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We are surrounded by chemicals every day. They’re in our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronics, and even our children’s toys.
Bought by KVSC, KCBX, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Ever wonder where your favorite fast food fries are grown, and under what conditions? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 28:00
If you think the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first priority is protecting public and environmental health, get ready for a few surprises...
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 28:00
We have problem. Over 40-percent of the world’s population lives in poverty. Add to that our natural resources are quickly disappearing. Now mix in...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 01, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We’re continuing our “money machine” series on the cost of carbon capitalism. Gas gets cheaper, the weather gets warmer, and for our guests the env...
- Added: Jan 31, 2015
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 3
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
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 6
Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
No one needs to eat livestock to survive, according to Dr. Brian Moench. Yet meat is almost universally the focus of the Western diet. The average...
- Added: Sep 10, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Which is the better way to “feed the world” – with organic or “conventional” agriculture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Mel...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
When a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department approaches Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell about tracking endangered India...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 01, 2014
- Length: 22:19
- Purchases: 1
IdeaSphere … Saving Paradise: Author and environmental activist Mike Bond uses fiction to tell the real story of Hawaii’s fight against corporation...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KCBX
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 20:41
- Purchases: 2
We’re told that genetically engineered Golden Rice is the answer to third world Vitamin A-related blindness, but is it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Farmer Joe Maxwell says: “I raise hogs; I don’t produce pork.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her in...
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 28:00
Benjamin Kilham has been researching and living with black bears for nearly twenty years. He has become an expert in black bear behavior, as well a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 22, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Why do farmers choose to produce food organically? And what are their challenges as neighbors plant genetically modified crops that are sprayed wit...
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Only a farmer can describe the boots-on-the-ground realities of raising our nation's food supply. Howard Vlieger is a farmer and crop nutrition ad...
- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Not long ago, we were told that North America had entered a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. Or, have we? If you’ve listened to ex...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 10, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Corporate agribusiness tells us we need genetically modified crops to produce more food to feed an ever-growing global population. But there are ho...
- Added: Jun 29, 2013
- Length: 28:00
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 25, 2013
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
Women’s bodies serve as our children’s “first environments,” which is why food quality and safety are so important for pregnant and lactating women...
- Added: Jun 21, 2013
- Length: 28:00
The explosive growth of online communities for sharing, swapping, trading and lending is reinventing the way that we consume and build relationship...
- Added: Jun 12, 2013
- Length: 42:10
Author Frances Moore Lappe describes herself as a “possibilist” rather than an optimist or pessimist. In her recent book, she argues that solutions...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
This first part of this half-hour is spent with author and professor Philip Ackerman-Leist. In his new book, he shows that people are turning to lo...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KCBX
- Added: Apr 04, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
Churches are taking diverse actions to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading C...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 12, 2013
- Length: 19:57
- Purchases: 1
Richmond, California is one of the lowest-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s also one of the most toxic. On this edition, we’ll...
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 29:00
