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Dr. Linda McCauley, a renowned environmental health researcher and national leader on greener health care practices, joins us today.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 24:20
Caption: Jerry McNerney
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, representing California’s 11th District. In an earlier appearance on Se...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Kitt Doucette
In just a couple of decades the plastic bag has become ubiquitous on this planet – these “disposable” items don’t biodegrade, however, so they’ve b...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Josh Tickell
Ask an environmentally aware friend of yours what they think about ethanol and the response will probably be negative. Critics of this long-establi...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Peter Kendall
This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk about leaf blowers, one of the least eco-friendly items found in the garage or tool-shed of your average Ame...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Jim Walsh of American Airlines
Previously on Sea Change Radio, we talked about how a single flight can virtually neutralize all the efforts a family makes in a year to reduce the...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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More than 80,000 existing chemicals are actively in use in a wide range of consumer products with no assurance that they don’t pose serious health ...

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
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The science of man-made global climate change is irrefutable. We speak with two eminent scientists, a conservation biologist and an environmental e...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: David Swierenga
Airplanes transport over 2.2 billion passengers a year but they are also a significant contributor to climate change, producing approximately 600 m...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Kreutzmann
This week on Sea Change Radio we have the honor of visiting with Bill Kreutzmann, original drummer of the Grateful Dead, and organic gardener. Host...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Andrew Revkin, Credit: NY Times
The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will exceed 9 billion. How will that affect life on the local level, on the global...

  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:33
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
It took humankind 1800 years to get from a global population of about 200 million to 1 billion. But it only took us 200 years to go from a billion ...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: David Eagleman, Credit: eagleman.com
David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space;...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Julian Baggini, Credit: Julian Baggini's blog
We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford que...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Vaclav Smil
This week on Sea Change Radio, a rare interview with renowned energy expert and futurist, Vaclav Smil. A Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
Caption: Brian Greene, Credit: www.columbia.edu
Brian Greene says mathematics shows how every decision we make creates a parallel universe; plus, we join Tim Jackson as he takes a Q&A session on ...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 42:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jonathan Bloom
This week’s guests on Sea Change Radio both are waste crusaders in their own unique ways. First, host Alex Wise speaks with conceptual artist Matth...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Josi Severson creating a design for textile use, Credit: Lisa Ostrander
Today on Art Beat we get to know a local textile artist who adds her own twist on design. Josi Severson is a local Winonan who specializes in organ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:49
Caption: The AAAS website, Credit: AAAS.org
The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plu...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeff Hoffman working in the shuttle's cargo bay, Credit: Nasa
In an extended interview, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the space shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:53
  • Purchases: 1
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus Mike Scrage talks about moose in Minnesota and Diana Magner and Chris Holmes tal...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 42:45
Caption: Tsunami aftermath in Indonesia, Credit: UNEP
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR ENVIRONMENT, DISASTERS, AND CONFLICT.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 27:57
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This week on Smart City, we're getting out and about in the city of Pittsburgh. We'll talk to three people who are working to get people off the c...

Bought by WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This week on Smart City, the group Cincinnatians for progress fight for their right to transit and we'll hear a conversation with Alex Steffan abou...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFSU, WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5
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This week on Smart City we'll talk with the creator of one of my favorite sites, WalkScore.com, and we'll find out what Chicago's former Sustanabil...

Bought by WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ, and WLRN


  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5