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When Consumer Reports tested 300 raw chicken breasts from supermarkets nationwide they discovered that more than half of the samples contained bact...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Shauna Theel
What forces have conspired so that millions of Americans believe that the overwhelming majority of scientists are dead wrong about climate change? ...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leigh Fondakowski
When we talk about corporations trying harder to do the right thing when it comes to the environment, it’s important to remember the consequences o...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: The Bay Area Bike Share station in front of San Francisco City Hall, Credit: Isabel Angell
The success of Bay Area Bike Share depends on one place: downtown San Francisco. Back in August, the program. made a well-calculated gamble and stu...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
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Jim Hightower, political commentator and author of If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates; Thieves in High Places: Th...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
Caption: Chuck Leavell
This week on Sea Change Radio, we dip into the archives to reconnect with three timeless essentials – the sun, the trees and music. First, we hear ...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Marx
Most of the time when we hear about “bureaucratic delays” it is with a sigh and a moan (especially this week when the Federal government is almost ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Mike Parker reviewing his energy bill, Credit: Laura Flynn
You might have heard about CleanPowerSF. It’s a program that would allow San Franciscans to choose where their electricity comes from. This model o...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 10:39
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
Caption: Marion Nestle
Remember when President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and “empathy” was transformed by some political commentators into a d...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Sam Daley-Harris
With his new book, Sam Daley-Harris shares how he and the citizens advocacy organizations he has founded (RESULTS and the Microcredit Summit Campai...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pennsylvania farmer sees fracking's effects on farms., Credit: Credit Under CC license from Flickr user Public Herald
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” could be a revenue bonanza for California. The nation’s largest reserve of deep-rock oil is in ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
Caption: Rhett Butler
The global expansion of the palm oil industry is one of the largest upheavals in modern agricultural history - and one that many Americans know not...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
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As Ethiopia continues construction on the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Egyptian officials are worried about their water supply. Does Eth...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
Caption: George Lakoff
Last week on Sea Change Radio, influential progressive and cognitive linguist George Lakoff laid out the principles of linguistic framing as they r...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: George Lakoff
They say actions speak louder than words, but words are pretty important, too. This week and next on Sea Change Radio, we welcome George Lakoff, th...

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  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frances Moore Lappe
Author Frances Moore Lappe describes herself as a “possibilist” rather than an optimist or pessimist. In her recent book, she argues that solutions...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adam Browning
Last week on Sea Change Radio host Alex Wise spoke to Adam Browning, the executive director of Vote Solar, a non-profit organization that advocates...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
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Listening to the national dialogue on energy policy can be a little discouraging. Not only does it feel like progress is not happening fast enough,...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
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Air Occupy presents voices from the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, D.C. on February 17. Interviews with rally participants and sounds fro...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:06
Caption: Chuck Leavell
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from two very different guests. First, it’s rock and roll legend, conservationist and environmental author, C...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
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Follow a breadcrumb trail of black wax and wheel marks to a secret war over public space.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 3
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: 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