Climate One

Series produced by Climate One

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Addressing the climate crisis begins by talking about it.

Climate One presents empowering conversations that connect all aspects of the climate crisis -- the scary and the exciting, the individual and the systemic. Join us.

We’re living through a climate emergency; finding solutions starts by talking about it. Climate One is a weekly public radio program focused on elevating critical conversations around climate change. Since climate touches all aspects of our lives, we bring together diverse perspectives in empowering conversations: one week we might talk with Jane Goodall or Bill McKibben or an oil industry exec – sometimes on the same panel – and the next week we might hear first-hand stories from people who narrowly escaped a fire or a flood, and the next we might focus on democracy and climate justice. In all of this, we aim to connect the personal to the systemic, and empower conversations to continue beyond our show.


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349 Pieces

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Can we beat the traffic by taking to the skies? Sailing over freeways in a flying car, getting to work in minutes instead of hours, has long been t...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, WMRA, KCBX, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
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Americans spend $56 billion attending sporting events each year — but at what cost to the climate? From stadiums packed with energetic fans to foo...

Bought by WJCT, KTSW 89.9, MPR News Stations, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Carbon offsets have been called everything from a band-aid solution to “the best thing a consumer can do right now.” A new service even offers cust...

Bought by WJCT, KTSW 89.9, KCPW Salt Lake City, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Businessman and activist Tom Steyer doesn’t just want to impeach President Trump, he wants to replace him. Steyer insists that America’s shortcomin...

Bought by WJCT, WWNO, WMUU-LP, WLPR , KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Nearly 25 percent of America’s electricity now comes from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten states, and Puerto Rico and Washingto...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WLPR , Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
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In his new book The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California, author Mark Arax reveals the tumultuous history behind the myth of abund...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
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Today’s solutions for addressing climate change are doable, but daunting: decrease global meat consumption, improve family planning, shut down coal...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, WLPR , KBBI Alaska, and KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
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With the Green New Deal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's vision challenges her own party to go further, faster on climate action than ever before. ...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, WLPR , KBBI Alaska, Northwest Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jul 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
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How do we go about feeding a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? From a remote-controlled organic farm in Shanghai to famine-s...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, KQED, KUOW, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
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Cities around the world are bracing for a growth spurt. With over half of the global population living in urban centers, and another 2.5 billion ex...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, Nevada Public Radio, KWGS, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
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The new climate reality means that those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, while those living in the North will be affec...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book "The Uninhabitable Earth," Wallace-Wells explores how climate change wi...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, Nevada Public Radio, WCQS, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
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Produce, consume, discard; we all know the routine. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods, and used -- sometimes only once -- before tur...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 10
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Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee is the only candidate who has made stopping climate change his top priority. The Washington state Governor is a not...

Bought by WJCT, MPR News Stations, WCQS, KBBI Alaska, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
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Four years ago, 21 student plaintiffs sued the U.S. government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property by failing ...

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  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
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The Green New Deal is shaking up climate politics in Washington. The resolution’s ambitious clean energy goals are championed by several leading De...

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  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
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PG&E has had a bad few years. A series of record-breaking wildfires culminating with 2018’s devastating Camp Fire propelled the California utility ...

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  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 8
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Global temperatures would be soaring even higher were it not for a powerful heat-trapping ally: oceans. From regulating the temperature of the plan...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WMRA, WDSE, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
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How far would you go to make your voice heard on climate change? College student Tim DeChristopher disrupted an auction for oil and gas leases - an...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, NPR Now, KVMR, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
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While the environmental movement is typically associated with upper-class white folk, it is also a civil rights issue. Communities of color often l...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WAMU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14