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A crash, suffering pigs, and an activist's response
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Steve Jenkins, one of Esther the Wonder Pig’s dads and co-founder of the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, is back to talk about a horrifying inc...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
Bringing The Grid Into The 21st Century: Gretchen Bakke
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Gretchen Bakke discusses her terrific new book, The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future. It’s about how our outdated el...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:06
WorldCanvass: Fracking and the Iowa Divide (part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environm...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 23:41
WorldCanvass: Fracking and the Iowa Divide (part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environme...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
WorldCanvass: Fracking and the Iowa Divide (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environme...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 26:14
Chief scientist at Earthwatch Institute on large carnivores and climate change
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is chief scientist at the nonprofit Earthwatch Institute, and author of several books including "The Carnivore Way: Coexisti...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 19:44
We Talk the Thermodynamics of Civilization with Professor Tim Garrett
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Tim Garrett
Professor Tim Garrett of the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss the thermodynamic implications of our ene...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 1
"Mmm... bacon" and other responses to vegan activism.
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Jon Camp, National Grassroots Director for The Humane League, share strategies for effective vegan grassroots activism.

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Economics of Climate Change V. The Cost of Business-As-Usual with Dr. Mark Jacobson
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Mark Jacobson
Dr. Mark Jacobson, distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, is on-air with us to explain the economic...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 1
Andy Skuce, Geologist and Climate Change Blogger Joins Us to Discuss COP21 and Climate Science
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Andy Skuce
Former oil exploration geologist, Andy Skuce, talks with us about the science behind COP21 decisions and what the future will most likely look like...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
Unspun Ringside With Paul Beckwith, Climate Researcher, At COP21 - Paris
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Paul Beckwith
Paul Beckwith, engineer, physicist, climate researcher, talks with us from COP21 Climate Summit in Paris. He has been reporting back on his blog: ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:10
Limits to Growth: Dennis Meadows #116
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Our computer-generated scenarios all showed this growth stopping in the early decades of the 21st century, and, I must say, looking back now, it s...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Durable Future: Bill McKibben #115
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Relocalization may be the most important strategy for minimizing climate change. According to Bill McKibben, “working as communities is the most im...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 7
Peter Seidel and Gary Gardner Tell Us There is Still Time to Deal with Climate Change
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Peter Seidel
Dr. Doug Craig, Climate of Change Blog, co-hosts on Unspun as we discuss how much time we have before the catastrophe of Climate Change is upon us ...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Behaving Against Our Interests: Paul Ehrlich #110
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Today it could be argued that human beings daily act against our own self-interests. How? Biologist Paul Ehrlich and fellow scientists tell us we a...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Members of the scientific research community, political leaders, and entrepreneurs consider the topic of climate change and how it’s evolved in bot...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 26:10
Food Sleuth Radio, Laura Batcha Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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U.S. consumer sales of organic products continue to grow annually, with more than 70% of US adults buying organic foods. But what does the organi...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Unspun Grieves with Guy McPherson Over the Demise of Homo Sapiens
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Guy McPherson
Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and the environment at the University of Arizona, where he taught and conducted research for...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 59:37
Unspun Looks at the Sixth Great Extinction with Paul Ehrlich, Biologist, Environmentalist and Author
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
Unspun peers into the future at the Sixth Great Extinction with Paul Ehrlich. Paul R. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor of Population Studies and the ...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 57:49
  • Purchases: 1
Rewriting Our Cultural Narrative: William Rees #105
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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How big is your ecological footprint? Probably bigger than you think. After all, out of sight, out of mind. As an originator of ecological footprin...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
Unspun Talks With D.R. Tucker about the Politics of Climate Change and Ridiculous Deniers
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: D.R. Tucker
Dr. Doug Craig, great blogger at Climate of Change and his Free Therapy blog on ANewscafe, co-hosts with us again. We discuss Global Warming denie...

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 59:09
WorldCanvass: Energy Cultures and the Age of the Anthropocene (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:53
WorldCanvass: Energy Cultures and the Age of the Anthropocene (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer and her guests explore the age of the Anthropocene through the lens of energy, investigating the global environmental transformatio...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2015
  • Length: 24:12
Nuclear Insanity with Dr. Helen Caldicott, Harvard Pediatrician and Educator
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Helen Caldicott
Unspun talks about Nuclear Insanity with Dr. Helen Caldicott . Helen Caldicott is a Harvard Pediatrician, scholar, educator, author of several boo...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 58:29