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Sounding the Alarm: Noise Pollution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Noise pollution is a growing problem. Effecting everything from the lives of people living under airplane flight paths, to marine life. On this edi...

Bought by WFHB and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Monroe County MRF: Larry Barker on Legislation and Recycling
From: WFHB
Series: Standing Room Only
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Larry Barker, Executive Director for the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District, spoke on January 22, 2014 about the benefits of a Material ...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 56:43
Joseph B. Uehlein, President of the Labor Network for Sustainability/Voices for a Sustainable Future, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Joseph Uehlein
Interview: Joe talks more about the programs of the Labor Network for Sustainability. He also states for the cost of the Afghanistan and Iraqi War...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 27:49
Food Sleuth Radio Joe Maxwell Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Farmer Joe Maxwell says: “I raise hogs; I don’t produce pork.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her in...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Foodopoly
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat. We all want the freedom and opportunity to choose what ends up on our plate- but wh...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Gleick on the California Drought
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Peter Gleick
2013 was the driest year on record in California, and the state’s snowpack is at 12% of what it should be. Considering that this state alone houses...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:50
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio Urvashi Rangan Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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When Consumer Reports tested 300 raw chicken breasts from supermarkets nationwide they discovered that more than half of the samples contained bact...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Media Matters And The Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shauna Theel
What forces have conspired so that millions of Americans believe that the overwhelming majority of scientists are dead wrong about climate change? ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Best Things In Life Are Free: Adam Browning and Chuck Leavell
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chuck Leavell
This week on Sea Change Radio, we dip into the archives to reconnect with three timeless essentials – the sun, the trees and music. First, we hear ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Oil: Michael Marx on Tar Sands and Pipelines
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Marx
Most of the time when we hear about “bureaucratic delays” it is with a sigh and a moan (especially this week when the Federal government is almost ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
Moyers & Company Show 239: Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
In a rare television interview, environmental legend and writer Wendell Berry leaves his Kentucky farm for an inspiring conversation with veteran j...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KBRP Community Radio, KPVL, KTRL, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 31
The War on Empathy: Marion Nestle and George Lakoff
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Marion Nestle
Remember when President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and “empathy” was transformed by some political commentators into a d...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Moyers & Company Show 238: Saving the Earth from Ourselves
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo discusses the politics of climate change and the urgency of environmental activism. As ice ...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KHEN-LP, KPVL, KTRL, WCWP and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 31
Reclaiming Our Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sam Daley-Harris
With his new book, Sam Daley-Harris shares how he and the citizens advocacy organizations he has founded (RESULTS and the Microcredit Summit Campai...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
"Congressman Todd Young Gives Climate Change Protesters their 15 Minutes"
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Citizens of Monroe County planned to hold a protest at representative Todd Young’s office, but what was intended as a protest turned into a fifteen...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
July 25, 2013
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In today’s EcoReport feature, Bloomington-based lawyer Mick Harrison talks about some of the high profile environmental cases he's worked on at bot...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 30:36
"Mick Harrison: Discussing Evironmental Law"
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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Mick Harrison talks about some of the high profile environmental cases he's worked on at both the local and national level.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:26
Rhett Butler on the Palm Oil Industry
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rhett Butler
The global expansion of the palm oil industry is one of the largest upheavals in modern agricultural history - and one that many Americans know not...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Global Ethics Corner: Who Should Control Egypt's Water?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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As Ethiopia continues construction on the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Egyptian officials are worried about their water supply. Does Eth...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
George Lakoff Part II: Framing the Debate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Lakoff
Last week on Sea Change Radio, influential progressive and cognitive linguist George Lakoff laid out the principles of linguistic framing as they r...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
George Lakoff Part I: The Message
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Lakoff
They say actions speak louder than words, but words are pretty important, too. This week and next on Sea Change Radio, we welcome George Lakoff, th...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Federalizing Floods
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with sociologist Karen O’Neill about the federal government’s move into flood control in 1917 – as landowners along the Mis...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, KHNS, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 4
Sam Avery: The Pipeline and the Paradigm
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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While the corridor of North America slated to link the Keystone Pipeline from Alberta to Texas may seem massive in size, the impact of linking the ...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:27
  • Purchases: 1
"Compassionate Earthwalk"
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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Local environmental activist Aaron Pollitt talks about Compassionate Earthwalk, an event he is helping to plan this summer to travel on foot along ...

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 07:58

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