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The Water Defenders

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Water. As people are becoming more aware of the seriousness of climate distruption, it’s become easier to discuss the shortage as well as the extre...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 20, 2021
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

At Home in the World

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

When the Sierra Club was created in 1892, its original mission was to preserve the wilderness. The men who formed the group under the leadership of...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jul 12, 2021
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

173: Mushroom Lightning

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP

Added: Jun 14, 2021
Length: 04:54
Purchases: 2

Meet environmental poet Camille T. Dungy

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Camille Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan

Award-winning writer and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T. Dungy discusses her work as an ecopoet.

Bought by WSLR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KZUM

Added: Apr 18, 2021
Length: 29:17
Purchases: 3

The Roadless Rule Policy

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

January 12, 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the Forest Service’s Roadless Rule Policy. It is designed to protect millions of acres of America’s...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 25, 2021
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Children & Toxins

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Thousands of new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Yet, most of those chemicals ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Dec 15, 2020
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Planetary Health

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Recent events around the globe clearly demonstrates the interconnectedness of human health and the health of our planet. Heat waves in California, ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Nov 10, 2020
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Diversifying Power

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The inadequate response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has also thwarted the country’s response to the climate crisis. Some feel it’s due to le...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Nov 02, 2020
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Is Air Drying Your Clothes Worth It?

From: Possibly

Dryers do use a lot of energy. If you were to rank your household appliances by how much energy they use, your dryer would probably come in 3rd, ri...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and PRX Remix

Added: May 29, 2020
Length: 03:13
Purchases: 2

What is methane and how does it relate to climate change?

From: Possibly

Methane is a gas that’s created when something organic decomposes in a location that doesn’t have oxygen. The largest human-caused source of metha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix

Added: May 27, 2020
Length: 03:21
Purchases: 2

Eponymous (episode 1)

From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy

Explore what the Northwest looked like pre-contact, with Native nutritionist and food sovereignty expert Valerie Segrest of the Muckleshoot Tribe. ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KVSC

Added: Apr 22, 2020
Length: 29:46
Purchases: 4

Under the Influence

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

It’s well understood that our environment affects our behavior. Realistically, though, it works both ways. Our behavior profoundly impacts our envi...

Bought by KCBX, KRZA, and KCBX

Added: Jan 28, 2020
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 3

Origins: How Earth’s History Shaped Human History

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

We’re use to hearing about how much humans have impacted the earth. Scientists have given a name for this period to recognize human dominance over ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX

Added: Jul 16, 2019
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Morality and the Environmental Crisis

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: May 19, 2019
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Redlined: A Memoir of Race, Change, and Fractured Community in 1960s Chicago

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

The home ownership gap continues to widen.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Nov 27, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Native-American Basketmaker Kelly Church--keeps tradition alive and vibrant

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Kelly Church, Credit: Richard Church, Pottawatomi and Ottawa

2018 National Heritage Fellow Kelly Church is an Anishanabe basketmaker who combines a traditional craft with a contemporary eye.

Added: Oct 10, 2018
Length: 28:56

The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates novelist Jennifer Haigh

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Jennifer Haigh's novel Heat and Light takes a hard look at fracking in an Appalchian town

Added: May 03, 2018
Length: 28:18

Grand Canyon for Sale

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Using the Grand Canyon as the trailhead for his book, journalist Stephen Nash sounds an alarm of urgency for protecting our national parks.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 11, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Toward the Tipping Point

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In November, 2017, over fifteen thousand scientists from 184 countries issued a warning to humanity.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Feb 08, 2018
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates a muralist who paints bees around the country.

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Matthew Willey and Bees, Credit: The Good of the Hive

Matthew Willey's multi-year initiative The Good of the Hive is more than an art project.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WLRH, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR

Added: Jan 11, 2018
Length: 28:30
Purchases: 4

The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates Nashville's public art

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Ghost Ballet; Artist: Alice Aycock, Credit: Gary Layda

Nashville creates places for art and for artists.

Added: Sep 28, 2017
Length: 25:12

Quakeland: On the Road to America’s Next Devastating Earthquake

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Following the Mexico City 7.1 earthquake, we are again hearing about the need to stay alert in California and Washington. In reality, though, that ...

Bought by KCBX