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Daniel Kirk-Davidoff: Electric Grids of Tomorrow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
This week on Sea Change Radio, host Alex Wise chats with Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, a climate scientist at the University of Maryland and at MDA Informa...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Nev Hyman: Shelter From The Storm
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Nev Hyman
Many people living in Pacific nations, like Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines, struggle to find adequate shelter, a challenge compounded by t...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Come Fly With Me: Gevo CEO Patrick Gruber
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Patrick Gruber
Is the biofuel craze of a few years ago really dead? This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, Pat Gruber, thinks not. While plummeting oil prices may...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
Happier Campers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alyssa Ravasio
It's summertime, time to make your camping reservations. Oops, should have done that three months ago! This week's guest on Sea Change Radio, Alyss...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Raj Thamotheram: Forcing Corporate Stewardship
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Raj Thamotheram
What will it take to get the CEOs of the world's largest fossil fuel companies to wake up to the realities of climate change? Our guest this week o...

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  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
Robin McDowell: Exposing Modern Slavery
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Robin McDowell
Human slavery. Many of us think of it as a terrible chapter of US history that ended in the 19th century. But, according to the United Nations, sla...

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  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Companies Corroding Communities
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neela Banerjee
According to the Supreme Court, corporations are people. The absurdity of this statement notwithstanding, it is clear that, like people, corporatio...

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  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Geophysicist Ole Kaven on Man-Made Earthquakes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ole Kaven
Apparently things are moving and shaking in Oklahoma, literally. In the past 8 years earthquakes in the “Sooner State” have increased from 2 a year...

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  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
John Wilson: Corporate Governance and the LGBT Movement
From: Alex Wise
Caption: John Wilson
Calories and sustainability issues aside, would you eat at Chick-fil-A despite the publicly anti-gay positions of its owners? Would a corporation’s...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
Gary Nabhan: Seeds of Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gary Nabhan
The next time you are putting a slice of tomato on your sandwich, ask yourself where it came from. Not which area of the country, but which seed st...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 4
Leaving The Station: John Rennie Short on Public Transit
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Rennie Short
If you live in the US, chances are you have at some point been frustrated that our public transit systems don’t do a great job linking urban center...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Alexandria Sage on Self-Driving Vehicles
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Alexandria Sage
The glamour of the limousine is undeniable - who wouldn't want to be shuttled about town without a care in the world? Traffic, parking, sobriety? S...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Desalination: Is It Time To Drink The Pacific?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
Transforming ocean water into potable drinking water seems so remarkably cool on so many levels. But alas, desalination remains both expensive and ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 3
David Rolf: The $15 Minimum Wage Fight
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rolf
Back in 2014 we spoke with David Rolf, president of the Pacific Northwest branch of SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, about his effo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Methane Disdain
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim McDonnell
Along with the Affordable Care Act, the Clean Power Plan may end up being one of President Obama’s signature accomplishments. We learned recently, ...

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Tim Dickinson: Sunshine State In The Dark
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim Dickinson
Think about the sunniest states in the U.S. Florida, the place that calls itself "the sunshine state" is sure to come to mind. Indeed, the solar i...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Alex Camacho: Supreme Court Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Camacho
Remember the Paris Climate Agreement, when it looked for a moment like world leaders were actually going to address our shared global concern? Well...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Salt Of The Earth: Farm Zero’s Mike Fawcett
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mike Fawcett
Farm Zero is a five year-old startup company that’s a concept for sustainable agricultural systems that use sea water rather than fresh water as th...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Johan Rockström: A Swedish Perspective On Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Johan Rockstrom
Given its northern latitude, Sweden is warming more rapidly than many other places in the world. Johan Rockström, one of Sweden’s leading environme...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Roy Scranton’s Arctic Cruise
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Roy Scranton
When we try to visualize the Arctic, we usually think of ice as far as the eye can see. But, unfortunately, that’s changing. This week’s guest on S...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Courtney White and Michael Townsend
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Courtney White
Author Courtney White believes he has a quick fix for what ails the planet: build topsoil, fix creeks and eat meat from pasture-raised animals. He ...

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Algae Systems and Other Miracles: John Perry Barlow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Perry Barlow
Who doesn't need a miracle? As the lyricist for many timeless Grateful Dead classics, as a privacy rights activist, or as the founder of the biofue...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
National Park Service at 100: Wild At Heart
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
As we ring in the new year, we should recognize that 2016 marks the centennial of the National Park Service. Today on Sea Change Radio we speak wit...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Lunt: Transparent Solar Cells (re-broadcast)
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Richard Lunt
Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and el...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
We'll Always Have Paris: Vivienne Walt on COP21
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Vivienne Walt
Victor Hugo said of Paris that nothing was more fantastic, more tragic, or more sublime. Will the same ever be said of the COP 21 climate agreement...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2