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PurpleAir Founder Adrian Dybwad
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adrian Dybwad
Northern California’s now infamous Camp Fire was not only the largest, longest, and deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, it also produced rec...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mark Schapiro: Reaping What You Sow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Schapiro
There’s no time better than after a holiday of feasting to remember where we get our food. Ultimately, most of our complex recipes begin with the s...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Celebrating Ten Years of Sea Change Radio, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
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This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our ten year anniversary celebration where we hear from some of the planet’s most important think...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:40
Craig Downs: Coral Reef Rescue
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Craig Downs
Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Oahu marvel at the splendor of Hanauma Bay, a volcanic crater teeming with coral reefs, tropical fish, and the o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 'The Sea'


  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ian Power: Rocking Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ian Power
There is no silver bullet to solve the intractable problem of global warming. Nevertheless, there is a lot of vital and hopeful work being done to ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
The Last Straw: Mark Marinozzi + Romain Troublé
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Romain Troublé
The next time you sip on a drink from a straw, you may want to think twice because humans are producing an inordinate amount of plastic waste on st...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Paul Ehrlich on Jaws
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
Did you know that 300 years ago people had larger jaws? Why would this be the case and why is it important? Paul Ehrlich, the founding father of mo...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Crypto-Carbon: Nori's Paul Gambill
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Gambill
If you ask most people what they think of blockchain applications or cryptocurrency, the response is usually a blank stare of utter bafflement. Wel...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
Tomorrow Never Knows: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
How far into the future should we be planning when it comes to the environment? 20 years? 100 years? These are vital questions with which scientist...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Durwood Zaelke: Urgently Optimistic About Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
The White House has been spewing some pretty foul policy lately. It can be difficult to identify something hopeful about our struggling planet. May...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
The Illusion of Control (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Most of us probably think our everyday actions are based on decisions our mind has already made. But a Virginia researcher says we make decisions o...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, WOUB, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
The Artificial Pancreas (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Doctors often suggest managing diabetes through diet and exercise, but that’s primarily for type 2 diabetes. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes ...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and WOUB


  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Ole Kaven + Julie Greene: Earthquakes and Solar Cooking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
While the earth probably won’t shake the next time you turn on your gas stovetop, keep in mind it comes at a cost. This week on Sea Change Radio, w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Our Disposable Society: From Plastics to Prisons
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daphna Nissenbaum
Plastic and prisons: two of America’s most toxic habits. Happily there are people working to create alternatives. This week on Sea Change Radio we ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
Aaron Huertas on the Purveyors of Disinformation
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Aaron Huertas
Disinformation. It sometimes manifests in theatrical shows of ignorance, like Senior Republican Senator James Inhoffe bringing a snowball to the Se...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
Daniel Kammen Spells Relief I-M-P-E-A-C-H
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Kammen
Recently, in response to the 45th president’s shameful mishandling of the incidents in Charlottesville, Virgina, UC Berkeley Energy Professor Danie...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
Love is a Drug (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When we’ve had a bad breakup, should we try to numb the pain? One Virginia professor has made answering this question their area of expertise, with...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 5
Orange County: Wastewater Reuse Leader
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mike Markus
What would you say to the idea of drinking a tall, cool glass of wastewater? On the face of it, it sounds, well, yucky. But it turns out you've pro...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Repairing BRCA1 (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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About 1 in 8 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cance...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Fart-fegnugen: Jack Ewing on VW Emissions Scandal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jack Ewing
When a West Virginia University research team won a grant in 2012 to run some tests on diesel cars, they could not have imagined that their relativ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Measure For Measure: Aclima's Davida Herzl
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Davida Herzl
Galileo said we should, “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.” This week on Sea Change Radio, we take a look at two ways...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Invasion of the Lionfish Snatchers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Erika Angle
Perhaps it’s cold comfort but it turns out that we human beings are not the only species on earth hell-bent on destroying our own habitat. We share...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
High & Dry: Talking Groundwater
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rosemarie and William Alley
With drought-stricken California enjoying its wettest winter in decades, it can be easy to forget that water scarcity is among the globe's most dea...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Lead-Headed Hunting Laws
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kelly Sorenson
On his first day on the job, newly appointed Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, rode to work on a horse. This was obviously a rugged, outdoor e...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Unconscious Addiction (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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America is facing a opioids crisis of epic proportions. In the southeastern United States, there are more opioid prescriptions than there are peopl...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, KRZA, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5