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eBike Biz: eBliss Global CEO Bill Klehm
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bill Klehm
If you live in a hilly city (like I do), riding a bike for a quick errand can be an arduous proposition - at least that was true until the advent o...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Lead - The Pernicious Poison
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Doug and Patti speak with "Lead Safe Mama" Tamara Rubin

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 1
816-David's Close Approaching Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Comet Encke, Credit: Wikipedia
My Catalina Sky Survey Teammate David Rankin was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, AZ when...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN, Raven Radio, KRWG and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
815-RADAR Observes a Binary PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Radar Images of Asteroid 2011UL21, Credit: NASA/JPL
RADAR is very powerful tool since it can precisely measure an asteroid’s position and velocity as well as in some cases yield information about it...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN, KGLP and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
The State Of The Race: Jared Yates Sexton, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jared Yates Sexton
So far this election season has been pretty dramatic, with candidate switch-ups, surges in fundraising and volunteerism, and a growing list of crim...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Andrew Winston: AI and the Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrew Winston
For Sci-Fi buffs, a future infused with AI may evoke unsettling images of HAL from Stanley Kubrick's film, "2001: A Space Odyssey." In truth, the e...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
809-How Close Can An Asteroid Approach
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist’s conception of Earth and an Asteroid , Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
The Earth Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance or Earth MOID for short is the closest an asteroid can come to our home planet on it's current orbit.

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KCHW, Raven Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Paralysis by Pyrolysis: Lisa Song on Plastics Reduction Efforts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lisa Song
This week on Sea Change Radio we speak to Lisa Song of ProPublica about her recent work spotlighting efforts by the plastics industry to make its f...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
John Stoehr: Customer Service Politics and the ’24 Presidential Election
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Stoehr
No matter what your current stance may be on the upcoming presidential election, the past few weeks of debate debacles and failed assassination att...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Tzeporah Berman on the Fossil Fuel Treaty
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tzeporah Berman
The environmental movement has made something clear: For the health of the planet, humans need to stop using so much fossil fuel. Period. Many effo...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
805-Very Close Misses
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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During a recent 60 day period asteroid hunters observed 23 asteroids which came closer to us than our Moon. Six of them passed closer to the Earth...

Bought by KCHW, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Former San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chesa Boudin
Gallup poll data show that for the past forty years, majorities of Americans consistently perceive crime to be worse “this year” than the previous ...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
804-Tracie’s Solo
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artists Conception Of Earth And An Asteroid, Credit: Texas A&M/NASA
After months of training Tracie came full circle during her first solo 3 night observing run on the 60 inch telescope as she hosted groups of visi...

Bought by KCHW, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Former San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chesa Boudin
If you look at the data, you'll probably notice that traditional incarceration-focused criminal justice approaches are both extremely expensive and...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Bruce Piasecki on Climate Competitiveness and Trane Technologies
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bruce Piasecki
Generally speaking, the exclusive guiding principle for corporate success seems to be making obscene amounts of money. But what if corporations rec...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Eco Report - June 7, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this week's Eco Report feature, part two of 'Local Food Sovereignty Amidst Global Challenges' from Eco Report EXTRA - our online sister show. Th...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:58
  • Purchases: 1
Los Angeles: The Thirstiest County in the West
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Katie Licari
Roman Polanski’s classic 1974 film, “Chinatown,” which laid out a fictional account of California’s north-south water wars, turned out to be quite ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Warming Sea Temps and Coral Bleaching
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Elizabeth Alberts
With summer heat fast-approaching, it's a good reminder that the planet's oceans are warming fast too. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with...

  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Juan Cole
This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our discussion with Middle East expert Juan Cole of the University of Michigan. In this episode, ...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
798-Destination Enceladus
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Enceladus, Credit: ESA
Life on Earth appears to have formed in our oceans. Scientists are thus on the hunt for other worlds which have oceans of liquid water and thus po...

Bought by KCHW, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 11
Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Juan Cole
Pro-Palestinian student protests are erupting on college campuses all over the country, often resulting in aggressive responses from local law enfo...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
797-Recoveries
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid 2014 JO25, Credit: NASA Goldstone RADAR
It is essential that asteroid hunters keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids to make sure that their orbits haven’t changed as they encounte...

Bought by KCHW, Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KRWG and more


  • Added: May 05, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Journey of Kevin Ortiz: From Punishment to Politics
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kevin Ortiz
How do you think your life would be different if you had spent your first five years as an adult incarcerated? This week on Sea Change Radio, we sp...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Maria Gallucci: Zero Emission Marine Vessels
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Maria Gallucci
When it comes to energy transitions, marine vessels tend to get overlooked, even though they are some of the worst polluters of our oceans and air....

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rod Graham: The Case For Legacy Preference in College Admissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
Legacy students, applicants whose families attended the school, comprised 36 percent of Harvard’s class of 2022. Notably, 77% of students admitted ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00