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2017-04-30 Jane Mayer: Behind Dark Money
From: Climate One
Caption: Author Jane Mayer
Who are the people bankrolling our political system? New Yorker writer Jane Mayer takes us behind the scenes and exposes the powerful group of indi...

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kaz Makabe on Japan's Nuclear Shutdown
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kaz Makabe
In 2011, in the wake of the devastating nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor, thousands of Japanese people relocated, the world held i...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sammy Roth: Rewiring the West
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
What do you think of when you hear the word, "billionaires?" Ruthless capitalists? Decadent narcissists? Evil cheese-puffs? What about renewable po...

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


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
2017-02-12 Doubt, Deny or Defend: Republicans on Climate Change
From: Climate One
Caption: Bob Inglis, Former Republican U.S. Representative, South Carolina, Credit: Ed Ritger
Much has been made of the partisan divide when it comes to climate change. But are there Republicans out there who accept the science and believe ...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
The Revolution Where You Live
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sarah van Gelder
No matter how we voted in this last election, all of us can agree on one thing. Our country, and the world, faces significant problems: Racism to c...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Four Strong Winds: First US Offshore Wind Project Launches
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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As the public learned of the recent opening of America’s first offshore wind power project, many wondered why it took so long? This week on Sea Cha...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 23, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: To Stop Trump Agenda, Progressive Activists Must Push Democrats to Boldly ...

Bought by WRIR, KRZA, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
2016-12-18 What Now for California?
From: Climate One
Caption: Tony Thurmond, Assemblyman (D-15)
What’s the future for California with a Donald Trump White House? The country's biggest and bluest state is at odds with the emerging administrati...

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  • Length: 59:00
The “F” Words: Talking Fossil Fuel with Daniel Dicker
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Fossil fuel is sort of a dirty word in environmental circles, but it still comprises over 80% of the world’s energy consumption. This week on Sea C...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 15: Acre for Acre - The Fight For Strawberry Field
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we take a close look at all sides of a controversial land deal and that bitterly divided the Colorado Springs...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:58
Raj Thamotheram: Forcing Corporate Stewardship
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Raj Thamotheram
What will it take to get the CEOs of the world's largest fossil fuel companies to wake up to the realities of climate change? Our guest this week o...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
Robin McDowell: Exposing Modern Slavery
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Robin McDowell
Human slavery. Many of us think of it as a terrible chapter of US history that ended in the 19th century. But, according to the United Nations, sla...

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


  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Leaving The Station: John Rennie Short on Public Transit
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Rennie Short
If you live in the US, chances are you have at some point been frustrated that our public transit systems don’t do a great job linking urban center...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
RDD: The Land Bank
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today The Rough Draft Diaries meets Josh Murnen. He is the Vice President & General Counsel of the Lucas County Land Bank. Never heard of a land ba...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 06:06
Dan Dicker: Deciphering Oil Prices
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Some energy analysts predict that the past year’s downward trend in oil prices will continue. Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio, energy exper...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Bottle Bills in Colorado
From: Hannah Leigh Myers
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Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
Cannabis Radio News #50
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News we get the latest from Washington, DC, California, Vancouver, BC, Massachusetts, and reaction to an opin...

Bought by KVMR and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cannabis Radio News #34
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News, we hear from Jax Finkel, Deputy Director of Texas NORML; Scott Winkles, lobbyist for the League of Oreg...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cannabis Radio News #32
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News, we hear updates from legislatures in Alaska, Oregon and California, not to mention breaking news from C...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Latest Oil Glut: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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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
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
Carbon Shock
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mark Schapiro, Credit: Center for Investigative Reporting
Carbon is shaping our future. Those little particles we can’t even see are reshaping our natural world, and transforming our economy. And, it all e...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 24, 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
Flood Insurance
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The National Flood Insurance Program has paid more than $38 billion in claims since 1978. It was meant to be a self-supporting system, but currentl...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:14