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Baratunde Thurston on Good Citizen
From: Madison Brown
Series: Good Citizen with Ted Roosevelt V
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Baratunde Thurston describes his experiences as a Black man in nature and the influence his mother had on his positive outlook. He’s a comedian, wr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:22
Henrietta Lacks' Immortal Cells
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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One of medical science’s greatest paradoxes: The cancer cells that killed Henrietta Lacks revolutionized medicine -- medical care her own family co...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:14
How to Hold Back the Ocean
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Maurice Bailey at Shell to Shore collection in Athens GA, Credit: Claire Reynolds
More and more coastal communities want to build sea walls to prevent catastrophic flooding because of rising sea levels. But do they work? We talk ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Detroit Hives: Honey Bee Farms as Urban Revitalization - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Urban beekeeping is forging new paths in Detroit. Nicole Lindsey and Timothy Paule Jackson of Detroit Hives are generating a lot of buzz working to...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and WFHB


  • Added: May 09, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Raj Patel and Rupa Marya, INFLAMED & Jimmie Allen, MY VOICE IS A TRUMPET
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with physician and activist Rupa Marya and her co-author writer and food activist Raj Patel about their book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and t...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
When you see a barricade, do you feel safe?
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Slow Streets' hit a bump in Oakland and turned into something better.

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
210430: Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”, 4/30/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
2021-04-30 Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

Bought by KZUM, Maine Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
2021-02-12 Killer Combination: Climate, Health and Poverty
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Experts have warned us that COVID-19 is just one example of climate change-related diseases on the rise. And while climate disruption, environmenta...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, WDSE and more


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
210212: Killer Combination: Climate, Health and Poverty, 2/12/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Experts have warned us that COVID-19 is just one example of climate change-related diseases on the rise. And while climate disruption, environmenta...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
This Is My Home
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Diane Wilson and Sharon Lavigne defend their Texas and Louisiana communities from petrochemical pollution, in the courtroom, on the water, and in...

Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WMPG, WFHB, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
1204: Breaking Through: A Year of Climate Conversations, 12/4/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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“Unprecedented” is one of the most overused words of 2020, but it reflects the superstorm of disruption brought on by an overlapping pandemic, raci...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2020-12-04 Breaking Through: A Year of Climate Conversations
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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“Unprecedented” is one of the most overused words of 2020, but it reflects the superstorm of disruption brought on by an overlapping pandemic, raci...

Bought by KUOW, MPR News Stations, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, WAMU and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
2020-11-13 Cropped Out: Land, Race, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Harvest season is especially hard this year, as the pandemic strains farmers and food systems, highlighting a deeply divided and often unjust Ameri...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
20201113: Cropped Out: Land, Race, and Climate, 11/13/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Harvest season is especially hard this year, as the pandemic strains farmers and food systems, highlighting a deeply divided and often unjust Ameri...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
2020-09-04 Polluting and Providing: The Dirty Energy Dilemma
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The cost and health burdens of electricity production have long been higher for low-income communities of color than for wealthy white ones. But fo...

Bought by KOWS, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
200710: The 2020 Election with Tiffany Cross, Rick Wilson, and Rich Thau, 7/10/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Racism, police and the pandemic are dominating hearts and headlines, but will they translate to votes in national and regional elections? One study...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2020-07-10 The 2020 Election with Tiffany Cross, Rick Wilson, and Rich Thau
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Racism, police and the pandemic are dominating hearts and headlines, but will they translate to votes in national and regional elections? One study...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUTC, KGUA, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
200703: Real Talk: Racism and Climate, 7/3/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The national uprising ignited by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on the country’s embedded, institutional racism, including the fra...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
2020-07-03 Real Talk: Racism and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The national uprising ignited by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on the country’s embedded, institutional racism, including the fra...

Bought by MPR News Stations, KCBX, WAMU, WHYY, WUTC and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 13
200103: Dr. Robert Bullard: The Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Communication, 1/3/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Climate One honors Dr. Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
2020-01-03 Dr. Robert Bullard: The Father of Environmental Justice
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate One honors Robert Bullard with the ninth annual Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications. Often described as ...

Bought by WJCT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMUU-LP, WFHB, and KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
Newark: Fixing The People’s Water
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The people of Newark, New Jersey—the majority of whom are black and brown—are grappling with a lead contamination crisis that has drawn comparisons...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Demand for Power
From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground
Caption: by the Southern Environmental Law Center
An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:53
190426: Oppressive Heat: Climate Change And Civil Rights, 4/26/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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While the environmental movement is typically associated with upper-class white folk, it is also a civil rights issue. Communities of color often l...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 58:59