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2019-06-28 The Uninhabitable Earth
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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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
Morality and the Environmental Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Roger S. Gottlieb
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
WorldCanvass: Climate Science and the Environment (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Leading experts in climate science and environmental research join WorldCanvass host Joan Kjaer to discuss the most pressing concerns facing Iowa...

Bought by KZUM


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Dystopian Future
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joel Kotkin
Population growth is causing us to rethink our urban and suburban lifestyles, and with that, redesigning cities is a new fad.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grand Canyon for Sale
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Stephen Nash
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
Fracking and Newborns
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Ellen Webb, lead author of Neurodevelopmental and neurological effects of chemicals associated with unconventional oi...

Bought by WPCA-LP and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Local Food Revolution: Michael Brownlee #217 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Re-establishing our personal relationship with food and ending our role as commodity “consumers” is part of a healing, regenerative process. It’s a...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KTRL, and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Toward the Tipping Point
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jeremy Lent
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
Public Policy Brakes on Procreation? Travis Rieder #207 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Efforts to date are falling far short of achieving the greenhouse gas reduction needed to avoid catastrophic climate disruption. Bioethicist Travis...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Nature Doesn't Negotiate: Robert Jensen #112 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“One of the ways that radical ideas become more mainstream is when those of us who hold them aren’t afraid to speak about them.” This thought has g...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Running on Empty: Rex Weyler #109 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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As a young man, Rex Weyler joined early Greenpeace expeditions to document and stop commercial whaling. He went on to co-found Greenpeace Internati...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Cruel Hoax: Stephanie Mills #106 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Stephanie Mills made headlines in the Spring of 1969 when she vowed, in her commencement address (titled The Future is a Cruel Hoax), to conceive n...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, KTRL, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Area Voices Anishinaabenaajimon: Thoughts on Pipelines
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Professor, author and cultural trainer Anton Treuer stopped by the KBXE studio recently. In this segment of Area Voices: Anishinaabenaajimon, Tr...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 11:36
Local Food Revolution: Michael Brownlee #217
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
Caption: Lynette Marie Hanthorn & Michael Brownlee, co-authors of The Local Food Revolution, Credit: Kirsten Boyer
Re-establishing our personal relationship with food and ending our role as commodity “consumers” is part of a healing, regenerative process. It’s a...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Anthony Barnosky - Dodging Extinction - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two-part interview with Dr. Anthony Barnosky, author of Dodging Extinction: Power, Food, Money, and the Future of L...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
We Animals: a free photography archive
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
Caption: A recently separated calf waits in a wheelbarrow as a farmer prepares her solitary crate. Spain, 2010 , Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur : Animal Equality
Award winning photographer Jo-Anne McArthur on her We Animals Archive - a free resource for activists to share hauntingly beautiful images of anima...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:28
Science Under Attack part 3
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Rush Holt
The Trump Administration is calling for drastic cuts in scientific research and development.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Moral Revolution: Tom Shadyac Part 2 #202
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUNM, KVSC, and KZUM


  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Survival of the Kindest: Tom Shadyac #201
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
Caption: Steve Carell and Tom Shadyac on the set
Tom Shadyac is a successful Hollywood comedy director who found the traditional trappings of success were not the key to happiness. He traded a man...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KUNM, and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Revolution Where You Live
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sarah van Gelder
No matter how we voted in this last election, all of us can agree on one thing. Our country, and the world, faces significant problems: Racism to c...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Real Cost of Fracking - Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald, authors of The Real Cost of Fracking: How Ame...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Real Cost of Fracking - Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Michelle Bamberger and Dr. Robert Oswald, authors of The Real Cost of Fracking: How Ame...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:37
Nature Doesn't Negotiate: Robert Jensen #112
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“One of the ways that radical ideas become more mainstream is when those of us who hold them aren’t afraid to speak about them.” This thought has g...

Bought by Bandon Community Radio, WYAP, WMUU-LP, KRZA, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
Cornucopian Myth: William Catton #107
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“The age of growth and the age in which growth is going to be considered a good thing is coming to an end.” The late sociologist William R. Catton ...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
What's So Smart About Growth? Al Bartlett #102
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Legendary physics professor Al Bartlett was quick to tell us “smart growth” and “dumb growth” both lead us to the same undesirable end; “smart grow...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7