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Caption: Stacy Mitchell
Walmart. What does the name of the world’s largest retailer evoke for you? Do you think of its reputation as a poor employer and its anti-union tac...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: Dave Cloud's "Dolphin"
Battery operated cars. No longer the exclusive domain of little kids huddled around a remote control, electric vehicles are beginning to emerge as ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Graham Sinclair
Socially responsible capitalism – is this an oxymoron? Not according to this week’s guest on Sea Change Radio. Graham Sinclair is a South African s...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mark Jacobson, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Stanford University Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson is trying to convince the world that his energy plan based soley on renwables: wind, water, and solar...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Heinberg
This week on Sea Change Radio, host Alex Wise talks with Richard Heinberg, author and senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute who’s written exte...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: David Johnson
Do you ever try to envision a world where all the cars are electric – quiet, clean and carbon-neutral? Sounds great, but the truth is that the shif...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Dickson Despommier
We often hear about vertical economic growth and vertical integration in business but the idea of growing our food vertically sounds fantastical. ...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Kathryn Flagg
Remember when Lex Luthor designed a weather-controlling machine? Superman, of course, foiled his sinister plans…or did he? Using technology to cont...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Karl Gawell
Humans have been capturing and using geothermal heat from the earth for a very long time. Geothermal energy was being used in China back in the 3rd...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Dara O'Rourke
window | Download Good Guide is a web-based index that scores products from food and beverage to apparel and appliances on their health, environmen...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeff Goodell
If you could get the President’s attention for just long enough to tell him the ten things you’d like him to do to save the planet, or at least put...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
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China today is the most polluted nation on earth. But it’s also on its way to becoming the most environmentally advanced. And it’s no coincidence. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jerry McNerney
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, representing California’s 11th District. In an earlier appearance on Se...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Kitt Doucette
In just a couple of decades the plastic bag has become ubiquitous on this planet – these “disposable” items don’t biodegrade, however, so they’ve b...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Josh Tickell
Ask an environmentally aware friend of yours what they think about ethanol and the response will probably be negative. Critics of this long-establi...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Peter Kendall
This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk about leaf blowers, one of the least eco-friendly items found in the garage or tool-shed of your average Ame...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Jim Walsh of American Airlines
Previously on Sea Change Radio, we talked about how a single flight can virtually neutralize all the efforts a family makes in a year to reduce the...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Swierenga
Airplanes transport over 2.2 billion passengers a year but they are also a significant contributor to climate change, producing approximately 600 m...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: NASA Scientist James Hansen
Earthbeat Host and IPS Fellow Daphne Wysham conducted a special one-hour interview with Dr. James Hansen, NASA's top climate scientist.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:53
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

Bought by PRX Remix and KVSC


  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vaclav Smil
Last on Sea Change Radio, we heard from renowned energy expert Vaclav Smil, as he spoke about his book, Energy Transitions, the future of electric ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An equation graph, Credit: websters-online-dictionary.org
Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special; plus Brian Cox, the most famous man in science, pops into the Guardian. No calculators a...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Vaclav Smil
This week on Sea Change Radio, a rare interview with renowned energy expert and futurist, Vaclav Smil. A Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:40