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Top of Mind - Why We Take Water for Granted – But Really Shouldn’t
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to take clean water for granted in America. But drought and decaying pipes mean it’s time to think differently about H2O.

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Will the Future Be Abundant?
From: Open to Debate
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Today, humanity is thriving, but there are fears the good times will not last. Will tomorrow be better than today? Those arguing “yes” say people h...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
But Next Time Part 3: The Fight for Fair Housing in the Face of Climate Change (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: 12 Moms Initiative member Jamie describes water and mold damage to her home at the Coppertree Village Apartments to members of the National Low Income Housing Coalition during a bus tour hosted by Houston's housing justice organizers., Credit: Leah Mahan
Today in Houston, Texas we meet a group of moms who stand up for local housing policies that keep families of color trapped in unsafe homes for yea...

Bought by KMUN and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 2
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we learned that the plastics industry plans to triple production in the next 40 years, reaching 3 trillion pounds of...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
From Turtle Island to Aotearoa: Indigenous Voices of the ‘Just Transition'
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How to get a seat at the climate table

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Matt Simon on Microplastics, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Matt Simon
Look around you: at this very moment, chances are that within a one-foot radius of your body, there’s something plastic. The ubiquity of plastic co...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Promise and Peril of Geoengineering
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Image of Arctic Ice, Credit: Pink floyd88 a, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
In recent years, scientists have begun testing geoengineering technologies to slow down or even stop global warming. But, is geoengineering safe? A...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pain At The Pumps: Understanding Gas Prices With Dan Dicker
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
It's hard not to notice how sky high gas prices are these days. Perhaps the universe is trying to tell us something about our personal transportati...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Planetary Boundaries Breached
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Six out of nine planetary systems key to the survival of the human species are under threat. Is Earth still a safe operating space for human beings...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
Tennis Anyone? James Martinez on Tennis Ball Waste
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James Martinez
Did you know that over 100,000 tennis balls are used in an average grand slam tournament? And unfortunately, they cannot be recycled. Given the ple...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Ocean is Telling Us - with Dr. Sandra Steingraber
From: Doug Wood
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Author and biologist Sandra Steingraber talks about the impact of fossil fuels on our oceans, ahead of the March to End Fossil Fuels.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:48
Joseph McFadden: A Cattle Biologist Explains Feed Additives
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Joseph McFadden
Did you know that India accounts for about one-third of the world’s one billion head of cattle? Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke to the head...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
David Messina: Rumin8 Strives To Reduce Cow Methane Emissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Messina
When we think about greenhouse gas emissions, automobiles, airplanes, and power plants usually figure more prominently than livestock. The methane ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
John Platt: In Search of The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Platt
When you visit the World Wildlife Fund’s list of critically endangered species, the first animals named are large, beloved mammals like the African...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Climate Crisis is Here… and It’s Coming For Your Kids
From: Mateo Schimpf
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So how do you talk to them?

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jim Motavalli on the EV Revolution
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jim Motavalli
According to the International Energy Agency, over 14 million electric vehicles, or EVs, are expected to be sold globally in 2023. If this is accur...

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  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sasha Buchert of Lambda Legal: The Case For LGBTQ Equality
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sasha Buchert
The passage of time has generally moved us in the direction of increased dignity and rights for members of the LGBTQ community in this country, wit...

  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Namrata Chowdhary: Three (50) Is A Magic Number
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Namrata Chowdhary
In the first decade of this century many of us learned that the threshold for keeping our planet healthy was 350 parts per million of carbon dioxid...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Daniel Pye on the "Protecting Our Planet" Challenge
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Pye
Backed by some of the world’s wealthiest people like Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, the Protecting our Planet (POP) campaign has a mission to en...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
2023-04-21 Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one essen...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
20230421: Missed Connections: Modernizing Our Multiple Grids, 4/21/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Thousands of renewable energy projects are ready to be built and start producing fossil-free power, but they’re stuck in a long limbo for one essen...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Finless Foods: A Different Kettle of Fish
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Shannon Cosentino-Roush
Long time Sea Change Radio listeners know a thing or two about the challenges of being both a seafood lover and an environmentalist. It’s hard to k...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón
From: New Letters on the Air
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For National Poetry Month, we'll hear early work by our current U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. The author of six poetry books, including the 2022 c...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Laughing through Tears: Andrew Boyd on Better Catastrophes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Andrew Boyd
In Yiddish there's a term, “a bitterer gelekhter,” which basically captures the idea of laughing through the tears. There are some situations that ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1