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Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. Are we experiencing the end of night?
Bought by WCNY and KAZU Seaside, Calif.
- Added: Oct 07, 2013
- Length: 53:54
- Purchases: 2
ChasingIce_smThe acclaimed documentary film Chasing Ice chronicles the work of photographer and environmentalist James Balog, who has been at the f...
- Added: Oct 01, 2013
- Length: 30:00
This ThoughtCast hour is devoted to innovation, the intellect, and the environment: from the creation of artificial skin; to new theories about bla...
Bought by KPIP-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 58:40
- Purchases: 2
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
In 1988 a Hollywood movie called Gorillas in the Mist depicted the work of the noted primatologist Dian Fossey and brought well-warranted attention...
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 29:59
Massive wildfires, like the recent so-called “Rim Fire” which threatened the region near Yosemite National Park, seem to be far-too-frequent events...
- Added: Sep 10, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Back in 2010 we had entomologist John Hafernik on Sea Change Radio to explain what was going on with the honey bees and colony collapse disorder. T...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Sep 05, 2013
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 1
Last week we spoke with Azzam Alwash, who earned a 2013 Goldman Prize for restoring a vast marshland in Iraq that had been drained and depleted und...
- Added: Aug 27, 2013
- Length: 30:00
We are not very used to hearing good news about Iraq these days. Nor is there an abundance of feel good stories about the earth's dwindling wetland...
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 29:55
On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with Joni Finnegan, a southeast Minnesota artist with a deep appreciation and love of nature. Joni creates "e...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 21:16
- Purchases: 1
We’ve spoken to Richard Heinberg in the past about several problems inherent to our carbon-based economy, from peak oil, to coal to what he has dub...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 16, 2013
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Genetically Modified Organism is a downright dirty word among many environmentalists and food activists. People oppose GMOs for health reasons and ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 1
Filmmaker Peter Byck believes that the issue of preserving the environment is truly non-partisan, that when you strip away all the political rhetor...
- Added: Jul 26, 2013
- Length: 30:29
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
We explore both the lyrical and ethical heart of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring as we ask what are the ecological and moral effects of the banal and...
- Added: Jul 13, 2013
- Length: 29:05
A tornado that devastated Fayetteville, Tennessee the week author Clint McCown was born is the setting for his latest award-winning novel, Haints.
- Added: Jul 12, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
An interview with bestselling author Cheryl Strayed on her book "Wild"
- Added: Jul 10, 2013
- Length: 12:38
Did you see how they covered President Obama’s recent big environmental speech on the Sunday political talk shows? No? That’s because none of the S...
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 29:40
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
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...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jun 14, 2013
- Length: 09:59
- Purchases: 2
Ruth Ozeki talks about her acclaimed new novel, A Tale For The Time Being. It’s about a Japanese-American teenager, an American-Japanese writer, an...
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 59:02
Factory farms produce a majority of our nation's meat. Over two-thirds of the beef consumed in this country comes from farms with at least 5,000 he...
- Added: Jun 11, 2013
- Length: 30:00
Consumers are becoming more eco-conscious and little by little, investors are too. A company that shows regular profits might look like a sound inv...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jun 05, 2013
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Is living sustainably a plausible proposition? That’s the crucial question today’s first guest on Sea Change Radio, David MacKay, is trying to answ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
