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Solar Access Warming For Renters
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Browning
Is your home one of the millions that haven’t been able to get solar because you’re a renter? The cost of solar panel installation is half of what ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Exxon Fuels Denial
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Suzanne Goldenberg
Children learn that lying is wrong, often in kindergarten. Apparently, somewhere on the road to becoming corporate leaders, they un-learn that less...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Abrahm Lustgarten: Water Management Breakdown
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Abrahm Lustgarten
Discussions about the West’s epic drought tend to focus on the need to cut back on residential and agricultural water usage. The importance of wate...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Grey Lady and The EPA
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Joe Romm
For the better part of the past decade, The New York Times and The Environmental Protection Agency have been frequent punching bags of the right wi...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ginger Strand
“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” perfectly captured the essence of the American fascinati...

Bought by KVSC, WMUU-LP, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Topical Tropical Dilemmas
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rhett Butler
Monoculture. It displaces native plant and animal species, it leads to long-term soil quality degradation, and, in tropical areas, it often means t...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Revkin: Carbon Divide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrew Revkin
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from noted environmental journalist, Andrew Revkin, about a recent Yale/Utah State survey and mapping project...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Plight of The Condor
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kelly Sorenson
The California Condor may not be the prettiest of endangered species, but that doesn’t make it any less important to the ecosystem. Our guest this ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
Greenpeace’s Rolf Skar On Big Paper
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rolf Skar
Money doesn’t grow on trees, but if you’re a paper company, trees are definitely how you make your money. Paper production is one of the leading ca...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Naomi Oreskes on “Merchants of Doubt”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Naomi Oreskes
A recent Pew survey found that 48% of Americans are still unconvinced that global warming is happening and that human activity is causing it. How c...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fracking: There’s Something In The Air
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Caroline Cox
The potential damage posed by hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” to ground water, its contribution to earthquake risk, and overall deceptive pract...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Troubled Coastlines From Louisiana To Maine, Pt. II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Bob Marshall about Louisiana’s shrinking coastline. And this week we...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Bob Marshall: Louisiana Encroachment, Pt. I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
With so much focus on the BP oil spill and the havoc it has wrought on the Gulf Coast, it's easy to overlook the broader, more long-term environmen...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Latest Oil Glut: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Piece image
It comes as little surprise that the author of a book entitled Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future is a critic of...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Rise Drowning Alaskan Village
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kate Sheppard
We have heard the warnings for years now: climate change will someday force people to move from their homes. Sea level rise will put places from Mi...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Plunging Oil Prices: Dan Dicker Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Last week we spoke with energy analyst Dan Dicker about the reasons behind the sudden drop in oil prices and the potential impact this could have o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Journeys: PBS Film Series + Walkabouts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Courtney
This week on Sea Change Radio we talk about journeys, large and small. First we hear from Marilyn and Hal Weiner, the filmmakers behind the PBS ser...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
Divest: Pulling the Plug on Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Student divestment campaigners at CU Boulder, Credit: Hannah Leigh Myers
Fossil fuels are a trillion dollar industry but environmentalists say they have a plan to pull the plug on the industry: divestment. The campaign t...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Hawken Part II: Cultivating Progress
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to Paul Hawken about how the civil rights movement helped shape his thinking and spurred him into a life of...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Fracking Moves To China, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James West
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned about the new shale gas boom in China. This week, in the second part of my discussion with Jaeah Lee and ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
How Carbon Is Changing The Cost of Everything
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Schapiro
We hear a lot about putting a price on carbon but what does it really mean? This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, Mark Schapiro, an investigative ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
David Rolf: Fair Wages and Sustainability
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rolf
Economists these days are confirming what many already know – the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening. In the face of soaring productiv...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Wilderness Too Tame?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
When was the last time you were really in the wilderness? Or, maybe you’re like the millions of Americans who’ve never even been in the wild before...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Adam Browning: Solar Strides
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Browning
solar-panelsThe signs of solar power becoming a truly self-sustaining industry are manifold: Solar manufacturing costs fell by between 70 and 80 pe...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doug Fine: Hemp Bound
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doug Fine
All of us have seen the explosion of hemp-based products – hemp seed oil and hemp clothing seem to be everywhere. But, up until now, all of these i...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 01, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1