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Living Planet 03/30/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Nature in transition - On this week’s show: Colombia’s impressive birdlife has survived civil war. Can it now help save the cou...

Bought by 'The Sea', KUAF Public Radio, KRJF-lp, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 10
Living Planet 03/16/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on Living Planet: Caribbean after the storm - In 2017, two hurricanes of the highest intensity — Category 5 — wreaked havoc on the ...

Bought by KRJF-lp, WXDU, KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 11
Living Planet 03/09/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Nuclear, post-Fukushima - Seven years on from Fukushima, we look at Japan's controversial efforts to send evacuees homes, and ba...

Bought by KRJF-lp, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KVSC, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 10
Living Planet 03/02/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
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Living Planet: Surprise, surprise… Our planet is full of surprises, from burning ice to clever fish! Expect the unexpected on this week's episo...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WFIU, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
George Monbiot: Altruism For An Age Of Crisis
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Monbiot
When you think of the values emblematic of politics in the Occident, does the term “altruism” come to mind? Probably not lately. Our guest today on...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Topher White: Connecting The Rainforest
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Topher White
Do you have a drawer somewhere filled with old cellphones collecting dust? Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to put those phones to good use...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
If The Dutch Ruled The World
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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When liberal politicians suggest we look for policy-making inspiration from social democracies in Europe, the automatic reaction from some corners ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Unlocking The Kigali Amendment
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
The Montreal Protocol that was signed in 1987 is widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of international cooperation on environmental ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Travel to Tunisia
From: Let's Travel! Radio
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Lets Travel! Radio's newest adventure is here. Tune in as Michael discusses Tunisian cuisine, sightseeing, fashion, and International Air Travel. S...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2016
  • Length: 54:53
Gemma Bulos: Turning A Drop Into A Wave
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gemma Bulos
If you’re listening to this broadcast, the chances are you can get clean drinking water right from your kitchen sink. But much of the world’s popul...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • 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
We Talk the Thermodynamics of Civilization with Professor Tim Garrett
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Tim Garrett
Professor Tim Garrett of the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss the thermodynamic implications of our ene...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Gas in the New Bolivia
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
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An anthropologist comments on the complicated relationship in Bolivia between the natural gas industry and those who want to protect the environmen...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 12:00
Part Three: The Small But Mighty Rice Farm
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Chuck Earnest's rice fields near Steele, Mo., are a waterfowl sanctuary during the non-growing season., Credit: Kristofor Husted
For such a small region, this sprawling landscape of the Bootheel has some of the most productive farmland in the U.S. A solid water supply and nut...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:50
Daniel Kammen: Electricity For All, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Kammen
Last week we spoke about the prospect of decentralized energy systems supplying clean electricity to the developing world with Daniel Kammen, a UC...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change Is Tough on Penguins: Author Fen Montaigne
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Fen’s book, “Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica,” shows his passion for this otherworldly place and many of its two-footed in...

Bought by Radio Newark, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
Global Water Contract, Part II
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In Part II of a 2-part series on the Global Water Contract, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill explains the Committee's progressive recommendations...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 05:21
Blueprint or Scramble?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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Climate change is impacting the globe in surprising ways. The Maldives might be submerged, but Canadian trade could benefit from new waterways. Wha...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 24:53
  • Purchases: 1
Global Ethics Corner: Who Should Control Egypt's Water?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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As Ethiopia continues construction on the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Egyptian officials are worried about their water supply. Does Eth...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
Yemen: Scarce Water, Security Threat?
From: War News Radio
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainability Adventurers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ed Gillespie
Can a spirit of adventure lead us toward more sustainable living? This week on Sea Change Radio, we try to answer that question. First, host Alex W...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Author Anthony Brandt and "The Man Who Ate His Boots"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 7
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Calvin Jollimore and his daughter., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Prince Edward Island is known the world over for its mussels. Nothing quite like them and those produced on PEI account for 80 percent of all musse...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 27:06
Global Ethics Corner: Not Enough Fish in the Sea?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Marine fish stocks are dangerously low, but this hasn't stopped China from sending its fishing fleets to distant waters, sometimes illegally. Could...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
Green Asia: Segment 2
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Nobuo Tanaka sees diverse energy sources--including nuclear--as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "POLLI-bricks." This p...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 18:10