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629-Loneliest Asteroid
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My Catalina Sky Survey teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Canes Venatici with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, ...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
624-In Coming
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard was asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he spotted a movi...

Bought by KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KGLP, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Lloyd Alter: Design Trends in Housing + E-Bikes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lloyd Alter
2020 has certainly been a strange year. Everyone is waiting for things to go “back to normal” but what will normal be? Will there be any adaptation...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
605-Monsoon Nights
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: A lightning bolt strikes in the western part of the city, part of the second of two bands of monsoon storms to roll over the area, Tucson, Ariz., August 28, 2019., Credit: Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Every year the Monsoon summer rains come to the American southwest in July and August. After the threat of wild fires has been rained out, monsoo...

Bought by KCHW, KENW, Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Paul Wheaton Pt. I: Home Heating Solutions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Wheaton
Many of us are spending a whole lot more time at home these days, and are consequently knee-deep in a bunch of home improvement projects. A great a...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Air Quality + Ekoru Search Engine
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Liz Kimbrough
Looking for some good news as we enter yet another week of sheltering-in-place? Perhaps you feel like doing a Google search to discover an upside t...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Driven To Tears: Stefanie Lemcke + Jim Parry
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Stefanie Lemcke
Do you ever find yourself sitting stuck in traffic with your thoughts moving from benign irritation with the sheer number of cars on the road, to a...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 11/01/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Adaptation & Change - How do we inspire the fundamental changes that are needed to safeguard our planet? On this program...

Bought by WRGY, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Ramez Naam Plan For De-Carbonization, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ramez Naam
Whether or not we use the name Green New Deal to describe a set of aggressive long-term policies that will help humanity in the fight against clima...

  • Added: May 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Lloyd Alter: Transportation Puzzles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lloyd Alter
The industrial revolution ushered in an era of more efficient transportation. As history has shown us, the impact of our ability to move easily acr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
PurpleAir Founder Adrian Dybwad
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adrian Dybwad
Northern California’s now infamous Camp Fire was not only the largest, longest, and deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, it also produced rec...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Put A Cork In It
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lloyd Alter
What do cork, coffee cups, lettuce, and excessive travel have in common? They are all areas of personal choice that have an environmental impact, a...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Richard Heinberg on Our Bonus Decade
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Richard Heinberg
If you're someone who's curious about the geopolitical implications of carbon fuel and the ecological havoc it wreaks, you've probably come across ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Made In The Shade: Erik Hoffner on Agroforestry
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Erik Hoffner
Occam’s Razor is a principle that tells us that the simplest solution to a problem tends to be the correct one. Farmers around the world are abidin...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
Steve Seeger + Doniece Sandoval: Power of One
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doniece Sandoval
One thing that we are consistently reminded of during election season is that each and every person can make a difference – whether it’s casting a ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Living Planet 09/21/208
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Earth, wind and fire - This week on the show: Preventing mining pollution in Brazil, wind power finally taking off in Lebanon, ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KMUN, KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 5
The poison PFAS which is in most of us and wildlife!
From: Debra Grobman
Series: Green Under Pressure
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The stuff in Scotchguard and Teflon coatings is poisoning water supplies and never goes away It's even been found in animals on the North Pole! Wit...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
Ian Power: Rocking Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ian Power
There is no silver bullet to solve the intractable problem of global warming. Nevertheless, there is a lot of vital and hopeful work being done to ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Brent Constantz: Concrete Plans
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brent Constantz
Most people wouldn’t guess it, but concrete is the single most widely used material in the world. And both production and consumption are on the ri...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Crypto-Carbon: Nori's Paul Gambill
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Gambill
If you ask most people what they think of blockchain applications or cryptocurrency, the response is usually a blank stare of utter bafflement. Wel...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
Defenders of the Rainforest: Topher White + Paul Salaman
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Topher White
This week on Sea Change Radio, we dig into our archives to learn more about the activities of two nonprofits that focus on saving rainforests. Our ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Autonomous Vehicles at a Crossroads
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alexandria Sage
The transportation sector is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. There are vast resources currently being spent to transfo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Spectrum 03/20/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: It's electric! (& almost autonomous) Someone gives you €25 million. In exchange, you have to build an autonomous car – basically from...

Bought by KRJF-lp, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WYAP, WNMU-FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
Kris De Decker: Enough Is Enough
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kris De Decker
In our quest to make a better world, we often strive for more efficient use of resources. But is the goal of efficiency the right one? Our guest th...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Jeremy Lent: Human History and the Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeremy Lent
As we move into a new year, and try to square 2017 in our rear view mirrors, it's an opportune moment to contemplate how we avoid repeating the mis...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:40