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Plunging Oil Prices: Dan Dicker Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
When it comes to global oil markets, the one thing that everyone agrees on is that it’s complex. The recent plunge in oil prices has many of us sea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Farmsters + Citizen Science
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Lauren Markham
Getting back to the roots. What does it really mean? This week on Sea Change Radio, we feature two women who have each recently penned pieces for O...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Journeys: PBS Film Series + Walkabouts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tom Courtney
This week on Sea Change Radio we talk about journeys, large and small. First we hear from Marilyn and Hal Weiner, the filmmakers behind the PBS ser...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
Divest: Pulling the Plug on Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Student divestment campaigners at CU Boulder, Credit: Hannah Leigh Myers
Fossil fuels are a trillion dollar industry but environmentalists say they have a plan to pull the plug on the industry: divestment. The campaign t...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
'Tis The Season For A Good Guide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dara O'Rourke
It’s that time of year, again: the season of giving…or at least the season of buying. When you’re perusing the shelves, be they virtual or actual, ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
What the Lobster Knew: Biomimicry + Concrete
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brent Constantz
Did you know that the production of cement is responsible for 5% of the carbon dioxide emissions on the planet? Our guest today on Sea Change Radio...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Hawken Part II: Cultivating Progress
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to Paul Hawken about how the civil rights movement helped shape his thinking and spurred him into a life of...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Digging Deep with Paul Hawken
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Hawken
Today on Sea Change Radio we begin our two-part discussion with Paul Hawken, thought-leader, author and environmentalist, perhaps best known as the...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Earthquakes: Why and When
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses earthquakes with John Dvorak, Ph.D., a geophysicist and author of “Earthquake Storms:  The Fascinating History and Volatile...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
Sustainability Is the New Black
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Bradley & Eddie Baba
If you moved into a new home that was three-times the square-footage you’d probably expect to see your utility bills go up by a lot, right? Well, o...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Oregon Caves
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Roger Brandt, the manager of visitor services and education at the Oregon Caves National Monument, one of the few marble ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
Fracking Moves To China, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James West
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned about the new shale gas boom in China. This week, in the second part of my discussion with Jaeah Lee and ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Fracking Moves To China, Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jaeah Lee
There is a relatively unanimous recognition that we inhabitants of earth really need to break our addiction to coal. It's filthy and there are so m...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
How Carbon Is Changing The Cost of Everything
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Schapiro
We hear a lot about putting a price on carbon but what does it really mean? This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, Mark Schapiro, an investigative ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
California Burning: The Mendocino Lodge Fire
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious speaks with four different public servants about how a rural community copes in times of catastrophic wildfires.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:01
A Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Sharing Economy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Minett
Nobody hitchhikes anymore. Back in the 1980s getting a ride with a stranger became decidedly un-trendy. Rugged individualism was in and ridesharing...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
Durwood Zaelke and the Ozone Keepers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
Remember the seventies? Remember feathered hair, pull-tab soda cans, debates about the thinning ozone layer? Our guest this week on Sea Change Radi...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Nevada: The Paradoxical State
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rose McKinney-James
From an environmental standpoint, Nevada is a state of stark contrasts. When we think of the Silver State, most of us picture the Las Vegas strip, ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
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
Women Ecopreneurs in the Developing World
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shilpi Chhotray
A wide array of economic analysts are increasingly recognizing the link between economic development and gender equality. Research is showing that ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping An Eye On The Natural Gas Boom
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neela Banerjee
Even the most casual followers of energy policy have become aware of the controversy surrounding the massive expansion of fracking in this country ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Jonathan Trent and the OMEGA Project
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jonathan Trent
When life gives you lemons they say to make lemonade. And what if life gives you sewage released into an enclosed bay, what can you make? Certainly...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
World-Class Cities Redefined
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matthew Garbett
What makes a world-class city? Is it just having winning sports teams, good shopping centers, and iconic sky-scrapers? Or should having progressive...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Picking Up The Pieces: Jeff Kirschner
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeff Kirschner
Anyone who is on social media knows how often you can be inundated with picayune details of your friends’ daily lives. But what if all that over-sh...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Adam Werbach Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Werbach
Our guest today is Adam Werbach who could already have been called an environmental activist when he was just in high school. At the ripe young age...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:00