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Drips of Change: Preserving Our Freshwater
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tom Ries in Cockroach bay, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
40 years after the Clean Water Act became law, the landscape of our water supply has been transformed, and regulation is being framed by some as an...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tom Vanderbilt on Transit & Traffic
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Vanderbilt
Has this ever happened to you: you’re sitting in your car, engine idling, watching the cars in front of you and behind you move only inches at a ti...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Walmart: Green or Greed? Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Stacy Mitchell
Walmart. What does the name of the world’s largest retailer evoke for you? Do you think of its reputation as a poor employer and its anti-union tac...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: the nation’s highest-regarded pollution advocacy group
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Philip Cafaro
What is the United States Chamber of Commerce? Many Americans hold the misconception that it’s a government agency. It is not. It is the most signi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
A Look at Global Sustainability, with a Focus on China
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Carnegie Council's Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and leading Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun discusses China's air and water crisi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 23:23
154: The Challenge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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As we enter into the new year, our thoughts turn to the strengths and weaknesses of the existing proposals and plans for future actions on behalf o...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 04:35
Ecologist Eric Berlow: Simplicity On The Other Side Of Complexity
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Eric Berlow
Trained as an ecologist, our guest this week on Sea Change Radio uses complexity theory to map spheres of influence and find solutions to any numbe...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
153: Climate Talks in Durban
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Environmental activists with flags on their backs bury their heads in the sand on Durban's beachfront, highlighting nations that are failing to effectively prevent climate change. , Credit: Mike Hutchings/Reuters) From TakePart.com: Ocean Gets No Respect From Durban
Climate change was in the news again recently, with reports from Durban, South Africa where another U.N. Summit took place. In this episode of Worl...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:22
Canadian North Shore Community Questions Nuclear Waste Storage
From: WTIP
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Will a nuclear waste storage facility be constructed in the Lake Superior Basin? The answer is: possibly. Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organiz...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSRQ, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Peaks & Valleys of Clean Energy Innovation
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jesse Jenkins
The bankruptcy of solar startup, Solyndra, earlier this year had the clean energy naysayers up-in-arms, saying that Solyndra’s demise proved that g...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Global Ethics Corner: Was Durban Doomed?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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With the 17th annual global climate change talks foundering in Durban, little hope is left for a worldwide initiative designed to combat global war...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #24- The Two Fates of the Old East Portico (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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When the District recovered the old Capitol columns, it forgot about the other fragments that had also once held up the country's icon of democracy.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
Neither Frogs Nor Sunsets Should Be Taken for Granted
From: WTIP
Caption: Northern Leopard Frog, Credit: Andy on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_emcee/)
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced Endangered Species Act protection is not warranted for the northern leopard frog in 19 states...

Bought by KSRQ and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
Environmental Journalist Jeff Goodell on Politics, Policy & Coal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeff Goodell
If you could get the President’s attention for just long enough to tell him the ten things you’d like him to do to save the planet, or at least put...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
141: Environmental Justice
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: UMA, a chemical carrier ship, is waiting to be cut in a ship breaking yard at Sitakunda in Chittagong, Southeastern Bangladesh. There are many ship breaking industries along this coastal region that contribute a huge amount of environmental pollution., Credit: Wahid Adnan/Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss environmental inequality and a number of organizations around the globe active in this area, inc...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
142: Policy, Planning, and Governance
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Coastal Development - Southern California, Credit: (c) Wolcott Henry 2005/Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill lists a few actions, however improbable each might sound, to outline changes in policy, plan...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:21
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) on Creating a Clean Energy Nation
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Jerry McNerney
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, representing California’s 11th District. In an earlier appearance on Se...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Nuclear Power at a Crossroads?
From: Burton Cohen
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Beyond Nuclear's Paul Gunter analyzes the state of nuclear power in the US.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:43
Kitt Doucette: From the Frontlines of the Plastic Bag Wars
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kitt Doucette
In just a couple of decades the plastic bag has become ubiquitous on this planet – these “disposable” items don’t biodegrade, however, so they’ve b...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Filmmaker Josh Tickell: Fueling the Ethanol Debate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Josh Tickell
Ask an environmentally aware friend of yours what they think about ethanol and the response will probably be negative. Critics of this long-establi...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Global Ethics Corner: The Keystone XL Oil Pipeline and the National Interest
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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A proposed Canadian pipeline would transport bitumen from the tar sands of Alberta to refineries on the Gulf Coast, crossing the border. Is Keyston...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Tropic of Chaos and a Volunteer Story
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Christian Parenti and Alison Thompson, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Marijuana in Northern California with Sheriff Tom Allman, Part Two.
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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This program is second of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, recorded on August 8, 2011. We continue our discussion about ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00

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