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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 ...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 11
Spectrum 03/13/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Spectrum: Germany’s wild boar Problem - For German hunters, it’s open season on wild boars all year round. There is, perhaps, good reason for t...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 6
“Catch Colt Draws A Coffin Cart”: Remembering John Perry Barlow
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow, Grateful Dead lyricist, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and environmentalist, died in his sleep this past week ...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Maya van Rossum and the Green Amendment Movement
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Maya van Rossum
When the crafters of the Declaration of Independence affirmed “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as inalienable rights, they could not h...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Episode 74: Catastrophe
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1993, more than 1,000 levees broke along the Mississippi River, flooding thousands of acres. In most cases the floods were seen as an “Act of Go...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 30:08
  • Purchases: 1
Where There’s Smoke: California Wildfires
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ed Struzik
Most of us associate Napa and Sonoma counties with delicious wine and rolling hills. But this year those hills were ablaze. Dozens lost their lives...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 91: Heat or Eat
From: Shira Rascoe
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Millions of Americans struggle to pay their utility bills, and some families are even forced to choose between groceries or energy bills. Professor...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 25:59
Alex Gilbert: Environmental Roots of a Scandal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Gilbert
It has been a bit difficult to keep up with the news since January. Every few hours it seems like there is a new revelation in the global political...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Kirk Lombard, Sea Forager
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kirk Lombard
As more of us are becoming aware of the dark side of the seafood industry, the locavore revolution has been moving full throttle into seafood. This...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Teens Sue U.S. Gov’t over Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Philip Gregory
What do a 13 year old in Louisiana, a 14 year old in Oregon and a 16 year old in Hawaii all have in common besides possibly the number of hours a d...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
How We Fight Back: Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Zack Exley and Becky Bond
All over the world people who care about the environment are watching the US President-Elect sketch out a blueprint for disaster. To head the EPA h...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gavin Newsom
How does Gavin Newsom maintain his optimism in the face of all the destructive policies the president-elect might enact? That’s part of what we tal...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 1
Shower Power: Doniece Sandoval
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doniece Sandoval
Do you live in a city? Well, if you don’t, you may soon. It is predicted that by 2050, more than 70 percent of us human beings will be living in ci...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green vs. Gray: How Can Trees Clean up the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Combined sewers at Heider Creek in Avon Lake, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Scientists believe greening projects and vegetation can filter water before it gets into the lake, but it may not be the solution for every city.

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
Companies Corroding Communities
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neela Banerjee
According to the Supreme Court, corporations are people. The absurdity of this statement notwithstanding, it is clear that, like people, corporatio...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Tim Dickinson: Sunshine State In The Dark
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim Dickinson
Think about the sunniest states in the U.S. Florida, the place that calls itself "the sunshine state" is sure to come to mind. Indeed, the solar i...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Salt Water Wilderness: Summer Brennan & Doug Woodring
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Summer Brennan
What does the word wilderness evoke in your mind? A vast field, a dense forest, a body of water? If you’re an attorney, it may simply be a legal te...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Water Pressure 5: Water Businesses Need a "Moment of Truth"
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
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There are plenty of entrepreneurs coming up with solutions to the many problems with water. But they're not getting enough interested investors.

Bought by WABE and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2
Water Pressure 4: Water's Taking it Back
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
Caption: Melting Alaskan glacier, Credit: Rupa Shenoy
Water is claiming more coastal land, everywhere. So, do we prepare for that, or protect against it?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Water Pressure 3: Water Isn't Just Running Out In California
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
Caption: Swansea Water Manager Robert Marquis
Our biggest source of freshwater is running out -- everywhere.

Bought by WABE, WLPR , and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 3
Water Pressure 2: When It Rains, It Floods -- and Pollutes
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
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Our progress on cleaning up waterways has stalled, and scientists are blaming... everyone.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 2
Water Pressure 1: New England Stole California's Snow
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
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Our relationship with water is changing, and we can’t ignore that water’s moods are getting a lot more dramatic.

Bought by WLPR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
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
Get The Lead Out: Kevin Drum & Sarah Hess
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kevin Drum
The policy decisions we make today will have an impact on the next hundred years and beyond. It kind of makes you think, what policy decisions from...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 30:00