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Tribute to the Late Urban Provocateur Mike Davis

From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio

We feature a lecture by Mike Davis about his book Planet of Slums, which investigates the increasing inequality of the urban world. According to th...

National Writers Series: Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey

From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four

Sheri McWhirter talks with environmental authors Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR

IE: Inside Europe, 6/4/2021

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW

This week on the show: Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claims. Frustration with the German government's handling of the vaccine prog...

Episode 3: Weaponizing False Equivalence

From: Amy Westervelt
Series: Drilled

As climate disinformation campaigns ramped up in the 1990s, oil companies and their PR firms exploited weaknesses in the U.S. media system and prop...

Episode 1: The Bell Labs of Energy

From: Amy Westervelt
Series: Drilled

It's the 1970s and Exxon Research and Development wants to be the "Bell Labs of Energy."

American side of Niagara Falls to go silent

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park.

New York State plans to shut off the American Falls, a major attraction for tourists who flock to Niagara Falls. It's part of a project to replace...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more

The New England Whale Hunt

From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious

Radio Curious discusses whales and the history of whale hunting with Michael Dyer, senior historian at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedfor...

Behaving Against Our Interests: Paul Ehrlich #110

From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth

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...

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

Unspun Looks at the Sixth Great Extinction with Paul Ehrlich, Biologist, Environmentalist and Author

From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling

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 ...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9

Let There Be Night (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KKRN, WTJU, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more

The River in the Atlantic Ocean

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

The Gulf Stream was essential to the early exploration of the New World and continues to influence our climate, weather, environment, and shipping ...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, KVSC, WEZU, WLIW and more

Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Detail from Chicago Department of Health vaccination poster, produced by the Works Progress Administration, late 1930s , Credit: Library of Congress

It’s the height of the flu season, and federal public health agencies have been spending millions of dollars trying to keep this year’s virus under...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WEZU, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio

The Beasts Within: Domesticated Animals in America

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: A rabbit serves a meal to three kittens (Harry Whittier Frees, c1870)

From household pets to beasts of burden, domesticated animals are a major part of American life – and we spend billions of dollars each year lookin...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSRQ, XRAY.fm, WRPI, KREV-LP and more

242: Ocean Relevance

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Caption: Crew members aboard SS Norco in England during WWII. , Credit: The Marstal Maritime Museum

Maritime Museums are one of the key conduits for modern day understanding of maritime history, yet many are struggling. In this episode of World Oc...

Weathering the Storm: A History of Extreme Weather [rebroadcast]

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Detail from Collier’s magazine cover, May 28th, 1954, Credit: Smithsonian Institution

100 years ago this week, the thermometer in Death Valley, California, hit the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in the world: 134°F. This ...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRIR, Louisville Public Media, WTJU and more

Pet Friendly: A History of Domestic Animals

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: Photograph c1870, by Henry Pontier

America is a pet-owning nation. Over 60% of households, in fact, possess some sort of furry or feathered friend, and we spend over $50 billion a ye...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KTNA, WFAE, WXXI Rochester, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more

Federalizing Floods

From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites

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

That Lawless Stream: A History of the Mississippi River

From: BackStory with the American History Guys

Caption: The city of New Orleans (detail), c1885, Credit: Library of Congress

The Mississippi River is central to the American landscape and imagination. And for centuries, it has served as a battlefield in which our most com...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, KUOW and more