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History, Mystery and Chemistry – Episode 1022
-Who are the people in this old freighter movie? And where could PFAS be in your home?
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The Great Lakes Agenda – Episode 1021
-The White House and the U.S. Senate change hands. What will it mean for the Great Lakes?
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Ships and Shipwrecks – Episode 1002 Rebroadcast
-Come aboard a boat that delivers mail to ships on the Great Lakes. Learn about life on a Great Lakes freighter, and dive into some incredible shipwrecks that you don’t necessarily need a scuba tank to see in the Great Lakes’ only national marine sanctuary.
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Watching the Waters – Episode 1020
-Lake levels rise, COVID’s in wastewater and invasive species weave new food webs.
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Looking Up and Out – Episode 1019
-Nature is both fragile and fearsome. In the Chicago River, fish populations have suffered since the river became a steel-lined channel, but can floating garden islands restore a more natural habitat? Our region offers spectacular night sky views, but will new satellites mar their beauty? And how are Great Lakes parks coping with COVID-19 and record-setting lake levels?
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River Influence – Episode 1018
-The health of the Great Lakes is inextricably linked to the health of the rivers that feed them. In northern Minnesota, one river faces environmental threats from a proposed mine. In Michigan, a second river is unleashed when aging hydroelectric dams are removed. In Indiana, a third river is protected from invasive Asian carp, which have infested rivers further south.
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Recoveries – Episode 1017
-Learn more about a little-known Chicago shipwreck that took more lives than the Titanic. Check in on the Kalamazoo River’s wildlife 10 years after the Line 6B pipeline spilled over a million gallons of oil there, and find out if COVID-19 means no basketball tournament in 2020 for four Great Lakes island schools.
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Water damage – Episode 1016
-Large-scale dairy and animal farms fuel the annual toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie — are regulation loopholes contributing? Record-high…
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Unlocking the Lakes – Episode 1015
-As stay-at-home orders end around the Great Lakes, does Wisconsin’s experience opening businesses predict anything for other tourism-dependent communities? How…
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Lakes on Lockdown – Episode 1014
-Produced fully during the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode checks in with people, businesses and institutions from previous episodes to see how work has changed during the public health emergency. But while social distancing keeps people inside, it lets the residents of some Great Lakes aquariums get out.