facility in 1978, Credit: fas.org
What do we do with radioactive waste? A look at the methods used by the Department of Energy in the cleanup of Washington's Hanford Site.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
Ethics and Disaster Relief
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Medea Hypothesis -- Groks Science Show 2009-08-19
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Peter Ward discussed the Medea Hypothesis.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2009
  • Length: 26:14
Sarah Greenberg on "Social Risk in Investment Decisions"
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Julia Kennedy interviews Sarah Greenberg on the social and environmental risks that companies sometimes take – and how they affect investors.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Kauffman on "The Transition to Good Energies"
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Julia Kennedy interviews Richard Kauffman on sustainability.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
Sujeesh Krishnan and Euan Murray on the "Benefits of Emissions Awareness"
From: Carnegie Council
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Julia Kennedy interviews Sujeesh Krishnan and Euan Murray of Carbon Trust about their journey to discover the biggest sources of emissions for busi...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
Markets for Farmers
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Farmers ready to Bid, Credit: Beatrice Murch
The Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires is the biggest cattle market in the world. Monday through Thursday 45,000 head of cattle pass though it's p...

Bought by KWMR-FM


  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 1
Residents of TVA Coal-Ash Dump Area Speak Out
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: Markus Welby Nearby Uniontown Alabama, Credit: SLG
Hear Why Local Residents Are Against TVA's Coal Ash Dumping in Alabama

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 02:40
Pilgrim's Journey
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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Solo journey on Vermont's Long Trail

  • Added: Jul 21, 2009
  • Length: 05:40
One School District's Unlikely Solution to Budget Woes...Crayfish
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like many public school systems, Oakland Unified School District was facing serious budget shortfalls when it devised a system to save more than 20...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
High Fructose Corn Syrup in the Environment
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Afternoon drink turned nightmare for both my personal health and the environment. The problems of high fructose corn syrup which is in nearly EVERY...

Bought by KDNK, WMPG, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
Does Biology Class Really Matter?
From: Terrascope Youth Radio
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If given the chance would you take that environmental class in high school?

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Brat
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Antony Jaureguí questions why he doesn't question energy use.

Bought by KFAI, YouthCast, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3
The Case For Solar Power
From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In the next 10 years your electricity bill will at least double

  • Added: Jun 03, 2009
  • Length: 01:47
Everybody's Green
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio's Ahmina James is on a mission to make "being green" colorless.

Bought by Vocalo.org, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3

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