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Nevada: The Paradoxical State
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rose McKinney-James
From an environmental standpoint, Nevada is a state of stark contrasts. When we think of the Silver State, most of us picture the Las Vegas strip, ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
David Rolf: Fair Wages and Sustainability
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rolf
Economists these days are confirming what many already know – the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening. In the face of soaring productiv...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women Ecopreneurs in the Developing World
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shilpi Chhotray
A wide array of economic analysts are increasingly recognizing the link between economic development and gender equality. Research is showing that ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jonathan Trent and the OMEGA Project
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jonathan Trent
When life gives you lemons they say to make lemonade. And what if life gives you sewage released into an enclosed bay, what can you make? Certainly...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
World-Class Cities Redefined
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matthew Garbett
What makes a world-class city? Is it just having winning sports teams, good shopping centers, and iconic sky-scrapers? Or should having progressive...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Courtney White: Grass, Soil, Hope
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Courtney White
What if the solution for reducing our collective carbon footprint were right under our feet? Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio believes it is...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:20
Picking Up The Pieces: Jeff Kirschner
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeff Kirschner
Anyone who is on social media knows how often you can be inundated with picayune details of your friends’ daily lives. But what if all that over-sh...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Mushi, Ticks, and Walking Sticks
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And: A poem about the insect know...

Bought by WJCT, WDBM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WLIW, WMNF and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
City CarShare CEO Rick Hutchinson
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rick Hutchinson
Shared mobility – it’s a concept that might be a little foreign to the millions of Americans who get in their cars by themselves everyday and embar...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adam Werbach Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Werbach
Our guest today is Adam Werbach who could already have been called an environmental activist when he was just in high school. At the ripe young age...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Adam Werbach and Julene Bair: Waste Not
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Julene Bair
JuleneBairHow much junk do you own? You're probably not technically a "hoarder" but like most Americans, you may have way more stuff than you know ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The River in the Atlantic Ocean
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Latest In Sun Roofs
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mike Tinskey
If you own an electric vehicle and you have solar panels on your house, you can drive around powered entirely by renewable energy. But what can EV ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:50
Scott Brusaw: Revolutionary Road
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Scott Brusaw
Solar-Roadways-4How often do you hear of an idea so big, so revolutionary, that you immediately start to dream of the possibilities? This week on S...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Wilderness Too Tame?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
When was the last time you were really in the wilderness? Or, maybe you’re like the millions of Americans who’ve never even been in the wild before...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adam Browning: Solar Strides
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Browning
solar-panelsThe signs of solar power becoming a truly self-sustaining industry are manifold: Solar manufacturing costs fell by between 70 and 80 pe...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doug Fine: Hemp Bound
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doug Fine
All of us have seen the explosion of hemp-based products – hemp seed oil and hemp clothing seem to be everywhere. But, up until now, all of these i...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Jealous Kind of Love (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When it comes to love, jealousy is sometimes thought of as “natural” or even desirable. But a recent survey suggests that women who see jealousy as...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Winston on “The Big Pivot”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrew Winston
When we think of resiliency, we usually think of a gritty, comeback story, or a resilient economy – but can a company be resilient too? If you cons...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
The Company Behind the Gulf Oil Spill
From: Mimi Geerges
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A discussion on the oil company BP and how their risk taking and corporate culture contributed to the disaster on April 20, 2010.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
Houston Bicycle Revolutionaries
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Payne
Do you ever wonder why so many people ride bikes in a place like the Netherlands while so few do in Texas? Both places are flat with temperate weat...

Bought by KUAC and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Meera Subramanian: Resilient Lessons from Hurricane Sandy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Meera Subramanian
As major weather-related calamities like Hurricane Sandy are teaching us, decisions around where buildings are built and trees are planted are impo...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Patrick Hruby on Sports Welfare
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Patrick Hruby
Did you know that almost all NFL teams are profitable before a single ticket is sold? And did you know that for most of these teams it’s public dol...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Jen Masengarb from the Chicago Architecture Foundation
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jen Masengarb, Credit: courtesy of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
Jen Masengarb explains Chicago's rich architectural legacy and CAF’s role in bringing it public awareness.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
Abrahm Lustgarten Exposes Chesapeake Energy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Abrahm Lustgarten
Imagine how you’d feel if instead of paying you the usual $5,000 a month, your employer suddenly whittled your paycheck down to $500 a month – in o...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:50