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Announcement: A New Show

6 min · 7 de nov de 2008
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This is a special announcement in place of our regular show. Steve announces a change in our format and our production schedule. Our future programs will be presented in a longer format on roughly a monthly schedule. We expect to release the first in our new series of programs in December. * Special Announcement on November 6, 2008 [MP3 format; length 6:32; 3,133,896 bytes] [http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E163.mp3] JOIN NOW -- Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands. [https://www.earthislandprojects.org/wildebeat/donate.html]

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