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The drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing -- or fracking -- has drawn increased scrutiny around the United State and the world in recent y...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 08:41
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James Wells and Nicole Brown of Whatcom County explain the Scoping process of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Cherry Point Coal Terminal...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:59
Caption: A Dam Nice View, The Hoover Dam, Credit: Amyn Kassam
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joan Michelson (l) of Green Connections Radio and Jaime Carlson (r) of the US Dept of Energy
Curious about how the Dept of Energy is spending your money? Where did all those billions in Recovery Act money go? What financial incentives are t...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 21:26
Caption: Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation
Energy policy expert Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation talks about what state and local governments, as well as Congress and the Pr...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:18
Caption: James Gustave Speth
Average Americans are painfully aware of the challenges we face as a nation – joblessness, failing schools, declining health, intractable poverty, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fred Kaufman
This week, along with the rest of the country, we'll be piling my plate high with abundant turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and apple pie. It seem...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Ken Burns
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has produced a new film series on the dustbowl. It features survivors, experts on climate and farming, as well as s...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Neela Banerjee
Hurricane Sandy highlighted the devastating effects of a changing climate and rising sea levels like perhaps no other event we have seen in this co...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Ashley Hathaway
Like it or not, genetically engineered foods make up a significant portion of our nation’s food supply. Approximately ninety-three percent of all U...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Matt Wasson
Do you cringe when you hear the term “clean coal?” Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio feels that this term is not only an oxymoron it’s offens...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: Steve Almond
Magical thinking. According to the McGraw Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine, this is a condition, “similar to a normal stage of childhood ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:16
Caption: Steve Almond
Author Steve Almond is an astute observer of American topics as disparate as candy, rock & roll and politics. This week on Sea Change Radio, in the...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:56
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The plight of approximately 4000 Montana Buffalo, related to the tens of millions of buffalo who roamed North America as recently as 160 years ago,...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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This week on Interchange, host Dan Young speaks with author Will Potter about the his claims that the fear of "terrorism" is being exploited to sil...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 44:28
Caption: John Zerzan, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
John Zerzan is an anarcho-primitivist writer and speaker.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 35:37
Caption: Philip Warburg
In his book, Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability, Philip Warburg takes us behind the scenes of ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:48
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Why would an organic farmer run for Congress? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn and her guest, Anthony Flaccavento, a former Food and...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Josh Fox
Remember when the tobacco industry hired a PR firm to convince us all that smoking wasn’t addictive and didn’t cause cancer? Now we know better but...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:46
Caption: Alexander Rose, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
Alexander Rose is the Executive Director at the Long Now Foundation, a San Francisco-based group dedicated to encouraging long-term thinking.

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 31:36
Caption: Jan Lundberg, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
Jan Lundberg is a former oil industry analyst turned environmental activist. He is the founder of Culture Change and the Sail Transport Network. We...

  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 37:43
Caption: Peter Warren, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
The Malpai Borderlands Group is a coalition of ranchers and environmentalists who manage over 75,000 acres of grassland in Southeastern Arizona. Do...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 35:38
Caption: Rev. John Fife, Credit: Eleanor Davis, www.doing-fine.com
We plunge into The Conversation with our first interview: Reverend John Fife. Our conversation started with Rev. Fife’s experience with the Sanctua...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 35:23
Caption: Roger Kim
Recently on Sea Change Radio, we discussed the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California, and the social movement that’s pushing back against one of...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:01