Broken Ground

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The Broken Ground podcast digs up environmental stories in the South, and introduces you to the people at the heart of them. It's sponsored by the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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4 Pieces

Broken Ground season two features one-on-one interviews with four of the South's most outstanding environmental writers.

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6 Pieces

The people living and working in the cities of Charleston, South Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia are grappling with the ever-rising waters. Listen to their challenges and solutions as they tackle the fallout of climate change.

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4 Pieces

In this season of Broken Ground, we talk with women on the frontlines of the fight for environmental justice in the South.

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7 Pieces

In season 5 of Broken Ground, we uncover the story of how a Black community in southwest Memphis beat the odds and defeated a crude oil pipeline.


Pieces

Caption: Brenda Mallory
Interview with Brenda Mallory, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 21:42
Caption: Chandra Taylor
Interview with Chandra Taylor, leader of the Southern Environmental Law Center's Environmental Justice Initiative.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 24:30
Caption: Catherine Coleman Flowers
Interview with Catherine Coleman Flowers, founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 30:39
Caption: Heather McTeer Toney
Interview with Heather McTeer Toney, Senior Adviser at Mom's Clean Air Force.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 21:32
Caption: Drew Lanham in Beidler Forest
Interview with Drew Lanham, South Carolina author, Black birder and wildlife biologist.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 33:10
Caption: Dr. Robert Bullard
Dr. Robert Bullard, widely considered the father of environmental justice, talks about the inequality of pollution and climate change.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:53
Caption: Author Margaret Renkl
Interview with author and New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 27:52
Caption: Author Earl Swift
Interview with Earl Swift, author of Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:53
Caption: Amanda Garcia, Clyde Robinson, Justin J. Pearson and George Nolan celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the pipeline's cancellation
The pipeline fight comes to a surprising end. But with so many environmental injustices remaining in Memphis, the work is far from over. MCAP will ...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 31:05
Caption: Scottie Fitzgerald at the National Civil Rights Museum
Though the pipeline’s construction seems inevitable, MCAP’s relentless activism has begun attracting the attention of national figures, who help en...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:47