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Troubled Coastlines From Louisiana To Maine, Pt. II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Bob Marshall about Louisiana’s shrinking coastline. And this week we...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Bob Marshall: Louisiana Encroachment, Pt. I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
With so much focus on the BP oil spill and the havoc it has wrought on the Gulf Coast, it's easy to overlook the broader, more long-term environmen...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Latest Oil Glut: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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It comes as little surprise that the author of a book entitled Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future is a critic of...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ocean Plastic, Not Fantastic
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doug Woodring
Doug Woodring is the founder of the Ocean Recovery Alliance. His name may sound familiar to long-time listeners of Sea Change Radio because we feat...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Melanie Nutter on Smarter Cities
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Melanie Nutter
Many planners agree that a more centralized population is a good thing for long-term environmental responsibility. But as people all over the world...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Sea Rise Drowning Alaskan Village
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kate Sheppard
We have heard the warnings for years now: climate change will someday force people to move from their homes. Sea level rise will put places from Mi...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Plunging Oil Prices: Dan Dicker Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Last week we spoke with energy analyst Dan Dicker about the reasons behind the sudden drop in oil prices and the potential impact this could have o...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Plunging Oil Prices: Dan Dicker Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
When it comes to global oil markets, the one thing that everyone agrees on is that it’s complex. The recent plunge in oil prices has many of us sea...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Farmsters + Citizen Science
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lauren Markham
Getting back to the roots. What does it really mean? This week on Sea Change Radio, we feature two women who have each recently penned pieces for O...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Journeys: PBS Film Series + Walkabouts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Courtney
This week on Sea Change Radio we talk about journeys, large and small. First we hear from Marilyn and Hal Weiner, the filmmakers behind the PBS ser...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
'Tis The Season For A Good Guide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dara O'Rourke
It’s that time of year, again: the season of giving…or at least the season of buying. When you’re perusing the shelves, be they virtual or actual, ...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
What the Lobster Knew: Biomimicry + Concrete
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brent Constantz
Did you know that the production of cement is responsible for 5% of the carbon dioxide emissions on the planet? Our guest today on Sea Change Radio...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Hawken Part II: Cultivating Progress
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to Paul Hawken about how the civil rights movement helped shape his thinking and spurred him into a life of...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Digging Deep with Paul Hawken
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Today on Sea Change Radio we begin our two-part discussion with Paul Hawken, thought-leader, author and environmentalist, perhaps best known as the...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Sustainability Is the New Black
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Bradley & Eddie Baba
If you moved into a new home that was three-times the square-footage you’d probably expect to see your utility bills go up by a lot, right? Well, o...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fracking Moves To China, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James West
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned about the new shale gas boom in China. This week, in the second part of my discussion with Jaeah Lee and ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Fracking Moves To China, Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jaeah Lee
There is a relatively unanimous recognition that we inhabitants of earth really need to break our addiction to coal. It's filthy and there are so m...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
How Carbon Is Changing The Cost of Everything
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Schapiro
We hear a lot about putting a price on carbon but what does it really mean? This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, Mark Schapiro, an investigative ...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Sharing Economy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Minett
Nobody hitchhikes anymore. Back in the 1980s getting a ride with a stranger became decidedly un-trendy. Rugged individualism was in and ridesharing...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
Durwood Zaelke and the Ozone Keepers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
Remember the seventies? Remember feathered hair, pull-tab soda cans, debates about the thinning ozone layer? Our guest this week on Sea Change Radi...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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...

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  • 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 ...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping An Eye On The Natural Gas Boom
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neela Banerjee
Even the most casual followers of energy policy have become aware of the controversy surrounding the massive expansion of fracking in this country ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
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...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1