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Adversity and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we explore the lessons of the ocean and the concept of adversity: adversity at sea due to weather, unpredictability,...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2019
  • Length: 05:09
St. Maarten travels that transformed lives
From: World Footprints LLC
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The island of St. Maarten (Sint Maarten) is the common denominator in the stories of two different families whose lives were changed when they land...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Spectrum 06/11/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Goodnight, stars - A viral video from the Netherlands shows how satellite constellations may end up ruining the night s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Water for May 20, 2018
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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The Trump Administration Buried a Serious Water Contamination Study. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KSFR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRZA, and KKFI


  • Added: May 20, 2018
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Start of Escape
From: Zachary Eshleman
Caption: The sailboat "No Options" sails on the Gulf of Mexico, off of the coast of Mississippi. , Credit: Zachary S. Eshleman
It has always been my dream to live on a sailboat and travel the world. In this short audio piece, I invite the listener into the first step in the...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 05:03
The One Who Came Back
From: Matt Frassica
Series: The Briny
Caption: Howard Blackburn, Credit: Cape Ann Museum
Howard Blackburn should have been a statistic. Instead, he became a hero.

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 03, 2017
  • Length: 13:20
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 28: Things That Go Squeak In The Night
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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When the Massaro family traded life on dry land for a life at sea, they encountered some unexpected company.

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 02, 2017
  • Length: 14:43
  • Purchases: 2
TimeTravel: Life Aboard The Tall Ship - U.S. Brig Niagara
From: A. Emily Ralph
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In the summer of 2013, I traveled a six hundred miles, and 200 years into the past to spend nine days living and working aboard the U.S. Brig Niaga...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 10:04
A liveaboard moves to land
From: Olivia Weitz
Caption: The Sun Seeker is a Chinese Junk, a type of ancient sailboat. Since 1987, the boat has been moored at Quissett Harbor in Falmouth. , Credit: Olivia Weitz
Rusty Strange built a sailboat, by hand, and lived on board for nearly three decades, mostly in Quissett Harbor on Cape Cod. In January, he sold th...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 2
Blue Water Cowboys
From: Outer Voices
Caption: Pulling up the Dinghy, Credit: Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
“Blue Water” sailing is the kind where there’s no land to be seen, hopefully for days or weeks on end, and there’s a rare group of people who contr...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 22:39
  • Purchases: 1
Attempting The Northwest Passage: The Final Edit
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Taff Roberts, Matt Jensen Young and Rossco Booker answer questions about "Attempting the Northwest Passage" hosted by Paul Lundquist, Credit: Teri Tenseth Market
"Attempting the Northwest Passage" is a documentary about local Taff Roberts' 2014 attempted voyage of the vessel Catryn through the Northwest Pass...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 40:32
Ice Yacht Racing
From: A. Emily Ralph
Series: Aubrey Ralph - Wisconsin Life
Caption: "Lined up for the race", Credit: Aubrey Ralph
You might think the arrival of winter means the end of sailing in Madison Wisconsin. For some, it just means it's time to bring out the Ice Yachts....

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
The Wine-Dark Sea
From: Whitney Jones
Caption: The Sea
Homer's Odyssey re-imagined through my neighbors' experiences on the wine-dark sea.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
How To Sail A Small Boat
From: Vermont Public
Series: Cool How-Tos
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We head out onto Lake Champlain to learn to sail 420s -- small, fast boats with two sails, popular with sailors of all skill levels.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
Sailing
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Many songs in the theater evoke the image of water and ships

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, Spokane Public Radio, and Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rawfaith
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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George McKay had the fantastic dream to build a tall ship that’s wheel chair accessible.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 1