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When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
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Cyclists share their outrage, amusement, and curiosity about the litter that ends up in their bicycle baskets.

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:53
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
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Every Friday, individuals who wish to connect with the land and garden communally are invited to attend PLOT 22's Garden Fridays. In this intimate...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
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Every Friday, individuals who wish to connect with the land and garden communally are invited to attend PLOT 22's Garden Fridays. In this intimate...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 22:30
Caption: March on Blair Mountain, June 2011, Credit: Talking Across the Lines
A 16-minute spoken history / audio documentary on Appalachian regional history and the prominent issue of mountaintop removal coal mining. Compiled...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 15:55
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Making a living is a struggle this year for Maine lobster fishermen - due in part to strong conservation regulations.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
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The story of a unique landmark off the eastern coast of England - a packing shed built in the 1890s for the cleaning, sorting, and packing of oysters.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Two first time radio producers travel to the Everglades intending to tell the story of a state-sanctioned Python hunt, but end up telling an altoge...

Bought by KGOU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 15:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Air Occupy presents voices from the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. on February 17. Interviews with rally participants and sounds fro...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
Caption: One of 10 signs around Ashokan Reservoir of towns that were leveled.
The construction of the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Aqueduct to provide NYC with water has been likened to the building of the Panama Canal....

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
Caption: Dr. James Hansen,  NASA Scientist, Credit: Ed Ritger
Today we are discussing the science behind the national debate on climate disruption. In this hour we will hear from four scientists about current ...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: When completed the new TappanZee Bridge will be the world's widest bridge. , Credit: Conceptual design/New York State Thruway Authority
This piece explores the unintended consequences that occurred to a once rural New York community after the building of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:13
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While there are guidelines or principles for responsible agricultural investment currently in place, many small-scale farmers and NGOs are highly c...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:28
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard signs up with his roommate to work amidst the lakes and falls and trees in Upstate New York. Richard and Jim preach on Sundays and spend th...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 23:05
Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:06
Caption: Storm King Mountain , Credit: Scenic Hudson Collection: Records Relating to the Storm King Case, 1963 - 1981, Marist College Archives & Special Collections, USA
Almost 50 years ago, a group of concerned citizens battled energy giant Consolidated Edison and launched the environmental movement.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 16:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Sound is a vital though invisible aspect of human existence. “EarthTones” gives its audience the opportunity to experience the natural world throug...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Part documentary, part sound-collage, this special explores Costa Rica, considered one of the "greenest" countries in the world, and its national e...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 21:19
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Singer Songwriter Dan Lyons, best known for his hit "Cows With Guns," joins Speak Up! Speak Out! for a special show prior to his Great Coal Train T...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:14
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a discussion with The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert about the impact of climate change on enviromental health, human health, and human ri...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
Caption: A Dam Nice View, The Hoover Dam, Credit: Amyn Kassam
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Robert Jevne offers up his version of "Winter Projects." Jevne brings a bit of a different perspective to winter tasks with his insight into dams a...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
Caption: Yucatan Honey, Credit: John Bock
While visiting Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, I had the good fortune to meet a Maya subsistence farmer named Bartolo. When Bartolo found out I was int...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: Russell Means
Additional tribute mix of more incredible people who left us in 2012--legacies that will continue to inspire...part two of A Shortcut through 2012

  • Added: Dec 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:26