Living On Earth

Series produced by Living On Earth

Series image

Hosted by Steve Curwood, the award-winning environmental news program "Living on Earth" delves into the leading issues affecting the world we inhabit.

NOTE: This program is available to PRI affiliates. For more information please email memberships@prx.org.

Hosted by Steve Curwood, the award-winning environmental news program "Living on Earth" delves into the leading issues affecting the world we inhabit. As the population continues to rise and the management of the earth's resources becomes even more critical, "Living on Earth" examines the issues facing our increasingly interdependent world. "Living on Earth" presents riveting features and commentary on everything from culture, economics and technology to health, law, food and transportation. It covers topics from the small challenges of everyday life to the future state of the environment and the health and well-being of the world's inhabitants. Curwood and company draw from an impressive array of experts, commentators and journalists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New York's Hayden Planetarium; Mark Hertsgaard, author of "Earth Odyssey"; Janet Raloff of "Science News"; author Sy Montgomery; and award-winning producer Terry Fitzpatrick. "Living on Earth" is a truly compelling hour of radio journalism. Hide full description

Hosted by Steve Curwood, the award-winning environmental news program "Living on Earth" delves into the leading issues affecting the world we inhabit. As the population continues to rise and the management of the earth's resources becomes even more critical, "Living on Earth" examines the issues facing our increasingly interdependent world. "Living on Earth" presents riveting features and commentary on everything from culture, economics and technology to health, law, food and transportation. It covers topics from the small challenges of everyday life to the future state of the environment and the health and well-being of the world's inhabitants. Curwood and company draw from an impressive array of experts, commentators and journalists, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of New... Show full description


286 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Piece image
Until recently landfills in America were often sited in coastal wetlands. Now rising seas are threatening to unleash their trash, toxics, and even ...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Millions of Americans are breathing carcinogenic air pollution emitted from refineries and chemical plants, but EPA has failed to account for the c...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Scientists have understood for decades how global warming would put more moisture in the atmosphere, promoting climate disruption and extremes such...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
King Charles III, the former Prince of Wales, has acceded to the throne and brings with him a lifelong passion for nature and environmental causes....

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
For years solar and wind power have had on again, off again financial support from the US government, limiting renewable energy development to figh...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
As extreme heat, wildfires, and severe storms intensify, the already hazardous work of farmworkers is likely to become even more dangerous. But the...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Some homes in the direct path of powerful Hurricane Ian were left intact and mostly unharmed thanks to strong doors, windows, and roofs mandated by...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
The federal government is leasing sites for innovative floating offshore wind farms in the deep waters along the California coast, and the oil and ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
By some estimates there could be more plastic, by weight, than fish in the oceans in less than 30 years. A UN “Young Champion of the Earth” is help...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Before they’ve even taken their first breath, most babies are exposed to air pollution that passes from their mother’s blood stream through the pla...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom handily won re-election and now has 4 more years to work towards his goal of achieving carbon neutralit...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
As Americans gather to give thanks over a feast, a look at how embracing the plant world in our diets connects to climate, health, and democracy. A...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
The United Nations climate talks in Egypt produced an unprecedented agreement for rich nations to pay for loss and damage from climate disasters in...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Entanglement in lobster fishing gear is one of the biggest threats to endangered whales, so the Marine Stewardship Council has suspended its sustai...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
The United Nations is working towards creating a treaty to tackle the plastic crisis all the way from production to disposal – its full “life cycle...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
To try to address the biodiversity crisis that threatens as many as 1 million species with extinction, thousands of delegates from around the world...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Native American myths and tales help us endure or even enjoy the short days and long nights of winter. Living on Earth’s annual celebration of stor...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
From one woman’s dream of swimming with marine iguanas, to uncommon encounters with common rabbits, to a Native American tale of how the dog came t...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Cases like West Virginia v. EPA and legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act made 2022 a landmark year for environmental law, and now as 2023 g...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Piece image
Weather records are routinely being shattered across the United States, with recent severe rainstorms in California, freezing temperatures in Texas...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00