Planet Warning
Series produced by Judy Lubow
Two-minute analyses of the serious environmental, economic and social crises facing the world and the US, with analogy made to the catastrophic attack on Pearl Harbor. Pieces are embedded in World War II music and audio recordings.
Each piece in this series, produced regularly every-other week, comments on an indvidual crisis facing the world or the US, such as ocean acidification, crash of global fishstocks, loss of US manufacturing jobs, etc.
Each piece is embedded in World War II music and audio recordings to drive home the seriousness of the crisis.
32 Pieces
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The first election after the infamous Citizens United Supreme Court decision reveals the money-drenched look of elections to come.
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 02:00
A little-known crisis is brewing: by seizing Tibet, China has gained control of the headwaters of rivers serving the water needs of almost half...
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
The Great Recession officially ended in Jun 2009 but the American workforce is still suffering from its traumatic effects.
- Added: Feb 16, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Rachel Carson would not be happy to see how pervasive the endocrine disrupter BPA has become, and the deleterious effects it is having on our health.
- Added: Mar 02, 2011
- Length: 02:00
The President promised effective relief from struggling home owners, but his foreclosure prevention program has never gotten off the ground.
- Added: Mar 17, 2011
- Length: 02:00
The tragic environmental and nuclear catastrophe in Japan is not the only example of world leaders ignoring obvious perils. The catastrophic effec...
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 02:01
Large international and US banks are financing the drug killings in Mexico by laundering billions of dollars in illicit drug money. Some banks a...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 02:00
As more is revealed about the Federal Reserve's trillion dollar bailout of the financial system, the more scandalous it appears. Listen for so...
- Added: Apr 27, 2011
- Length: 02:00
The UN has revised upwards its estimate of future population growth. The new medium variant for world population by the end of this century is 10....
- Added: May 11, 2011
- Length: 02:00
For reasons yet unknown, more and more Americans each year have been contracting asthma. In spite of the fact that 17% of black children now have...
- Added: May 26, 2011
- Length: 02:00
The gargantuan Three Gorges Dam over the Yangtze River in China is the largest hydroelectric project in the world and is a poster child for China's...
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 02:00
A report by leading international scientists concludes that human activities are causing a much more rapid deterioration of the ocean than previous...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 02:00